So I am conflicted about the future of my art uploads. Part of me wants to keep doing what I already am doing, keeping my profile mostly SFW while uploading NSFW things in my private places and letting other people upload them in other places if they want.

Another part of me feels like it's a waste that so many fantastic artworks are left mostly unseen, as they could bring attention to both myself, my friends and amazing artists

The problem for me with NSFW content, and the reason I have stayed away all this time, is the fact that back when I did upload lewd stuff, it would attract some types of people that quite frankly made me very uncomfortable and grossed out.

What culminated in me leaving the NSFW behind was that I had a person who I had spoken with a few times who really wanted lewd art with me. At first I said no many times, but they were insistent. We talked normally for a month or so and eventually I was on the brink of considering the person a friend, and thus accepted the deal. Then, literally the second the artwork was done, they started ghosting me and barely replying with more than a word or two in servers while actively bragging about how they managed to get nsfw art with me.

This left a bad taste in ny mouth that remains until this day, cause I can live with the creepy comments and weirdos who have no concept of what's too much (looking at you, random person who sent me AI generated non-con of me), but I can't stand the thought of someone acting like a friend for months for the sole reason of getting art with me then leaving.

I now humbly request your guys opinion on this problem as quite frankly I really do want to show off my nsfw arts (they tend to do well on FA and numbers going brrrr releases happy chemicals in brain) but I am afraid of attracting that kind of people into my life.

What would you do in my situation?
Do you have any tips on how to avoid the weirdos?
Is it weird to suddenly post nsfw content as I have been SFW only for years at this point?

Just getting ny thoughts into the void that is the internet, have a good weekend