So, they removed artist age...
4 years ago
I'm not sure why age has been removed from the artist bio, but this is a deeply, deeply disturbing decision, all things considered. I am very careful not to interact with minors on the internet, especially considering the kink-related nature of a lot of my art. Furaffinity has made this basic safety feature next-to-impossible, and has also made it much easier for those exact sorts of inappropriate interactions to occur with greater frequency.
I can't fathom why this would happen. My hope is that this is an error, and not a deliberate change. Just in case, here's my 2 cents.
I'm putting my age in my bio/artist description, as well as an explicit statement for minors to not interact with me or my work here. From now on, I urge anyone who follows me to do the same. I will not engage with or interact in any meaningful fashion with anyone on here if I cannot confirm your age in a like manner, or if I did not know your age before the change. That is all.
I can't fathom why this would happen. My hope is that this is an error, and not a deliberate change. Just in case, here's my 2 cents.
I'm putting my age in my bio/artist description, as well as an explicit statement for minors to not interact with me or my work here. From now on, I urge anyone who follows me to do the same. I will not engage with or interact in any meaningful fashion with anyone on here if I cannot confirm your age in a like manner, or if I did not know your age before the change. That is all.
Terribull
~terribull
As much as I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one, I just can't. ._.
Silverferet711
~silverferet711
OP
Allegedly, according to one person I've spoken to, it was because they were going to add the auto-update feature to it, and presumably couldn't do so without removing it because of this website's infamously terrible code. Now...whether that's true, or, more importantly, whether it's acceptable that they did this without warning anybody beforehand...that remains up in the air
Terribull
~terribull
I can't even buy the story that having the age on display breaks things. The user profile being able to show other inputted information alone shows that it wouldn't crash things. Like why is it that those user-defined variables are just fine, but age is a no-go? That's just unbelievable to me.
Silverferet711
~silverferet711
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I agree, I don't really buy it either. But we shall see, I guess...in the meanwhile I'm keeping my age in my bio
DracoArton
~dracoarton
good thing I have my age in my bio already
Pat23
~ilovebigbellies
They removed it because people would use their sonas age and shitpost with it. They are updating and will start using the date you entered when registering for everyones age.
Silverferet711
~silverferet711
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Yeah, that's...one of the stories I've heard. Still seems like a poor decision not to make an announcement to that effect before doing that, rather than wait for people to make assumptions. Considering FA's choppy history vis a vi reacting to sketchy behavior around minors...best case, this is a terrible PR move. Worst case, being distrustful of them is fully justified.

Dragoneer actually responded to comments on one explaining it. https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9791500/

I will do the same. Is there a place on FA for us to put feed back and or suggestions? because they REALLY need to fix that ASAP
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