The Anti-Censorship DNP Pledge
Brass Beau
Howdy from Shimmer Pope
@Background Pony #729E
and Ary Ban is now a pegasus from Starlight’s old village that thinks Starlight betrayed her views. Thanks for that inspiration.
and Ary Ban is now a pegasus from Starlight’s old village that thinks Starlight betrayed her views. Thanks for that inspiration.
windburst
I don’t mind the idea at all, but please get a better name. Ary ban sounds so weird.
@Background Pony #729E
and Ary Ban is now a pegasus from Starlight’s old village that thinks Starlight betrayed her views. Thanks for that inspiration.
I don’t mind the idea at all, but please get a better name. Ary ban sounds so weird.
Brass Beau
Howdy from Shimmer Pope
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Right, so, from what I’ve seen around the forums it looks like things are gonna revert to how they were with some heavier focus on community relations. I expect Aryanne, and several other characters inspired by political movements, to be reported for a couple of weeks, assuming the policies stay as they are/were. Most should be responded with “filter it” but it’s hard to say. My best guess is things should return to normal in a month or two. I expect a shit storm when the US elections come up this November, though. I have no guesses as to how long it will take for artists to retract the DNP requests. Things are gonna be rough for the rest of the year, not that they haven’t been up to this point.
Right, so, from what I’ve seen around the forums it looks like things are gonna revert to how they were with some heavier focus on community relations. I expect Aryanne, and several other characters inspired by political movements, to be reported for a couple of weeks, assuming the policies stay as they are/were. Most should be responded with “filter it” but it’s hard to say. My best guess is things should return to normal in a month or two. I expect a shit storm when the US elections come up this November, though. I have no guesses as to how long it will take for artists to retract the DNP requests. Things are gonna be rough for the rest of the year, not that they haven’t been up to this point.
Datte-Before-Dawn
Undesirable
@Brass Beau
IF freedom of artistic expression prevails…
We all saw how fast the first flip-flop came (5 hours) so I’m definitely giving it a little to see how things fare and if there’s any signs of a third flip-flop. If I like what I see (with Raptorshy in charge, I have a bit more hope than before), then I’ll retract my DNP and urge others to consider the same.
Regardless of what happens, having alternate boorus crop up is a great idea, because stagnation and overconfidence is one of the reasons why we got into this mess in the first place. There’s definitely a place for more than one Booru in this fandom to co-exist…all that remains to be seen is if outside actors are willing to co-exist in the first place whatever happens.
IF freedom of artistic expression prevails…
We all saw how fast the first flip-flop came (5 hours) so I’m definitely giving it a little to see how things fare and if there’s any signs of a third flip-flop. If I like what I see (with Raptorshy in charge, I have a bit more hope than before), then I’ll retract my DNP and urge others to consider the same.
Regardless of what happens, having alternate boorus crop up is a great idea, because stagnation and overconfidence is one of the reasons why we got into this mess in the first place. There’s definitely a place for more than one Booru in this fandom to co-exist…all that remains to be seen is if outside actors are willing to co-exist in the first place whatever happens.
Brass Beau
Howdy from Shimmer Pope
@Datte-Before-Dawn
Agreed that alternate boorus could learn a lot from what happened but the technical catch-up is going to take a while. I took a look at rainbooru and it really needs some polish. While I’d like to see derpibooru stay a hub of MLP art, I think these alternate boorus would be good for implementing experimental changes and host smaller sub-communities.
Agreed that alternate boorus could learn a lot from what happened but the technical catch-up is going to take a while. I took a look at rainbooru and it really needs some polish. While I’d like to see derpibooru stay a hub of MLP art, I think these alternate boorus would be good for implementing experimental changes and host smaller sub-communities.
Background Pony #5415
@Datte-Before-Dawn
Yeah, Derpibooru is arguably the biggest pony art site we’ve got and that unfortunately leads to the staff having some leverage over the fanbase at large, these alternate booru sites should be supported as much as we can.
Yeah, Derpibooru is arguably the biggest pony art site we’ve got and that unfortunately leads to the staff having some leverage over the fanbase at large, these alternate booru sites should be supported as much as we can.
TheQuietMan
House of the Arcana
@Background Pony #47F5
There is? Tell me, I’m preparing for what’s coming.
There is? Tell me, I’m preparing for what’s coming.
GregUniverse
Grandest of Dads
It might be worth considering for some enterprising fan to make an alternate booru for the opposite reason too: A “safe” booru for MLP. No racism, no grimdark, no foalcon, etc. Maybe consensual porn of adult characters is still okay, I dunno.
I feel like more options being available is a good thing, and every person gets a community that suits their comfort levels.
I feel like more options being available is a good thing, and every person gets a community that suits their comfort levels.
GregUniverse
Grandest of Dads
@CruFox
Ooh, nice. I dig it. It’s not specifically for MLP but it’s got MLP content.
I’m not leaving Derpi or anything myself - I just filter the nazi stuff out. But I love that there’s already essentially an option delivers what I think many of us from the other thread would like. I’ll pass this along as a recommendation in the anti-nazi pledge thread, and I think I’ll sign up there myself too!
EDIT: I’ll link to FurBooru directly here in case anyone else wants in. I’m excited for it!
Ooh, nice. I dig it. It’s not specifically for MLP but it’s got MLP content.
I’m not leaving Derpi or anything myself - I just filter the nazi stuff out. But I love that there’s already essentially an option delivers what I think many of us from the other thread would like. I’ll pass this along as a recommendation in the anti-nazi pledge thread, and I think I’ll sign up there myself too!
EDIT: I’ll link to FurBooru directly here in case anyone else wants in. I’m excited for it!
Cyborg_pony
@Datte-Before-Dawn
speaking of:
Ponybooru: has risen from the ashes.
It looks just like Derpi, which as me wondering.
speaking of:
Ponybooru: has risen from the ashes.
It looks just like Derpi, which as me wondering.
Background Pony #BA8C
@Cyborg_pony
Also has a rule that Derpi used to not have a long time ago. And what ponibooru used to be for.
Also has a rule that Derpi used to not have a long time ago. And what ponibooru used to be for.
Barhandar
(twi|pony)booru.org
@Cyborg_pony
It’s Zizzy’s board, he’s using Philomena and it even says that.
Also obligatory “IMPORT THE DATABASE REEE”.
It’s Zizzy’s board, he’s using Philomena and it even says that.
Also obligatory “IMPORT THE DATABASE REEE”.
Barhandar
(twi|pony)booru.org
@Background Pony #BA8C
The rules over there are funny right now.
The rules over there are funny right now.
which is what organizes the 0 images that have been posted to this website
LemonDrop
C++ Crazed
@Cyborg_pony
Well Derpibooru is open source, anyone can just spin up their own instance of it.
In general I’m not too big a fan of just making clones of the site though since they are kinda bound to fail unless they are significantly different and have something unique to offer, so not sure if just having slightly more permissive rules is really going to be enough to convince people to move over to a site like that when Derpi just has so much more existing content and community backing for stuff. I kinda have some ideas for how to fix that problem once and for all but radical new technologies also don’t tend to take off too much if their UX is kinda trash which is inevitable, so who knows if anyone would want to invest in that either.
Well Derpibooru is open source, anyone can just spin up their own instance of it.
In general I’m not too big a fan of just making clones of the site though since they are kinda bound to fail unless they are significantly different and have something unique to offer, so not sure if just having slightly more permissive rules is really going to be enough to convince people to move over to a site like that when Derpi just has so much more existing content and community backing for stuff. I kinda have some ideas for how to fix that problem once and for all but radical new technologies also don’t tend to take off too much if their UX is kinda trash which is inevitable, so who knows if anyone would want to invest in that either.
Datte-Before-Dawn
@Background Pony #5415
I don’t know if I can tell anyone this yet, but Ponybooru is technically live, but in beta. It uses Philomena, so it’s basically Derpiboorus UI and tagging system. It’s really good from what I’m seeing. Just waiting on the go-ahead, myself.
@Cyborg_pony
Ah, speak of the devil
Undesirable
@GregUniverse
Philomena (DBs code and framework) is open source, so someone with the technical coding know-how can theorherically do it
Philomena is apparently super buggy and complicated to implement due to its lack of documentation (from what I’ve heard), so it’s easier said than done
Philomena (DBs code and framework) is open source, so someone with the technical coding know-how can theorherically do it
Philomena is apparently super buggy and complicated to implement due to its lack of documentation (from what I’ve heard), so it’s easier said than done
@Background Pony #5415
I don’t know if I can tell anyone this yet, but Ponybooru is technically live, but in beta. It uses Philomena, so it’s basically Derpiboorus UI and tagging system. It’s really good from what I’m seeing. Just waiting on the go-ahead, myself.
@Cyborg_pony
Ah, speak of the devil
Digiqrow
On Ponybooru
@Datte-Before-Dawn
I already made an account there. Only uploaded a pic there as to not saturate their server.
I already made an account there. Only uploaded a pic there as to not saturate their server.
Datte-Before-Dawn
Undesirable
@Digiqrow
Will do that soon
Zizzy specifically stated he does not want this site be an /mlp/ booru, so hopefully people who still distrust staff here on BOTH sides of the arguement will migrate there
Will do that soon
Zizzy specifically stated he does not want this site be an /mlp/ booru, so hopefully people who still distrust staff here on BOTH sides of the arguement will migrate there
Background Pony #A8BB
@Brass Beau
A friend of mine is setting up a booru that will have its own little niche. Keep your eyes open. Rainbooru is deliberately as simple and bare-bones as possible, the one I’m talking about will be comprehensive (with new features!) but also have minimal rules.
A friend of mine is setting up a booru that will have its own little niche. Keep your eyes open. Rainbooru is deliberately as simple and bare-bones as possible, the one I’m talking about will be comprehensive (with new features!) but also have minimal rules.
TheQuietMan
House of the Arcana
Derpibooru and sister sites that will cater to your very specific needs, wants, preferences and beliefs. I advocate this.
doloresbridge
There used to be a few, though none stood above Derpi. For example:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140208000908/http://octabooru.net/browse
was suppose to be the more /mlp/ centric booru. I’m not even sure I even visited this place. I think they actually did try to do some cool stuff early on (like auto tagging of characters with AI if I recall).
https://web.archive.org/web/20180203091146/http://twentypercentcooler.net/
Dedicated pony booru launched by e621, I think it had some use for awhile.
Both these and others attempts unless they were focused on a niche topic were usually abandoned as Derpi’s lax content policies, independently developed software, and filter system made it superior to catering to most folks across all walks of the fandom. Though now its clearly evident that we should have at least a back up or two.
@GregUniverse
There actually is one but it doesn’t have much of a community.
http://bronibooru.com/
Associated with the roundstable forum community and former news site. I think they have an upload bot that uploads from a list of artist.
@Brass Beau
Certainly. Additionally I would hope that one of the boorus would take up the mantle of safeguarding the old fandom culture in the event that the others fall to either censor happy wokism or /pol/.
Peace to all
There’s definitely a place for more than one Booru in this fandom to co-exist
There used to be a few, though none stood above Derpi. For example:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140208000908/http://octabooru.net/browse
was suppose to be the more /mlp/ centric booru. I’m not even sure I even visited this place. I think they actually did try to do some cool stuff early on (like auto tagging of characters with AI if I recall).
https://web.archive.org/web/20180203091146/http://twentypercentcooler.net/
Dedicated pony booru launched by e621, I think it had some use for awhile.
Both these and others attempts unless they were focused on a niche topic were usually abandoned as Derpi’s lax content policies, independently developed software, and filter system made it superior to catering to most folks across all walks of the fandom. Though now its clearly evident that we should have at least a back up or two.
@GregUniverse
There actually is one but it doesn’t have much of a community.
http://bronibooru.com/
Associated with the roundstable forum community and former news site. I think they have an upload bot that uploads from a list of artist.
@Brass Beau
I think these alternate boorus would be good for implementing experimental changes and host smaller sub-communities.
Certainly. Additionally I would hope that one of the boorus would take up the mantle of safeguarding the old fandom culture in the event that the others fall to either censor happy wokism or /pol/.
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