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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KumaPantsu
Memberis there a tag for artists' persona/avatar/self-representaion?
Disnomia
MemberWeav, don't push yourself too hard.
No one is expecting anything, we just love what you do whenever you do it u.u
BML-20XX
MemberThis hit close to home. I experience almost exactly the same thing.
SublimeSlimeFairy
MemberWeaver, you don't owe this world a damn thing. Just do what you want to do on your own accord.
H3xx
BlockedYeah... Makes me miss writing...
SuperScum
MemberCongratulations, you just described the same thing that happens to most people.
There's probably a specific term for it, but hell if I know what it is.
Vis-7
MemberGoddamit. You had to mention writing. My google docs has pages of poems and story intros I never went back to.
Clairese
MemberWeaver if you don't stop reaching into my brain and tugging at my soul, I'll... I'll... please don't ever stop.
dragontaur
MemberFear of success is a real thing. What if... What if you do do it? What if you do draw, or write, and your stories get unleashed on the world? What if people find them, and you become popular? You drawn in popularity. You have to produce for them. Always on their schedule, never on yours. Not only produce, but improve. Who wants to watch an artist that never gets better? What if... What if all that work becomes an obligation? A job? The thing you loved has died, making room for the industry of your creation.
What if... What if I don't draw, so I don't have to worry about the dream dying?
H3xx
BlockedJoin the club. I have a novel I was writing last. Got 40 chapters into it and then all of a sudden... post #303638
gardevoir supremacy
Memberand then the comments became a narcissistic shitshow
just do what you gotta do weav, your art makes people happy regardless of the subject matter
you da bess
RT Pilon
BlockedJust stumbled on this.
OMG, Weaver is human after all!
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