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2 years ago
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So, uh, yeah. Been seeing a lot of journals from people I watch lately saying they're moving to other sites after this UP 2.7 clarification, and I... can't really say I blame them, considering. There's nothing in my gallery that I would think qualifies as problematic under the new policy - at least, according to common sense rules, but I think this clarification is proof enough that common sense has gone out the window here.
I don't plan on up and leaving FA yet, but I've been setting up profiles in a few other places, and dusting off some old ones - namely, I've been looking at my old Weasyl, SoFurry, and Pillowfort pages that I haven't done anything with in years (if I ever did anything with them in the first place lol), as well as opening up accounts on Itaku and Aethy. I'm also thinking of looking into using Picarto's gallery feature.
EDIT 26-05-2023: I've now added a Cohost link as well!
All of these sites are linked on my linktr.ee page, alongside both my e621 profile and my Twitter account. At this point, though, I'm not sure about using either of those - I don't really have the self-confidence to upload my own stuff to e621 and face the comments there, and I still absolutely loathe Twitter and don't really want to use it.
Having said that, I am considering setting up an art-only Twitter account (if the damn site will let me), and possibly InkBunny.
Look, let me make this clear up-front about IB, m'kay? I don't like cub art either. I don't want to see that stuff if I can help it, and not just because I'm fairly sure it's illegal here in Canada. Explicitly underaged characters in explicit situations just aren't something I want to see, draw, or be associated with. Having said that, as far as I can tell, IB's the second-most popular furry art site after FA (something like >800k users vs. FA's >1.6 million; SF has >400k I think?). I've also seen a few people comment positively on its features compared to FA's (a blacklist! wow!). Also, uh, e621 allows cub too, so it'd be kinda hypocritical of me to write off IB on a content basis when e621 allows it too. I'm an adult who knows how to use a content blacklist; it's more a question of convenience and outreach to me than anything else.
As said, I don't plan on leaving FA just yet. As much as this policy update and staff's handling of it aggravates me, unless something in my gallery ends up being called into question, this place is still the most convenient for me - I know people here, and I'm a bird of habit; while I can't argue that FA's old design is dated in a lot of ways, as someone who grew up with message boards and the like, it's still very comfy to me.
Even if I can't believe there's no blacklist feature in [current year].
I don't plan on up and leaving FA yet, but I've been setting up profiles in a few other places, and dusting off some old ones - namely, I've been looking at my old Weasyl, SoFurry, and Pillowfort pages that I haven't done anything with in years (if I ever did anything with them in the first place lol), as well as opening up accounts on Itaku and Aethy. I'm also thinking of looking into using Picarto's gallery feature.
EDIT 26-05-2023: I've now added a Cohost link as well!
All of these sites are linked on my linktr.ee page, alongside both my e621 profile and my Twitter account. At this point, though, I'm not sure about using either of those - I don't really have the self-confidence to upload my own stuff to e621 and face the comments there, and I still absolutely loathe Twitter and don't really want to use it.
Having said that, I am considering setting up an art-only Twitter account (if the damn site will let me), and possibly InkBunny.
Look, let me make this clear up-front about IB, m'kay? I don't like cub art either. I don't want to see that stuff if I can help it, and not just because I'm fairly sure it's illegal here in Canada. Explicitly underaged characters in explicit situations just aren't something I want to see, draw, or be associated with. Having said that, as far as I can tell, IB's the second-most popular furry art site after FA (something like >800k users vs. FA's >1.6 million; SF has >400k I think?). I've also seen a few people comment positively on its features compared to FA's (a blacklist! wow!). Also, uh, e621 allows cub too, so it'd be kinda hypocritical of me to write off IB on a content basis when e621 allows it too. I'm an adult who knows how to use a content blacklist; it's more a question of convenience and outreach to me than anything else.
As said, I don't plan on leaving FA just yet. As much as this policy update and staff's handling of it aggravates me, unless something in my gallery ends up being called into question, this place is still the most convenient for me - I know people here, and I'm a bird of habit; while I can't argue that FA's old design is dated in a lot of ways, as someone who grew up with message boards and the like, it's still very comfy to me.
Even if I can't believe there's no blacklist feature in [current year].
Twitter is also there but it's not very community drive and... well it is twitter.
All in all, cool to see you'll stick around.