E621.ne

I given this site a second chance given that I felt nostalgic for it for being among the first of it's type back then and the biggest when it comes to browse furry artwork. Uploaded my own for a while, tolerating unruly members leaving snarky comments going unchecked most of the time and ignored, but it was still not too big of an issue until I was banned indefinitely being accused of "ban evasion," something I've tried to appeal for a while now.

But even that wouldn't be what made me forget on continuing associated with this site. The last straw was that after the ban, any artwork that was submitted last and even approved was deliberately deleted, making me feel this being done out of spite than anything else. Have tried appealing this even when I stated not coming back to the site but had yet to receive any response about such abuse of power some blatantly do here.

And that's one of many problems this site is plagued with. Trolls go unchecked most of the time and even when reported, some staff will either ignore them or be condensing about it, going as far as declaring that it's not a big deal or even siding with said trolls. More often than not, inflammatory comments seem to be encouraged.

Some staff are also unruly and relentless even, not caring how insensitive they can be and flatout abusing the power given. Makes it hard for an artist to socialize or even feel safe in contributing to the site. The overall time being in it made me uncomfortable to say the least.

And then we have the quality of submission approval. Whenever you submit anything it takes quite a long while for anybody to review and approve, at times said submission going into limbo after 30 days if no action is taken. It doesn't help that you are given a limit to how many files you can submit when ones out are still pending. Some files get out right taken down if they include human characters involved, although there seem to be countless of said art files displayed, some even including characters involved in sexual situations. Some of my submissions would be taken down simply for having flesh colored fur and little else.

And then we got that awful voting system, which seriously undermines artists in my opinion. Especially when trolls abuse it to downvote both art and comments. I never understood what the purpose of it was other than either boost one's confidence or crush it indefinitely. Seems like the site could be better off without it if staff can't or refuse to keep such behavior in check.

Overall the only reason to join this site would be to acquire access to certain content from public view and comment on art and the like, but you could be better off submitting your art anywhere else, especially when there are better sites that are better moderated and prompt on processing submissions.