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I'm deeply concerned about the new rules on pillowfort, the fact that they banned an artist already, the use of the words "good faith" and "bad faith" in their discussion (good faith specifically is one of the terms we have issue with in the Article 13 situation), the precedent it sets and the arguments happening in the comments. Oh, and all the people who seem more offended that people are disrespecting the staff/the beta than the nature of the site's response to these issues.

As an example: If they want to get an app in the app store, they're gonna have to play by exactly the same rules, and this is an example of the actions they're going to take when they need to change them. It doesn't bode well.

Do go and read Dreamwidth's policy explained here. Note Denise's way of responding to those issues, with the experience of years of discussing and policing those issues.

I am leaving tumblr because I stand with the community and I stand with artists. If Pillowfort is going to treat artists just as unprofessionally based on the content they're producing, and on a whim, then I can't justify going there either. Which is frustrating af because people seem determined to go. Twitter offered no reprieve. If anything the influx of new users only made the wankstorm more profound and it's an even worse place to be than it was before.

Also I can barely load pillowfort, so... Guess I'm resolved. Dreamwidth or bust.

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I agree. I've gotten pillowfort to load...like twice... and there's constant lag. Supposedly Pillowfort is by fans for fans, but unless those fans are professional enough to understand how to run a business then that's no guarantee it will even survive long enough to have those problems...

As for that banning and change to the TOS... UGH. I am just throwing my hands up in frustration. If that's an example of how they deal with fandom then They Do Not Get It!! Fan art of fictional characters is not child porn. Fanfiction of fictional characters is not child porn. And Denise is *right on* when she talks about how discussions of porn are too often hidden ways of controlling the sexuality and sexual expression of women/LGBT+/others.

It doesn't bode well, I think. The reason that AO3 skirts on this sort of thing with their TOS is because it's usually just the most winnable argument for the puritan police. I don't like looking at that stuff either, but it's the first step out on a wiggly moral bridge. It opens the door to discussing what other kind of content is or isn't okay, and was sort of one of my problems with Pillowfort promoting itself as a safe space. A safe space for whom? Maybe right now they're coming for something I don't like or agree with (like on tumblr with the erotica folks saying it's not about us so we're fine), but it's a slippery slope, you know? (I'm gonna add to this in another comment down the way)