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There are some older posts I'm thinking of deleting in the future.

This is a result of the previous flagging / unflagging of this Patreon as "mature content", what's happening over at Tumblr (algorithms running wild and "no adult content" as of the 17th), and my ongoing personal discomfort about a small number of images I've posted in the past, 

Part of this is about algorithms and flagging, but another part is just how some of them can make me flinch and stress out when I see them. I assumed years ago that would stop happening if I just shared such things. It has not.

This would only affect a few older posts, mostly having to do with excessive exposed skin.

For any I do remove, I intend to have a spiritual successor. Something new drawn in my current style / coloring inspired by whatever I remove, but obviously something I'm more comfortable with / don't think is at risk of being flagged.

EDIT - This isn't something I intend to run out and do this afternoon or anything. I'll be more specific later. The first pinup with Rhoda in an FV5 form and the Sarah clone form FV5 posts are ones I have in mind, however.

Comments

Anonymous

Everything is subject to being flagged, for some it is a drawn ping pong scene (fully clothed with only bare arms), for others a drawn kitchen scene (everyone fully clothed). You can obviously do with your property as you wish but it will not prevent anything unless you outright remove everything.

Anonymous

Are these images going to be preserved anywhere? Posted to Scantily Clad EGS perhaps?

Matt R

Which posts exactly are you planning to remove?

Anonymous

Remember why he deletes those, not only because of flagging but also because he cringes too much about too much skin. So I'd say download what you want and can because I bet they won't be preserved apart from the deviations he is going to make from them.

Anonymous

Please give us a couple days before starting to delete, to go and preserve the ones we like

Prof Sai

Yes, let us know! Some of us are completionists who cry at night over DW episodes being erased in the 1960s.

egscomics

Given algorithms, yes, they are. But humans handle the appeals. It does matter.

McZed

You do you, dude. I'm still holding out hope for eventual Tedd butts, but that's just me. And screw Tumblr! That's why we have Twitter! And hopefully other sites that will fill the void after the mass artist Exodus!

Matt R

Could someone post the links to the ones mentioned in the edited post?

Anonymous

Tumblr is getting rid of the only reason to ever use their service.

Anonymous

And shame that you're uncomfortable with the more risque stuff, been hoping you'd do more risque stuff in the future :p

KiTA

Can you link to the ones you're thinking of removing? Patreon is really bad about loading older posts.

KiTA

The Tumblr "algorithm" is actually a 4ch op. They're doing it to cause chaos. It's all mass flagging. For example... <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DthdFAUWoAA7CoJ.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DthdFAUWoAA7CoJ.jpg</a>

coredumperror

Tumblr just officially announced that they're removing all adult content from the site on Dec 17th.

KiTA

Only X rated content. It'll basically be the same enforcement as DeviantArt and non-adult Patreon. What I was takling about above is the orange "your post was flagged" thing.

Anonymous

Please do warn us before you delete and tell us what's going off.

Thisguy

Hope you feel better now. And don’t worry, I contribute mostly because I enjoy El Goonish Shive and wanted to support that, not so much for the extras.

Anonymous

Honestly, from what I've seen, everything is getting flagged, even things that have nothing to do with anything adult. I'd advise looking for a new platform for your blog, Tumblr is just too volatile at the moment, migrate the things you feel to be of value, let anything you are unsure about stay where they are, and see if you need to flee the ship or if everything will blow over.

Kevin Wright

Yeah, I'm not entirely sure they understand who uses their service and for what...

John Trauger

I may have to crack open my tumblr just to see what Dan is going to delete. :) Regardless, I support Dan's decision. It's good to experiment and it's good to know what you like and what you don't.

John Trauger

My search came up empty, but I think Dan's referring to the pinups he did with some of his characters in tops that just had a narrow strip of cloth over the naughty bits. Those were more skin that I preferred as well, though I did really like the...erm..."artistic proportions" of the Rhoda + Amanda shrink/grow experiment pinup. I pulled out my minimal artistic skills and gave Rhoda a bottom to her top. It's not posted anywhere, just in my desktop background rotation.

Anonymous

If you're still looking to get more comfortable posting such things, perhaps try doing it in small increments? So rather than posting something you hope you'll be comfortable with later, you post things at the edge of your comfort zone? Just a thought. At any rate, if there is stuff you've already shared that you're truly uncomfortable with, by all means take it down. You have the right to be comfortable with what you share with the world, and those of us looking for stuff more risque than you're prepared to share can always find other artists to provide it.

IvyReed

I think Dan meant Ashley v5? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/2-5k-milestone-3796783">https://www.patreon.com/posts/2-5k-milestone-3796783</a>