General - posting on social media
These are general suggestions for posting kink art on popular social sites that may have excessively restrictive rules. Please note the advice will not always work, and policies are updated often.
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Do not use keywords, content warnings, or trigger words. automated detection can easily pick up on them and flag your work as obscene. US credit card companies have circulated a list of words most likely to be targeted; we suggest you avoid these.
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Do not mention NSFW activities in payment processor invoices, whether commissioning creatives or selling commissions.
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Do not mention NSFW activities in payment processor invoices, whether commissioning creatives or selling commissions.
- post cropped images on platforms with no protection for erotic work, and link to the full uncensored image elsewhere on your site.
- - ultimately, you cannot dictate your preferences on a third party platform. creating a personal site and hosting your work on your site is the most enduring way to protect your work. own as much of the infrastructure as you can.
- platforms more "commonly known" to host adult and/or LBGT+ content are at greater risk to being targeted by policy changes or anti-pornography organizations across the globe. always have a backup.
- additionally, recent age verification policies around the globe frequently target sites with a certian % of adult work.
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If somebody complains about offensive content on your site, we strongly suggestto ignore them. Harassers of all kinds are almost always looking for a reaction. If, however, for any reason you need a boilerplate neutral response to content (for example running a small business or activist site), below is an example you can tweak off on:
General - hosting your own site
People will often advise kink artists to create their own site. This is due to the simple matter that if you post on other sites, you will always be beholden to somebody else's rules. But if you host your own site, the amount of restrictions decreases rapidly.
That said there are some tips for site owners. While these were mentioneed by a lawyer, this is not intended as, and this should not be taken as legal advise.
We appreciate your concerns and have reviewed your complaint. However, this type of content does not violate our Terms of Service; therefore we will not be taking any action.
general tips for a personal website So long story short is I've been in a few rounds of consultations with EFF-recommended advisors re: asking what are low/no-cost ways to reduce obscenity risk factor of showing art on personal sites. (disclaimer: i am not a lawyer, nothing in this message should be taken as legal advice) While I'm leaving out a lot of details, I heard some generic, potentially actionable ways you can "harden" your personal site that came up that couldn't hurt; though please do your due diligence/research/etc. having "a" page where viewers have to click into your website and at minimum click "yes" on "are you above 18" is a smart thing to do in general, and vastly better than nothing. even more secure would be to set up a "paywall" system for the whole site (like a personal site-as-a-patreon lol). if one "was" gonna draw edgier/kinkier content, it's typically better to have it behind some kind of paywall, whether it's even buying a physical book or zine elsewhere. that way a middle school minor has less reason to access it than say, a sophomore in college since by definition most people who tend to have credit cards are adults (though not always). hypothetically, if your work were to appear in court as an obscenity case - an easy way to make your case stronger if is to have a detailed specific artist's statement on why you draw what you draw, so it's not shock only. (my "i don't like authority" statement in my FAQ didn't pass in their eyes lol, they thought it was funny though). lastly, there's apparently a thing called an "opinion letter" where you can make contact with a lawyer in your own state and essentially have them review your work, and pre-emptively write a letter that basically says "this work is not obscene because of x y z" (if they agree with that). there's obviously more details than that but for high risk people it might be worth a consultation.