So I've uploaded one story 2 years ago, and a made a few journals 1 year ago about FA's policy change, and otherwise I've done nothing but lurk on here. When I uploaded that first story, I really wanted it to be the start of me becoming a more active member of this community, but boy, that didn't happen. Here's why:

Part of the reason I haven't written anything else in this time is just plain executive dysfunction, that first story had been in my head for years before I finished and I'm still not satisfied with it. In fact, I'm now in the process of rewriting it, and that's not to say anything about the number of other stories in my head that still don't have a word written for them.

That's not the main reason, though. I grew up autistic and am aware of how my mind works, and I think I could've made myself start working despite it if nothing seriously disrupted my mood, and then something did: the aforementioned policy change. I only had one thing uploaded, and the way the rule is written doesn't seem to affect written stories anyway, but given that my main furry interests are pokémon and vore, it does affect most of the artists I follow here, including some of my friends. It made me not want to add any more content to this site just out of principle, and I would've left FA entirely if enough of the artists I follow had the same idea.

So, why am I writing all this now? Well, I just learned today that this policy change has recently been enforced on a few artists, and that it's as bad as we all feared it would be. So, this is a reminder to everyone to make accounts on other sites if you haven't already, and to remind everyone where else they can find you.

Honestly the main reason most artists haven't moved to other sites is because their followers aren't moving and they don't want to rebuild their followings from scratched, and the main reason their followers haven't moved is because the artists aren't moving and they don't want to miss out on their art. it's a vicious cycle, but one that can be broken, and at the rate FA is going, something is bound to break eventually.

That said, I can be found on Itaku (where I am also a lurker but hope to have stuff to upload soon) and Twitter (where I retweet art and occasionally post vorny thoughts).

https://itaku.ee/profile/mangothebat
https://x.com/mangothebat