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Posted 2 years agoJust for preface, I don't claim to fully understand the motives, inner workings, and purposes of the recent changes. These are merely my personal opinions, perspective, and understanding based on the experiences of others affected.
After going through the information regarding the new policy, the vague wording, and lack of clearly defined parameters regarding content that would fall under the changes. I've come to the affirmation that this is a blanket policy of which the only true guidelines to follow are at the whims of the ones who enforce it. I believe it goes without saying, but that's not really a good way to handle policies regarding content made by random users. I'm not going to drudge up the myriad of content made by FA team members themselves as that's already been well covered by others. If you are unaware of it yourself, and want to inform yourself, then I recommend looking at posts by others regarding it. That all said, this is all my opinion and perspective.
It has come down to things like this being a part of the reason I often don't bother posting my own stuff anymore (among some other important reasons), and have lost much of my motivation to draw in general. This isn't simply a cry against the restrictions to NSFW content, I could certainly post anything SFW and be perfectly safe in terms of content restrictions. It's the fact of the matter that many places have become this "Guilty until proven innocent" mentality in terms of content restrictions. Creativity and personal interests becoming stifled, moderated, and weeding out what a select few don't like. Power of the vocal minority and all that.
I personally do not draw cub, cub related, or anything that could be considered child-like when it comes to NSFW content. Yet there is a large amount of what I like to make, and what content I consume, that could be considered vaguely fitting those guidelines. I find asking what each place considers breaking these terms, and every one of them gives a different answer. It's not just limited to these terms either, each place wants to police content in its own way that excludes certain creators. There is no central place for anyone, it's long since become a problem that has increasingly affected more creators. I wish it was simply a question of legality, but even that is screwy at best. It's just a black market of content now, and you could be struck down at any time regardless of innocence.
After going through the information regarding the new policy, the vague wording, and lack of clearly defined parameters regarding content that would fall under the changes. I've come to the affirmation that this is a blanket policy of which the only true guidelines to follow are at the whims of the ones who enforce it. I believe it goes without saying, but that's not really a good way to handle policies regarding content made by random users. I'm not going to drudge up the myriad of content made by FA team members themselves as that's already been well covered by others. If you are unaware of it yourself, and want to inform yourself, then I recommend looking at posts by others regarding it. That all said, this is all my opinion and perspective.
It has come down to things like this being a part of the reason I often don't bother posting my own stuff anymore (among some other important reasons), and have lost much of my motivation to draw in general. This isn't simply a cry against the restrictions to NSFW content, I could certainly post anything SFW and be perfectly safe in terms of content restrictions. It's the fact of the matter that many places have become this "Guilty until proven innocent" mentality in terms of content restrictions. Creativity and personal interests becoming stifled, moderated, and weeding out what a select few don't like. Power of the vocal minority and all that.
I personally do not draw cub, cub related, or anything that could be considered child-like when it comes to NSFW content. Yet there is a large amount of what I like to make, and what content I consume, that could be considered vaguely fitting those guidelines. I find asking what each place considers breaking these terms, and every one of them gives a different answer. It's not just limited to these terms either, each place wants to police content in its own way that excludes certain creators. There is no central place for anyone, it's long since become a problem that has increasingly affected more creators. I wish it was simply a question of legality, but even that is screwy at best. It's just a black market of content now, and you could be struck down at any time regardless of innocence.
