Posted by admin on 14 June 2024 12:08:16 PM
Hello Artfighters, Based on staff discussion and user feedback, we have made adjustments to the rules regarding suggestive themes. The edited rules can be found here. |
Previously, we have had issues with a certain subset of users intentionally drawing art for (or requesting art from) unsuspecting and non-consenting users, some of whom were minors, that contained fetish art. This is called “fetish mining,” a practice wherein a user intentionally ropes another into participating in fetish works without the other user’s knowledge and consent. In order to combat this and reduce mod strain, we decided to remove fetish works from the “allowed” list under suggestive themes.
Ultimately, after careful consideration of user feedback as well as several rounds of internal review, we decided that the removal of all fetish works was not going to help us combat this issue. Instead, it led to more uncertainty (as it is difficult to define what isn’t/is a fetish when it comes to suggestive work), as well as more moderator strain due to needing to delete all prior attacks/characters involving fetish. Instead, we have edited the filtering guide to once again allow fetishes, with the caveat that any works have to be non-penetrative (i.e. no people/objects are allowed to enter the body), cannot involve ageplay, consent play, or bodily fluids/waste, and MUST be filtered under suggestive themes. For those affected by moderator action following the previously made changes, you are free to reupload your characters so long as the works they are involved in keep in mind our guidelines. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused!
Additionally, we have also added General Rule 11 to combat fetish mining. It reads as follows:
- 11. Fetish mining, which involves soliciting fetish art without the knowledge and consent of the user involved, is a bannable offense.
User Questions 1. What is considered fetish art? How does staff determine what is/isn’t fetish?
2. Are drawings of trans characters or characters who do not conform to gender norms considered fetish art?
3. Are drawings of fat characters considered fetish art?
4. Will I get banned if I unintentionally create fetish art?
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- A minor update has been made to the phrasing regarding NSFW content involving feral characters. Previously, the text had stated: “This includes characters who are sapient, alien creatures/animals, or monsters/fictional creatures.” This text was intended to specify that ANY feral creature, regardless of being made-up or real, couldn’t be drawn in suggestive or explicit situations. Due to confusion regarding these rules, we have altered it to read: “This also includes fictional or made-up animals.”
Additionally, we’ve made some minor changes to the following rules:
- General Rule 7: Specified that comments are included
- Upload Rule 1: Added additional bullet point
- Upload Rule 3: Added additional bullet point regarding uncredited photography
- Upload Rule 5: Specified policy on smaller creators
- Upload Rule 6: Clarified that characters based on current real life tragic events are not allowed
- Spirit of Art Fight Rule 6: Clarified that "point farming" is not allowed
- Filtering/Attack Guides: We're currently working on updating visuals and removing old/inaccurate images from our guides
We acknowledge the unfortunate timing of this newpost. We’ve been actively working on these changes throughout the week, and believe it'd be ideal to sort everything out on-site before the stream so as to not confuse the influx of users that become active once the theme has been revealed. We understand the importance of this issue, and want as many people as possible to see the changes made, so we will be linking back to these updates in the next few newsposts to ensure that all users are well aware of the changes made.
Comments (280)
OcelottaTrouble
TastyLeaf
One thing I would suggest (if it’s not already a thing) is the ability for someone to mark a character individually with permission to be drawn in a mature theme, and if someone tries to submit something, since it is required to tag appropriately, it would be auto-denied with a notification explaining that character is not permitted in mature content. Some function to toggle on individual characters and just the whole account as a “I do/don’t want any Mature art”, I’m assuming that is already in place for minors by default.
(If any of this feedback is already in place I apologize for missing it, I felt the rules were too vague to want to ever try to submit anything fetish adjacent so I actively avoided that before)
Akivaq
Remrim
referrtosomeone
referrtosomeone
SirMeo
Thank you very much for rolling back some ruling + clarifying the rules more, I kinda guessed where you were going with the rules, but still thought the wording wasn't. It wasn't good. This is a lot better. This clarification makes me also trust the mod team more, and I'm overall pretty hopeful about the situation. There will always be gray areas and confusion, but those can be dealt case by case. Also, I absolutely agree w/ the thought progress regarding fetish mining. I feel that even in best case scenarios, joining an art event just to get "free fetish art," feels to me its against the spirit of the event.
I hope everyone has a fun artfight!
Remember, if you're uncomfortable w/ someone's characters, general vibe and/or things they're requesting, you are not obliged to draw for them (even as revenge!) and if someone draws something that's against your permissions or is otherwise inappropriate, you can report or ask a mod to step in.
stitchgor3
Thanks you so much,I really appreciate the insight!:) hopefully all is well when I post them lol
Bonepennies
gumoruko
AutomatonTonic
Per User Question 4.'s answer of: " No. We only ban for fetish mining if we are sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it is both intentional and targeting minors or non-consenting adults. Users who have unintentionally appealed to a fetish will not be punished. "
(Though I would still filter for maybe gore or sensitive content whenever need be just to be safe if its such a prominent theme with the OCs
I hope this helps, though, if you are still concerned or need things cleared more thoroughly it truly would be no problem to contact/dm a mod, they are there to help! I would just hate to see this update kind of change minds with posting characters that are more than fine /gen
Night_Knight
Awake_Ache
That being said, you are allow to have boundries. You can ask that if someone is in a fandom you don't like to not draw your OCs with characters from that fandom, but you can't tell them to not interact with you + the block button should be fine for filtering out people whom you don't wanna interact with!
Floofy_Serval
EggsFennedict
One question: where would characters from species with 18+ elements fall? Same category as succubi?