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@foxyoreos.bsky.social

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Furry vore artist, very NSFW. Follow my other galleries, I don't trust this site's direction: https://aryion.com/g4/blog.php?id=80848 Support: https://subscribestar.adult/foxyoreos Commissions: https://foxyoreos.netlify.app

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 4d

I'm launching a new commission format! YCH cards! They're designed to be a bit more accessible price-wise :3

Find out more info and see the first 4 below!

itaku.ee/images/1187247
www.furaffinity.net/view/62530092/
aryion.com/g4/view/1186...

#furry #FurryVore #VoreArt #YCH #FatalVore #noncon

October YCH Booster: The Forest by foxyoreos

It's a new commission format! I've been wanting for a while to offer a more accessible commission format. YCH cards are limited-time YCHs that I'll be regularly cycling with new options. They're only...

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 26m

Having isolated communities *might* be really good though.

I can post only my safe stuff to communities that want that, and post the crueler/noncon stuff to communities that want that, and (hopefully) avoid drama that way.

But I'll have to see how it plays out in practice.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 26m

I'm also a little worried that tagging standards are going to be different per-community. But the interface is very clean. I might lurk for a little while before I start posting anything to get a sniff of what the culture/vibes are.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 26m

My immediate thought is that I don't know whether I'm going to end up liking the communities or not. I need to get a handle on how reblogs work and what the etiquette there is.

I'm a little disappointed (as far as I can tell) I can't have per-community filters.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 26m

Added Pillowfort to the list of sites I'm evaluating.

It's an interesting site. It's entirely feed-based, I don't think there's a gallery at all.

Here's my current list of questions: www.pillowfort.social/posts/6736832

#pillowfort

foxyoreos: Awawawa

I've seen a number of critters say this site is good, but I've held off signing up for a while. But now I'm here! At least to try it out :3 (*inquisitive fox noises*)Here's a list of q...

www.pillowfort.social

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

We deserve the same protections as every other community on this website.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

They're not even willing to look at existing galleries and works that have already been uploaded and to say "this specific picture is allowed."

I just can't square that with a good-faith interpretation. And NSFW communities shouldn't tolerate being treated that way.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

I hate that it's always NSFW artists that get told "we need to have the power to arbitrarily ban you at any time, we need you to *always* be in violation of our ToS so that you exist on the platform only by our good graces" - and no other community gets that kind of response.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

They've got explicit exclusions written into their TOS to make sure everypony knows that hunting videos will not be equated to videos of animal abuse.

I don't understand why we need to live with this extra doubt when no other community does.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

It's because they are uncomfortable with our art being on this platform.

We've had devs chime in on the moderation of tons of more controversial stuff than NSFW. They've publicly litigated past moderation decisions, given their opinions on site policies around off-site harassment.

But not NSFW.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

None of the devs on this site are reserved about their opinions on anything - like I think we've been seeing that real clearly for the past week.

Why are they reserved about saying publicly that NSFW artists are welcome and that fictional noncon is allowed? Why that sudden hesitation?

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

If artists like me ask support whether or not our stuff is okay to upload and *they won't tell us*, that fucking means something.

It means they are uncomfortable with our art being on this platform. Period.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

That's it. Full stop.

There are explanations. I actually don't think October 15th in specific is going to be a doomsday scenario.

But none of those explanations are "this is a misunderstanding." That is not a realistic explanation.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

It is impossible to square "this is just a bad faith reading of a clause designed to go after revenge porn"

with

"the support team, devs, owner, and everyone affiliated with the site REFUSES to say those words out loud."

If this was a bad-faith reading, Bluesky would be willing to clarify.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 6h

There are multiple people/critters who have said that the concern about this is overblown. I got reached out to by a (helpful!) 3rd-party reporting from apparently side-channel conversations that my art would not be affected.

I don't believe them.

#BskyCensorship

VT the Boss (Working through comms!) 🔞 @starstruck-studios.bsky.social · 11h

I messaged @support.bsky.team asking them to define what 'nonconsensual' means in their tos, and what guidelines moderation will be using to ban people for it. It's been weeks and no reply. They should have an internal definition already.

So if my account disappears after Oct 15th y'all know why.

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Frank Hightower 🐁 @frankhghtwr.bsky.social · 12h

I know it's a longshot but does anyone have an article or a video on how hard it is for fan artists to find an audience or even know how many people are out there? I need it for an academic paper and don't care if it's "just a blog post" at this point.

Post-it note with a Smeargle painting a mouse trainer's face. The smeargle is sticking its tongue out and holding out its free hand as if for balance, while the mouse is just stunned with his eyes closed. The note is dated 30-aug-2022

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 7h

Spider and webbing vore is under-drawn imo.

Here's 20 spider-vore pics I like: itaku.ee/profile/foxy...

Here are my favorite "cute but still NSFW" highlights: itaku.ee/profile/foxy...

Some of my favorite "presentation" pics: itaku.ee/profile/foxy...

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 7h

Did you know that Itaku has its own version of bookmarks/lists? You can save users and images, both privately and publicly.

Here are a few of mine:

- Vore artists I like: itaku.ee/profile/foxy...

- Pokemon artists: itaku.ee/profile/foxy...

#vore #itaku #FurryVore #nsfw #FurryNSFW

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

All of this happens locally of course, phone notifications are managed through a local ntfy server. Nothing leaves your devices.

I like the phone part of this because it makes it easier for me to walk away and cook or clean without worrying that I'm missing comments/commission requests.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

The way birbwatch works is by periodically (right now it's every 6-10 minutes) checking the notifications page on each of your gallery sites.

Then it scrapes down new followers, favorites, comments, or PMs(!!). You can monitor it through a web page, but also get phone notifications.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

If a site just feels like dumping ground for art, users will go to the sites that don't feel that way. So even just being able to like a comment or reply to it and be actively engaged with anypony who follows you helps a lot with boosting smaller sites.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

Growing a community means not just tailoring art to one platform like Bluesky. Different sites have different preferences, different times when they're most active.

In addition, users often abandon smaller sites because they don't get artist replies to their comments there.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

I make an effort to respond to nearly every comment that I get on any of 5 different galleries. Birbwatch is the reason that I can. And I have high hopes for the tool, including doing stats to help figure out which galleries respond well to which art genres.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

This will be a *very* early release - you'll have to extract cookies for the sites you use by paw, and some of the security tradeoffs I'm taking aren't ideal right now.

But, this has been a really valuable tool for me to monitor communities and track which sites work well for which art.

foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 10h

Feeling nervous about Bluesky and trying to manage comments on multiple galleries?

I'm hoping within the next week I should be able to finally open source the first version of Birbwatch, which is what I use to get phone notifications for comments on different galleries I post to.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 11h

Comment on artist works that you enjoy, especially if they're in a genre that the artist doesn't normally draw.

🔞 65RATS 🔜 Infurnity 🔞 @65rats.bsky.social · 14h

It never fails to make me smile whenever I look at the amount of positive feedback I got on this piece...

I'm glad so many of you enjoyed it, makes me feel less alone in terms of having "fucked up" kinks, I'll be sure to make more of it ❤️

🔞 65RATS 🔜 Infurnity 🔞 @65rats.bsky.social · 6d

cw // #vore #internals #digestion #disposal #gas

When you leave tigers without a good meal for too long, they can go on a greedy feeding spree!

They'll eat anything they see, even you and your friends! Best to stay out of their way, unless you wanna end up in some toilet~

Sketchie for a fren ;3