The post in question: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10560608

It seems that FA is finally entering a phase where they want to start saving face. The most recent update came with some periphery kink changes as well as a change of date that the policy is dropping. (From the 1st of June to the 7th)

I understand that a lot of us in these communities and especially in this fight are very tired. (I personally thought I’d spend this time trying to promote my game on here. Which is coming out on the 9th. The fact that this will continue till the 7th means I probably just… won’t be able to do that)

But this is probably one of the best times to push for change. FA’s reputation is so far in the ground at this point it might as well be burning in hell. It’s the only reason why they are trying to save face now, rather than their consistent strategy of just ignore and censor everyone. While I’m not gonna stop you from just telling them how shit they are (Cause they 100% deserve it). I don’t want to miss this opportunity to push to ensure the safety of our communities and the livelihoods of the artist still working in them.

Below I’m posting what I’ll be writing on my feedback ticket. Feel free to copy it, use it as a template for your own ticket, add your own ideas and demands. Or if you disagree with my approach, to send one with your own views.

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Regarding Upload Policy Section 2.7

Upon hearing these policy changes, I was instantly struck with how pointedly geared they were for abuse, and unfair treatment targeted directly at the Pokemon and Digimon communities. And none of the addendum’s so far have properly addressed the core issues of the policy.

To ensure the safety of these communities, change MUST be made to address the core failings surrounding the policies’ vagueness, and material assurance needs to be baked into the policy to ensure the Pokemon and Digimon communities aren’t treated differently from any other.

Firstly, the vague and non-quantifiable definition of childlike proportions, “Generally speaking, as characters age, their proportions change...” Means that the only metric for if something has ‘childlike proportions’ is that an FA staff said so. And this means the accused doesn’t have any grounds to argue against abuses under this policy, and ultimately whether the accused art falls in violation is completely up to the bias of the enforcer. Definitions around what is going to be under violation need to be exactingly clear, and quantifiable. With a reasonable minimum number of traits present to trigger a violation.

Secondly, if the policy is truly not targeting the Pokemon and Digimon communities as FA staff claims. The policy needs built in measures to make sure that fair treatment actually happens. If the same body proportions in an accused piece of work is found inside allowed work in any other fandom (Like Animal Crossing, Sonic the Hedgehog, Zootopia, My Little Pony, and General Furry) That piece of work CANNNOT be found in violation. And any false takedowns must be reversed immediately!

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To send an FA support ticket, click on the three lines on the top corner of the screen. Under the ‘Trouble Ticket’ category, click report a problem. Then change the category to feedback.

FA also suggests joining their discord, but I wouldn’t do that in a million years.