A few days ago, I systematically removed from my gallery every submission that was of mature and adult nature.

I categorically refuse that the art I put so much of my heart and soul into, the art that often came out a long process of brainstorming to try to fix the best of it before laying even the first line on paper, be associated with ads leading to brainless shitty porn sites. I came to FurAffinity almost ten years ago because it was an ART site, with everything centered around ART, that without discrimination allowed confirmed artists as well as totally newbies to post their pictures and interact without any barrier. FA has been through a lot of shitstorms since its beginnings, but I always have personnally supported Dragoneer's decisions whatever people would say or do (it's a tough job and you must sometimes make really hard decisions that will undoubtly alienate you half your public).

That is, until recently.

The 7-monthes old StarryKittengate was the first BIG mistake that made me radically question FA's staff methods. A real and deep trust breaking appeared between FA and its users.

Surprinsingly enough, I totally understood Dragoneer's recent decision to more and more disengage from FA and let IMVU put its nose in here. He was head-on into FA, his child, against all odds, certainly a very grievous job since the furry community is an especially unthankful kind one (frankly, at my beginnings here I wrote an article in a french magazine flattering the open-minded furries; I would have written it a year after, it would have been the exact opposite, I NEVER encountered that deliquescence in any other group of people - and I feel very lucky that the vast majority of people who interacted with me here weren't of this kind). But this. Trying to get more money to support the site is totally understandable, I was very shocked but accepted the first all-public google banners for that reason.
The adult ones, on another hand... I will not enter in any sterile vindication about how I feel and what I think about those, I will just emphasize the fact that THEY ARE BLATANTLY BREAKING AT LEAST FIVE FA'S OWN AUP PROHIBITED CONTENTS RULES, lemme copy/paste them for you right below:


3. Photography
(Prohibited Content)

3.3 - Photography featuring sexual activity (human or animal) is prohibited.

3.4 - Photography displaying adult toys (sex toys or sexually modified objects) is prohibited, unless they are not in use, being worn, don’t show signs of having been in use, you created them from scratch, and you mark them with the adult content rating.

3.5 - Photography depicting nudity (exposed buttocks, breasts, bulges, outlines of genitalia, etc.) or indecently-clothed models (undergarments, diapers, lingerie) is prohibited. Exceptions may be made for swimsuits worn in public locations, such as a pool or beach.

3.6 - Photography containing bodily fluids, gore/injuries, or death is prohibited, unless the content is fake, special effects, or the final product of taxidermy when the pelt is preserved in good condition and the presentation is in good taste. This includes freeze dry and wet taxidermy as well as bones and finished pelts, but excludes anything raw or gory.

3.8 - Photography of random body parts that does not specifically showcase tattoos, custom jewelry, or body art is prohibited.



No.

I do not trust FA anymore, after nine-and-a-half years of blind confidence. My art, on the pages I manage, will not serve promoting woeful greedy pornsites. Dragoneer, maybe you had enough of everything, and I can understand that (I wouldn't have pesonnally bear all that for that long myself), maybe you now just want to kill the community you created. You did well. FA will certainly survive, but will never remain that site I loved posting my art onto. Things must evolve. It is sad that some devolve.

I may poste some more art later and observe the evolution of this site, but it will only be suitable-for-work only, waiting for anymore fauxpas and a then definitive withdraw. I am finished doing adult art anyway, it belonged to a happy and horizon-less part of my life that's long gone now.


Also, thank you Dragoneer for letting me realize what a fool I've been to refuse using ad-block until now. Even if that means I will not be able anymore to look at - and sometimes click on - artist banners. With everything that implies for the concerned artists themselves.