Furry and Lovense sponsorships
12 months ago
More Furry artists are being paid by Lovense, the big sex toy maker, to make porn including their products.
I'm, like the last time, on the fence what to think about it.
Positive:
- Companies that officially don't have a problem with porn and Furry porn specifically is nice, especially considering payment providers are assholes when it comes to porn
- Artists get money they deserve
- Sex toys are cool 😁
But also negatives:
- Big for-profit companies getting into the fandom (I thought our motto was "become unmarkatable". 😁)
- As with all sponsorships: are the products even good? Do artists care about that and the values of the company behind it?
And some thoughts:
- IF for-profit company means bad, would it be better if a "Furry company" like Bad Dragon would do it? Where to draw the line? SHOULD one draw a line?
- I personally think if you accept a sponsorship, no matter if Furry, YouTuber, etc., you are kinda in a situation where you owe it to your fans not to promote junk or abusive companies, to "vet" them in some way and at least not to lie.
I don't know much about Lovense specifically, maybe they're all okay?
So, yeah...I don't know. It feels...icky, but maybe just because I'm just not used to big companies NOT being shitty, so, maybe I'm overly cautious and the situation is cool. 🤔
I'm, like the last time, on the fence what to think about it.
Positive:
- Companies that officially don't have a problem with porn and Furry porn specifically is nice, especially considering payment providers are assholes when it comes to porn
- Artists get money they deserve
- Sex toys are cool 😁
But also negatives:
- Big for-profit companies getting into the fandom (I thought our motto was "become unmarkatable". 😁)
- As with all sponsorships: are the products even good? Do artists care about that and the values of the company behind it?
And some thoughts:
- IF for-profit company means bad, would it be better if a "Furry company" like Bad Dragon would do it? Where to draw the line? SHOULD one draw a line?
- I personally think if you accept a sponsorship, no matter if Furry, YouTuber, etc., you are kinda in a situation where you owe it to your fans not to promote junk or abusive companies, to "vet" them in some way and at least not to lie.
I don't know much about Lovense specifically, maybe they're all okay?
So, yeah...I don't know. It feels...icky, but maybe just because I'm just not used to big companies NOT being shitty, so, maybe I'm overly cautious and the situation is cool. 🤔

Anhay
~chris388
Im still of the opinion Sponsorships and yhe like should get the hell out of the fandom. Lovense may be okay, but that might be, for all intents and purposes, only the first step and potentially wedge the door open for other companies.


That might be a very true thing to keep in mind, gotta be vigilant. *nods, nods*