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E621 is gonzo! A rant about the Internet.
15 years ago
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This ain't no bullshit!
I don't fucking believe it! At some point the past few days, E621 shut themselves down with this message.
Thanks to numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse, e621 is being closed down permanently. It's been fun running it. If you're looking for an alternative, try dammitfreehaven.com or something. If you want to come in and bitch at us, #e621 on irc.darkmyst.org will be a place you can do that. Or you can yell at me on twitter, twitter.com/ajkirwin or just email admin[at]e621.net and scream at me. Whatever.
And to all those who have lied and threatened and caused problems, well, congratulations. You got what you wanted I suppose. One site down, only about, what, fifty thousand left to go?
-- Arcturus
I don't know what has been happening the past year, but it seems like there has been an explosion of trolls flooding every website, especially Youtube and Danbooru-type sites like E621 and trying to rip them down through underhanded tactics and false reporting. We see this on Youtube where people will flag videos under false pretenses and forcefully get them deleted from the site (Which is easy, considering that Youtube is 95% automated). Dasboschitt has experienced this with Gmod Idiot Box 9, and that's just one of thousands of cases. On SoFurry, I'm getting trolled by one guy who flags me for posting drawn pictures of lolicon, which is considered appropriate by SF's rules.
Seriously, what the hell is going on? Is the US going so far south that more people now have nothing to do but fling shit everywhere? We can't let these assholes get away with stripping away the few things that are actually GOOD on the internet!
Thanks to numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse, e621 is being closed down permanently. It's been fun running it. If you're looking for an alternative, try dammitfreehaven.com or something. If you want to come in and bitch at us, #e621 on irc.darkmyst.org will be a place you can do that. Or you can yell at me on twitter, twitter.com/ajkirwin or just email admin[at]e621.net and scream at me. Whatever.
And to all those who have lied and threatened and caused problems, well, congratulations. You got what you wanted I suppose. One site down, only about, what, fifty thousand left to go?
-- Arcturus
I don't know what has been happening the past year, but it seems like there has been an explosion of trolls flooding every website, especially Youtube and Danbooru-type sites like E621 and trying to rip them down through underhanded tactics and false reporting. We see this on Youtube where people will flag videos under false pretenses and forcefully get them deleted from the site (Which is easy, considering that Youtube is 95% automated). Dasboschitt has experienced this with Gmod Idiot Box 9, and that's just one of thousands of cases. On SoFurry, I'm getting trolled by one guy who flags me for posting drawn pictures of lolicon, which is considered appropriate by SF's rules.
Seriously, what the hell is going on? Is the US going so far south that more people now have nothing to do but fling shit everywhere? We can't let these assholes get away with stripping away the few things that are actually GOOD on the internet!
I'm personalyl happy it is gone for nothing more then that.
-- Arcturus
Message from Varka
That's right, folks - e621 will return, very soon. I'm currently transferring the site across to a new server and getting everything set up, and working on a few specific changes (most notably to the takedown policy), which I hope will improve matters for everyone.
The site may stay down for a while longer (possibly longer than 24-48hrs), because I'll be driving to Eurofurence shortly, but I will do all I can to get it up and online as soon as possible. My intention is to continue to improve e621, and to give it the stable platform it needs to remain open perpetually - and I hope that with everyone's help, we can keep this incredibly important furry art resource alive. If anyone has any questions or comments, then please feel free to contact me at varka@e621.net.