These users are permanently banned from obtaining any custom or adopt designed by me, or any design from my species, by any means. Do not inquire about details or harass these people either, but beware - they could easily repeat their behaviors with you.
They are banned from any species / community where I serve as staff.
Grocery Isles+ | Limbo's Prism+ | Cibus | Kitsnue No Sekai
Warheads+ | LoppyTaurs+ | ConeKitty | Sentius
(6/18/2019): BlueBlueFox
(4/11/2020): Mallady
(4/27/2020): MatrixMoo
(5/1/2020): faegutz
(1/1/2021): Toxic-Asylum
(2/25/2021): Midgestic | KAT-astrophiq | Kai-Foxx
Sslycat | Peskyhomosexual
(02/26/2021): WENZ | Arzen / Arzen-Tia / s-aiitochan | CaelumClamos
(10/27/2021): ForeverSavior
(1/20/2022): greyvestones
(3/6/2022): kumakiadopts
(9/11/2022): beepee05 / Vilkaloid
(9/22/2022): Kakiranne
(10/15-16/2022: FeatherCollective / ChiIIipowder
(10/24/2022): NonkieTut / Coastette / VividNeon / sacrilege
(1/23/2023) NaviNomi101 | Nxntune
(2/13/2023) cupozo / Chipperson
(2/13/2023) Pupsiin
(3/4/2023) EbonknightsKid
(7/16/2023) Outrunningtaxes
(3/28/2024): xxLafathilxx
Violators will be immediately blacklisted.
Just search "purge" in Most Recent Journals and you'll find a disturbing collection of accounts spreading false information (also way to out yourselves), most of which have content that clearly breaks DeviantArt's policies that have not changed.
Here's a 2013 archive of the rules
Some important points include:
"[...] please be aware that many of the most popular fictional characters are depicted in their original context as being minors under the age of eighteen (18). DeviantArt disregards attempts or claims that these characters have been “age lifted” in order to comply with our policies."
"DeviantArt reserves the right to terminate your account if you post child sexually exploitative material."
"Don’t post content which fetishizes sexual assault or other non-consensual or forcible intercourse. We understand these situations are complicated and can include personal (survivor stories), historical, or education as part of their narrative, and our staff will take such contexts into account, but we reserve the right to remove such material if we determine that it’s glorifying such situations or make them seem sensual or inviting."
"DeviantArt also does not allow certain other fringe sexual fetish creations, such as incest, necrophilia, amputation, cannibalism, and other similar themes along with other non-consensual situations. Our moderation team understands that many of these topics can be complicated, and we will take context into account during any review; however, if we determine that the purpose of your content is to make any of these situations appear sexy or alluring, it will be removed."
See also: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/what-is-deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-themes
This "purge" was a long time coming and is not censorship. That would entail content or accounts being banned due to personal beliefs of a staff member when the content or account is not breaking any stated rules.
The accounts that have been banned, and the vast majority of those complaining about it, have content up right now that break the rules.
Maybe just leave?
This is a private company. They can make any rules they want, and I for one am thankful that DeviantArt is taking out the trash.
See also:
While I'm disgusted by DA's recent shitstorm and their insulting back-pedalling, the truth is this has been a long time coming.
Frankly, some of the worst experiences I have had stemmed from the people, groups, and especially species I stumbled upon on this platform. Seriously, the OS/CS community is a toxic pile of shit for the most part. While this account is 12 years old, my original was through 1998-2010. I've been here a long time, and while I've had my issues with ToyHouse too, overall I greatly prefer their policies and privacy settings. And anyone who might want to keep in contact with me, likely won't even see this because they are in my Discord servers or groups.
And honestly, it's about time I cut off this potential gateway to any further issues. And as my roster has swelled, I have made a commitment to wrestling back down my to do list. And I could do with a substantially smaller pool of potential adopts. For the vast majority of this year I've only used my account to shop or post art payments for adopts and, well--
My New Years Resolution is to complete all MYO slots and other WIP concepts, and then get through as many adopted design revamps as possible. Over the course of this year I've found surprising solace in focusing only on my private projects, and it's time I cut out time-wasting distractions.
I have so much stored here though, and I regret deactivating my original account rashly and losing much of my old work and first characters. So, I won't be making that mistake again - I will not deactivate, but I am focusing elsewhere. It's been a ride, DA, and while there's been some real assholes, I met the second love of my life here, and some of my closest friends.
I have purged my watchlist to only the very few artists that I would still like to support. Much less stress for me.
Good luck out there,
OkiRose
Must be logged in on TH to see the details and proof but essentially.
I bought an oc from @feathercollective / @chiiiipowder 's PURGE. My TH is Authorized only and this is prominently stated on my profile and profile warnings.
I denied their request to retain access to said character's profile.
Then they proceeded to harass me and even stole the design back on their alternate TH account.
Then proceeded to publicly whine about it on their TH.
https://toyhou.se/~bulletins/991529.scammer-alert-feathercollective-chiiiipowder
JUSTICE!