Likely Deleting Some Old Posts Over Time

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>

Chronos Cat

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.

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.

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.

Kevin Wright

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

Xelada

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.

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.

Fairportfan

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

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.

coredumperror

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

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>

KiTA

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

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

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

Matt R

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

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!

Dan Shive

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

Prof Sai

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

royalmerou

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

Zerodime

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.

Matt R

Which posts exactly are you planning to remove?

Wolf Avatar

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

Zerodime

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.