would you join a furry art gallery website (like FA, weasyl, the other ones) that started out as invite-only to post art, but open to anyone to comment/fav/watch/etc?
Please vote:
yes
maybe, depending on the artists using it
no
not a furry/see results
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shares appreciated to increase sample size!
this is basically a pipe dream, but i'm curious as to what people think of the idea. basically my thinking is that, if i were to start a gallery site, i would not want to deal with moderating a huge community, so i'd start it out small with just people i trust to not post things i don't want to host, then gradually expand as i can bring people on to moderate it.
also, to clarify, this wouldn't be an "is your art good enough" sort of thing, just a "can i trust you not to post real gore or bigoted shit or untagged extreme content" thing. beginners and amateurs and the like are essential to keeping the furry scene alive, and would be as welcome as any other artist, so long as they pass the vibe check, so to speak.
things i view as necessary basic features of a furry art site in the 2020s:
- search
- content filtering
- required tagging of specific content, particularly extreme fetishes (i.e. scat, gore, breathplay, etc)
- ads are separate from art
- nothing that promotes conservative ideology and bigotry
- organization features with good depth
- comments
- character tagging
- adults only
- rich formatting in stories
- multiple images per post
i wouldn't open a site up to public users until it had all this working well enough

