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FA's policy update
a year ago
I don't normally read the FA policy changes or really get involved with them, as they mostly affect artists and, well... I'm not an artist. I know it's not a great mentality to have considering realistically I post art I get here, so it DOES affect me, but... Anyway.
Point being, from what I've heard the latest policy changes will affect some of my major kinks: Impregnation and breeding.
From what I've heard, the policy update will classify gametes - that being eggs - as fetuses, and thusly cub content. Naturally, this is stupid. Policy updates like this have come and gone and frankly they just get stupider and stupider.
One of the most common themes found in impregnation and related content is a depiction of a gamete being attacked by spermatozoa in the process of - you guessed it - impregnation. By classifying the depiction of such as cub content, you are now completely removing a rather enjoyable aspect of a kink from the entire website, and nuking the galleries of many artists and commissioners.
Now, I get it, cub is something that's been cracked down on a lot, with many efforts being made to keep it off the site. But there's such a thing as cracking down TOO MUCH! This is frankly ridiculous!
With all this being said, I am once again reminding everyone to BRANCH OUT! FA has been one of the best furry gallery sites for a long time but as with most sites it will always end up having issues. Artists, do not rely on singular sites for galleries or socials. Branch out, keep multiple galleries going, use tools provided to help artists with such things! I'm using PostyBirb and I'm not even an artist! All in efforts to keep my galleries up-to-date because I want people to enjoy the art I've gotten as much as I want to enjoy it and share it.
Twitter and FA have been the go-to for so long (particularly after Tumblr) but while they're the "biggest" sites they also have the most issues. Whatever you're qualms against other sites, there are options, don't rely on just one. Weasyl, Furtastic, SoFurry, InkBunny, Itaku, Bluesky, and other options that I've likely not heard of! Use them! Post on them! At the very least create an account and put it in your linktree so your watchers can follow you there in case shit hits the fan!
Point being, from what I've heard the latest policy changes will affect some of my major kinks: Impregnation and breeding.
From what I've heard, the policy update will classify gametes - that being eggs - as fetuses, and thusly cub content. Naturally, this is stupid. Policy updates like this have come and gone and frankly they just get stupider and stupider.
One of the most common themes found in impregnation and related content is a depiction of a gamete being attacked by spermatozoa in the process of - you guessed it - impregnation. By classifying the depiction of such as cub content, you are now completely removing a rather enjoyable aspect of a kink from the entire website, and nuking the galleries of many artists and commissioners.
Now, I get it, cub is something that's been cracked down on a lot, with many efforts being made to keep it off the site. But there's such a thing as cracking down TOO MUCH! This is frankly ridiculous!
With all this being said, I am once again reminding everyone to BRANCH OUT! FA has been one of the best furry gallery sites for a long time but as with most sites it will always end up having issues. Artists, do not rely on singular sites for galleries or socials. Branch out, keep multiple galleries going, use tools provided to help artists with such things! I'm using PostyBirb and I'm not even an artist! All in efforts to keep my galleries up-to-date because I want people to enjoy the art I've gotten as much as I want to enjoy it and share it.
Twitter and FA have been the go-to for so long (particularly after Tumblr) but while they're the "biggest" sites they also have the most issues. Whatever you're qualms against other sites, there are options, don't rely on just one. Weasyl, Furtastic, SoFurry, InkBunny, Itaku, Bluesky, and other options that I've likely not heard of! Use them! Post on them! At the very least create an account and put it in your linktree so your watchers can follow you there in case shit hits the fan!
Perhaps they'll clarify it soon, but the definition they gave didn't seem to imply it.
But yes, I think I will branch out, thank you for reminding me to.
Happy to hear you're branching out! I push for it so hard because I've lost many artists to that exact thing - failing to branch out and post on other sites. The Tumblr purge was the main cause, but it was also random account disappearances from being banned for one reason or another, or leaving the site without giving enough time for people to follow (or while I was unable to look).
I don't want to lose artists again, especially not friends :)