Your frustration is completely understandable and, again, I don’t disagree. Though I do have it on good authority that E621 is not any more happy about this than we are.
And you would be surprised how controversial the statement you quoted from me has become. Hence, many spaces allowing those people. IB did a good thing with its ban on those signals but, yes, it took far too long. A big reason has to do with reactionary hesitance to “censorship,” when preventing people from doing real harm is not the same as censoring art or taboo fiction. Hence, Baraag and ATF having a comfortable space for people preaching real harm to children and animals (Baraag kind of tried to limit those accounts, but doesn’t ban outright).
It’s tough. It’s nuanced. Living in the world right now is hell for most people. Let’s just try to do what we can, when we can, if we can; and step back if we can’t.
Your frustration is completely understandable and, again, I don’t disagree. Though I do have it on good authority that E621 is not any more happy about this than we are.
https://e621.net/forum_posts/412814
And you would be surprised how controversial the statement you quoted from me has become. Hence, many spaces allowing those people. IB did a good thing with its ban on those signals but, yes, it took far too long. A big reason has to do with reactionary hesitance to “censorship,” when preventing people from doing real harm is not the same as censoring art or taboo fiction. Hence, Baraag and ATF having a comfortable space for people preaching real harm to children and animals (Baraag kind of tried to limit those accounts, but doesn’t ban outright).
It’s tough. It’s nuanced. Living in the world right now is hell for most people. Let’s just try to do what we can, when we can, if we can; and step back if we can’t.