Log inRegarding My Future on This Platform
Hey guys. Didn't think I'd be posting about this again, but here I am.
Subscribestar has just now updated their prohibited content guidelines. It is unclear why they did this, since they've been super good this whole time about artistic freedom, but they have done it, and it's going to include something from just about every type of NSFW artwork in the world. So IDK how long it'll last, since it's going to drive literally everyone off the platform...
But that doesn't matter. There's important stuff I need to address with you.
Subscribestar has just now updated their prohibited content guidelines. It is unclear why they did this, since they've been super good this whole time about artistic freedom, but they have done it, and it's going to include something from just about every type of NSFW artwork in the world. So IDK how long it'll last, since it's going to drive literally everyone off the platform...
But that doesn't matter. There's important stuff I need to address with you.
Incest Content
All incest content is now banned, even in fictional and clearly fake depictions. See attached image 1.
The current legislation in the UK doesn't even cover this, btw, requiring it to be realistic enough that people would mistake it for real life.
I can no longer upload the content that, I assume, the majority of you are here for. Please locally back up any of the content you would like to keep, since you paid for it.
The current legislation in the UK doesn't even cover this, btw, requiring it to be realistic enough that people would mistake it for real life.
I can no longer upload the content that, I assume, the majority of you are here for. Please locally back up any of the content you would like to keep, since you paid for it.
Fictional Content Involving Characters Not Outright Stated to be 18+
All content including a character that is not 18 in the source material is now banned. It no longer matters if you age them up. See attached image 2.
There is no law mandating this, this is just something they're doing. Even the strictest laws regarding pseudo images of children require them to look like/be depicted as children. This will prevent pornography of a lot of things. It shouldn't impact anything with Meg Griffin, since she's canonically 18, but there are still seasons of Family Guy before she turns 18, so what about her? What about Noelle Holiday, who's age isn't canon? I wrote that she was 19 in one of my pictures, but who knows.
I can no longer upload content that includes probably 90% of the stuff we all know (cartoons, video games, anime) because in the show itself the character doesn't show their age as adult. Please locally back up any of the content you would like to keep, since you paid for it.
There is no law mandating this, this is just something they're doing. Even the strictest laws regarding pseudo images of children require them to look like/be depicted as children. This will prevent pornography of a lot of things. It shouldn't impact anything with Meg Griffin, since she's canonically 18, but there are still seasons of Family Guy before she turns 18, so what about her? What about Noelle Holiday, who's age isn't canon? I wrote that she was 19 in one of my pictures, but who knows.
I can no longer upload content that includes probably 90% of the stuff we all know (cartoons, video games, anime) because in the show itself the character doesn't show their age as adult. Please locally back up any of the content you would like to keep, since you paid for it.
Furry on Human Content
All content including a furry on a human is banned. See attached image 3.
Again, there is no law on this. Who knows why they're doing this.
I haven't drawn any of this on Substar, but I was going to. I now don't know what to do about that. I guess Toy Chica may now count? I don't know.
Again, there is no law on this. Who knows why they're doing this.
I haven't drawn any of this on Substar, but I was going to. I now don't know what to do about that. I guess Toy Chica may now count? I don't know.
What Can You Do?
I would suggest complaining to Substar directly. These content restrictions literally kill the platform lol. This is more neutered than Patreon, who is famously restrictive.
Substar was THE platform for people burned by Patreon, and creators have lined this company's pockets with content that falls under these restrictions. I don't know what outside pressure this is coming from, but again, this is going beyond all laws that I'm aware of.
Download what you can, whilst you can.
Substar was THE platform for people burned by Patreon, and creators have lined this company's pockets with content that falls under these restrictions. I don't know what outside pressure this is coming from, but again, this is going beyond all laws that I'm aware of.
Download what you can, whilst you can.
What Am I Going To Do? (The Future of This Page)
I don't know.
I'd love to say I'll just keep going since I got so much support so quickly, reaching 50% of my first goal within a couple of months, but I don't know if I can. I haven't even withdrawn any of the money lol. I wanted to save that for the day I could finally quit, and be self sufficient on here. Do one big celebratory payout, film it, go out for a meal or watch a movie. Lol. I've requested what I can request now. Hopefully they give me it, instead of locking my account and keeping it. That would suck. I wouldn't be able to do anything about that.
These changes completely kill the recent Deltarune posts for obvious reasons, and also kills what would have been Stella part 2 (an Anon X Stella piece) since that would fall under human on furry, which is prohibited. More importantly, these changes completely kill the platform, Patreon doesn't allow for 90% of the things people want to see, and I didn't fill my commission quota. (I was aiming for 10 comms per month every month this year, I hit 5 in the first 3 months)
The support on here and Twitter has been great, and I really did feel like there was a snowball's chance in hell that I was going to be able to do this full time. I no longer feel even that, and I don't know if I can keep neglecting my other options to focus on what is now seeming like a total pipe dream.
I'll continue to post what I can on Patreon and here. I'll continue to do commissions where I can. I'll probably keep posting art on Twitter for the time being. I'll do my dayjob, which I hate, and daydream about doing anything else with my time.
If substar goes back on this, which I really hope they do, business will continue as usual.
No TL;DR on this one. I can't summarise this. Sorry.
Thanks for everything.
TD
I'd love to say I'll just keep going since I got so much support so quickly, reaching 50% of my first goal within a couple of months, but I don't know if I can. I haven't even withdrawn any of the money lol. I wanted to save that for the day I could finally quit, and be self sufficient on here. Do one big celebratory payout, film it, go out for a meal or watch a movie. Lol. I've requested what I can request now. Hopefully they give me it, instead of locking my account and keeping it. That would suck. I wouldn't be able to do anything about that.
These changes completely kill the recent Deltarune posts for obvious reasons, and also kills what would have been Stella part 2 (an Anon X Stella piece) since that would fall under human on furry, which is prohibited. More importantly, these changes completely kill the platform, Patreon doesn't allow for 90% of the things people want to see, and I didn't fill my commission quota. (I was aiming for 10 comms per month every month this year, I hit 5 in the first 3 months)
The support on here and Twitter has been great, and I really did feel like there was a snowball's chance in hell that I was going to be able to do this full time. I no longer feel even that, and I don't know if I can keep neglecting my other options to focus on what is now seeming like a total pipe dream.
I'll continue to post what I can on Patreon and here. I'll continue to do commissions where I can. I'll probably keep posting art on Twitter for the time being. I'll do my dayjob, which I hate, and daydream about doing anything else with my time.
If substar goes back on this, which I really hope they do, business will continue as usual.
No TL;DR on this one. I can't summarise this. Sorry.
Thanks for everything.
TD
I haven't read the whole post because it's late and I'm tired, so forgive me if this was already mentioned before, but could you maybe just not upload images here and instead link to your art, like a mega drive or catbox? Just on here go hey heads up here's a link to the latest image. I know a lot of artists will just dm you a link to their mega collection when you subscribe and change the password every month to keep people subscribed. Even further you could have a discord people join after subbing to get access to a link, or you could just post the art there, if you want to even further obfuscate if from actual substar. Just some ideas. I'm also an artist, although been on hiatus for a while now, and these are the things I've been doing to post my less acceptable art.