April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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Shizuno
MemberYour comment seems super off to me.
FlavouredVodka
MemberI've met him and he's a legit sociopath, He's a good artist but calling him a decent person is pretty far off. Although I do have a grudge against him for something he did to me.
DarkBlue666
Member...Well shit! I guess the gods have abandonned us after all.
You wanna share your story?
DirtyRatMatt
MemberI second this. Please do elaborate.
RandoBro
Member...What?
PolarAurora
MemberYes! Tell us, Tell us!
FlavouredVodka
MemberI would like to but literally, any more detail than that would give away who I am which I would rather not do as I am well known in his group of acquaintances. I will say though he has openly told me everything he does is very calculated to gain him fans or to help him make money. Things like fan art for "friends" or art trades is just to gain clout off their fan base so he can make more money. He doesn't care about them at all and looks down at a lot of the other artists he works with. The conflict I have with him is in person not over the internet. It's not really appropriate to bring up here as it's not related to his art.
DarkBlue666
MemberMan, you're making him sound like an edgy movie villain. But frankly, I could believe you... He has a very special way of doing things, very appealing yet impersonal.
Well, as long as he doesn't decide to just up and betray us, I guess we can at least enjoy what he's giving us. And I for one am not gonna shoot first! We've got enough of those idiots as is...
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