I mean, choices are a good thing, but there should also be choices for groups and organization to have goals for their organizations that vary in the experiences they wish to provide. It's something I noted would start to manifest given the quantity of conventions. They may start to segregate into different convention styles.
Yerf, for instance, is an art archive that is for general audiences and didn't allow adult works. Sure the artists had less freedom to post whatever they wanted, however if a consumer was looking to enjoy furry art without risk of the NSFW filter failing it was a good site to go to.
But by doing such a thing, Yerf obviously restricts its audience, if a furry wants to consume adult artwork or doesn't mind it, they will probably prefer sights where it is present. Similarly restricted cons will have a cap to their audience, and by the sounds of it, that may be a good thing given how crowded it got regardless.
I will say at least they started from the point of restriction instead of moving goal posts like Anthrocon did with Bad Dragon and such.
I mean, choices are a good thing, but there should also be choices for groups and organization to have goals for their organizations that vary in the experiences they wish to provide. It's something I noted would start to manifest given the quantity of conventions. They may start to segregate into different convention styles.
Yerf, for instance, is an art archive that is for general audiences and didn't allow adult works. Sure the artists had less freedom to post whatever they wanted, however if a consumer was looking to enjoy furry art without risk of the NSFW filter failing it was a good site to go to.
But by doing such a thing, Yerf obviously restricts its audience, if a furry wants to consume adult artwork or doesn't mind it, they will probably prefer sights where it is present. Similarly restricted cons will have a cap to their audience, and by the sounds of it, that may be a good thing given how crowded it got regardless.
I will say at least they started from the point of restriction instead of moving goal posts like Anthrocon did with Bad Dragon and such.