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Patreon is Censoring Artists; Leaving Soon
5 years ago
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I am grateful for all the support I received on Patreon the last 3 years. But, I no longer feel that Patreon is a reliable place for NSFW artists to make a living. If you're a fan of NSFW artists, you should tell them to consider alternatives to Patreon as an emergency backup like SubscribeStar or OnlyFans.
I predict Patreon will go the way of Tumblr soon and I plan to delete the Drawsputin Patreon either this month or next month before that happens.
More NSFW art is getting banned. They are monitoring more NSFW artists for any "problematic" art they post OUTSIDE Patreon. Patreon will hold your income HOSTAGE if you don't bend the knee and remove all the "problematic" art from everywhere online. The money is not worth the censorship.
It is only a matter of time before Patreon comes after me or other artists I like. Patreon has become a censorious, controlling beast. The only way to kill the beast is to starve it of money.
It's a shame this means nuking 3 years of Patreon content, but I have all of it saved and plan to post the unreleased content publicly in do time. I would rather burn it all to the ground than have one singular platform control my freedom of expression.
Thank you all again for the support.
I predict Patreon will go the way of Tumblr soon and I plan to delete the Drawsputin Patreon either this month or next month before that happens.
More NSFW art is getting banned. They are monitoring more NSFW artists for any "problematic" art they post OUTSIDE Patreon. Patreon will hold your income HOSTAGE if you don't bend the knee and remove all the "problematic" art from everywhere online. The money is not worth the censorship.
It is only a matter of time before Patreon comes after me or other artists I like. Patreon has become a censorious, controlling beast. The only way to kill the beast is to starve it of money.
It's a shame this means nuking 3 years of Patreon content, but I have all of it saved and plan to post the unreleased content publicly in do time. I would rather burn it all to the ground than have one singular platform control my freedom of expression.
Thank you all again for the support.
If Patreon discovers that you once and only once posted on your Twitter (but not on your Patreon) one such nude pin-up of a nominally underage character, like say Shantae, they'd ban your acc?
Take this message they sent to one artist named Waero:
"Hi Waero,
I reviewed your page again, and there’s still a lot of content with characters that seem underaged, and characters that seem to be in the sexual scenario represented unwillingly.
Please bear in mind that the downloadable archives with the above violations also need to be removed.
Some details like a big head, big eyes, and short height can make the characters look younger.
And, regarding body development, having bigger breasts and larger hips makes the viewer understand that the character is not a child, but they can still be teenagers under the age of eighteen as a lot of women have those puberty transformations at a very young age.
In order to make them look like adults, the face is the most important part – so even if it’s a stylish option to make your characters look innocent and sweet, you should always bear in mind that this also makes them look younger.
I understand you might question our point of view on this subject, but I can guarantee you that I consulted with my team before contacting you, and it is consensual among us that the characters I asked you to remove look like teenagers under the age of 18."
This always happens with companies; especially ones in California.
They become woke, corporate elitists; they want to be advertiser friendly and must now remove "problematic" content that scares off advertisers and investors.
It happened to Tumblr and YouTube; now it's happening to Patreon.