Simply make separate accounts with different themes. If somebody came here for you and not for theme, he will be able to follow both accounts. Otherwise his feed won't be spammed with something irrelevant his interests.

btw, what's up with my commish?

I did try that seperate account thing, but I wasn't feeling it and not to mention I couldn't keep, honestly though I found it easier ti just have the sexual work here than a seperate account.

If I made a seperate account, people would more likely flock to that account to pander for it with this one kinda left to rot or hardly an eye to bat at.

Your commission is being worked on, I had to deal with a lot of things in the last few months.

I made this account mostly just for that kind of stuff, but I do know where you guys are coming from with this. I personally don't like drawing other people's characters so I mostly just stick to my own because most of everyone else's just simply don't appeal to me but I would never want to cave in and just start doing what other people want from me. I like to do my own thing and if other people like then all the better but it's fine if they don't. I'll never limit myself to one specific thing.

I don't think the problem is that anyone is forcing anyone to do anything; I think it's up to the artist to decide what they want to do at all times, and I don't see how comments change anything. You are able to ignore comments and criticism.

That there can a problem though, this is suppose to be a community right? Criticism is suppose to help people grow as a community, if someone gets offended or triggered over some criticism meant to help them get better, that's not community like at all, that's just more cohesion that's not needed.

Certainly, but you can't force a community to exist. A community isn't something people are tacitly a part of. You need to 'join' a community formally, and a lot of artists don't even go as far as that, and proceed to complain about a lack of community.

If artists want criticism on their non-porn artwork, they need to seek out the proper places for it. I really don't consider Fur Affinity a prime place to find constructive criticism, and I'd be hard-pressed to find ANY criticisms of my own writing, outside of incredibly picky commission requests.

True as that maybe, but it's not like you can't find certain individual that's have the aspect of wanting to give criticism on FA, it's not like they do not exist. I mean criticism can be giving on anything. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with fetish content, but the pandering to it in this place is what I find to be bothersome.

If you don't like how the community panders to the community, maybe you should find another place for your non-fetish art?

I do have other places, but since it is my account here, then it'd be like going back on my own sense of word if I just let just fetish art sit on this account.

And I don't see it as community panders to the community, it's just people pandering for a lot of self gain or to ride on a certain bandwagon, I have nothing against fetishes, you can like what you want, I'm just have a bigger interest and sharing more variety in content.

But isn't that what a community is about? Sharing ideas and spitballing concepts? Following so-called 'bandwagons' and making their own art of the concept?

If you want to see more content, then there are plenty of other sites to browse. I don't see the point in getting upset that a fetish porn site happens to cater to fetish porn people.

Why would you say Furaffinity is a fetish porn site, when that's not exactly what it is? Just because that is the major traffic of content here?

Because the majority of the content here is fetish porn. Because it is and that's an unignorable fact. Most of the non-fetish artists here also happen to be fetish artists.

It might be an unignorable fact that that is the content the site mainly contains, but it's an 18+ site that was made for content creators, it doesn't classify as just being a fetish porn site.

Just because your basing the mass of what type of users are on this site, doesn't mean the site will classify or identify itself as that mass, Furaffinity was made as an 18+ user site because other sites didn't want furry porn on their front pages, FA is just a place generally where fetish artist can gather without having to put up with the fact other art/content sharing sites will sham them for their brand of content they produce.

Sure, it's an 18+ site for content creators; but why would it be restricted to 18+ if it wasn't intended for porn in the first place?

All I'm saying is, if you have a problem with the content of the site, it's not the site's responsibility to change; it's your responsibility to decide if you want to remain apart of that community.

I'm not dictating or stating I'm having an issue with fetish content if that's what you think. Yes I understand it's my responsibility to stay if I want.

If you feel offended, that you feel this journal may be attacking your little preferences, it'd probably been better that you had moved right along, because your surely showing just how offended you are about someone stating people should try to promote the non-fetish content more.

Medkit, your a writer aren't you? Because I know a few writers and they get down played alot because most people want visual art over a story and that I tend to feel is wrong. If a good writer here just do regular furry stories and not fetish porn stories, would you sham them and boo them off the site too because they don't have what you want? Or would you support them for sticking around hoping someone gives them a little praise for the effort they put in?

"I'm not dictating or stating I'm having an issue with fetish content if that's what you think..."

The original context of the post Deluge made seemed to imply otherwise, but he did admit he meant to say that people felt forced, not so much where forced, to create flattening art. Admittedly, I know a lot of artists who go between phases of feeling pressured to make art and feeling underwhelmed by an under appreciation of their art; and most of them aren't clean artists. So I'd suggest that the problem has little to do with fetish content and more to do with the general distaste people have for removing their anonymity and actually leaving a comment.

Obviously, I wouldn't shame anyone off the site, because that's not my intention. I'm saying if you don't want to use the fucking site, you don't have to use the site. I think it's silly anyone would take issue with the fetish side of the site, which is not an unfounded opinion, seeing as you also don't have a problem with the fetish side of the site.

At the same time, I'm not going to support an artist or another writer who doesn't post content I'm interested in. I don't have to support everybody I meet on the internet. I support the creators I generally like and agree with.

I think your reading a bit to hard into thinking I'm telling you need to support non-fetish workers too, it's a suggestion, but if you have a problem with just a suggestion, then you have issues.

I do agree with Deluge's statement, within this community, it's pure pressure on those who don't want to only post fetish content, they want to share other things.

And with that last statement you just made, that just means your only here upon selfish reasons, your only here to join in the hugbox and trying to expand to explore new waters of what you can find interest in simply because your no interested is a sign of ignorance.

I don't know how I could read anything into the statements you made flatly. You also didn't make a suggestion, you tried to imply that I wouldn't support other artists. I really, really find it iritiating when people put words in my mouth.

There are plenty of artists here who don't post fetish content and don't complain about peer pressure. So clearly, the peer pressure isn't effecting everyone.


Oh? So now I'm a villain for only supporting artists I admire or like? What next, you'll tell me I should support literally every little flower and leaf I see? There are hundreds upon hundreds of artists. It is rediculous to think people have the responsibility to care for every artist they meet. I'm sorry, but it isn't selfish to admit that I only support those I want to support.

And thank you again, for an extra dose of strawman. It isn't selfish at all to only support those you want to. Everyone has free will and the right to descriminate between who they desire to support, as support isn't a right.

Generally, think of it as this, if you want to say FA is a fetish porn site, in which it really isn't. Telling content creators who do not produce fetish porn that maybe they shouldn't be here, then you discourage actual content creators, that's about as equivalent as telling them to take a hike somewhere else.

Do you think that sounds fair in the slightest? Because if you say that maybe that's how FA should be, then honestly your way of thinking might be clouded.

If they don't like fetish content being on the site, then yes! I do think they should get off the site. If something is making you uncomfortable about being here, nobody is obviously going to change, except maybe the person who wants to leave?

Gee bro, that's pretty harsh that you'd want to boot people. If you think I'm offended by just fetish art, then you must be silly. I'm just support the idea that people should support the non-fetish work too.

That's a pretty close-minded way to think.

I never said I wanted to boot people? I said people who don't want to be here don't have to be.

But you generally think they shouldn't be here. You give off the pressure than none of their content matters here.

Where as you've worked to get that fetish story up to share with others, even a non-fetish artist may take interest in what you write, they may wonder if you can do other things with those skills, but they aren't forcing it on you, but when you box them out of your space, your telling them that this a certain zone, you cut them off and isolate them from wanting to get to associate with others and make it more difficult.

Does that sound community like to you?

You generally make bad generalizations and strawmen. I never stated my personal opinion on weither or not they can stay, I just stated that if they are uncomfortable with the community, there is nothing stopping them from finding another community, and I don't see how that is a bad thing.

I also don't force anything upon artists. I just ignore the ones I don't have any interest in, just like how I don't follow every single tumblr blog, I only follow ones that interest me.

Why are you acting like your collectivist view that everyone should support everyone no matter what is a normal one? People are allowed to prefer things over others, and if a person is upset because they aren't getting enough views, I think they are the selfish ones. All they want is for people to like what they put out, no matter the content. People should make art because it makes them happy; not because they want attention.

Now, are you done trying to paint me as a bad guy?

Your entitled to think what you please, but I still won't agree on it. That's just me.

I know that, but that doesn't mean you should act like your opinion is the truth. You shouldn't demonize opposing views.

Well I'm sorry, just that Deluge doesn't feel very confident with his craft and I feel I'm the only trying to show him otherwise that it's not.

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Jeez, where is the like button?

comon it wusnt dat funneh

Trust me, it was :3