Where to hit me up once Tumblrās gone.
Well itās looking increasingly like theĀ ārescue planā probably wonāt end up being anything. ( If they do suddenly pop out after this post announcing their great site, and invite us all over then yay, but theyāve blown past every deadline theyāve set, so far. )
Like basically anyone and everyone else whoās doing NSFW stuff, Iāll have to move next week, and like most people Iām just kind of registering to most places that seem vaguely interesting.
Though that means stretching out thin across multiple platforms, to hedge my bets and see which ones will grow. (Similar exoduses in the past have spawned new sites, like the Sheezyart exodus spawning y-gallery and furaffinity. ) So the next years will probably be filled with a lot of smaller galleries getting off the ground thanks to renewed interest, and artists trying to find new places to settle down.
Of course, being spread out over a half dozen sites is going to be ridiculous, so once things settle down and I get a better picture of how many people are active on the various platforms, Iāll have a better idea of which sites to focus on, and which arenāt really worth it.
The Gay Pornsmithing Discord.Ā
https://discord.gg/HvHThnZ
If youāre interested in making porn yourself, come hop over onto my discord server. Itās been running ever since that pornsmithing contest I organized like 2 years ago.Ā
Twitter:Ā https://twitter.com/greyrockel
For now itās more or less home base, but twitter is not exactly great for artists or for showing stuff off. But until they too kick off NSFW people ( which seems likely.) theyāve got by far the largest install base.
FurAffinity:Ā https://www.furaffinity.net/user/greyrockel/
FA is pretty stable, and I think Iāll try to keep up a regular presence there going forwards, though itās not great for videos. Atleast this is a safe bet.
Pixiv:Ā https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=30819972
Pixiv is nice enough, I quite like the recommendation and tagging system they have there, though having to censor stuff is hella annoying, (especially for animations.)Ā
(Stuff here will be censored.)
Pillowfort:Ā https://www.pillowfort.io/Greyrockel
Pillowfort seems interesting, and could be pretty capable one day.
In like.. 1-2 years.Ā
Theyāve currently got load issues, and I think registrations are temporarily closed. If they sort out their issues they have the potential to be a great site, but until they get their free accounts system up and running in mid-2019, I doubt many people will make accounts there.Ā
(They want to have a premium + free user setup to finance the site, but if they can turn that into a reliable revenue stream remains to be seen.)
BaraAddiction:Ā https://baraaddiction.net/profile/Greyrockel
BaraAddiction seems entirely new, Iāve never really heard of it before. And while it is currently pretty unpolished, itās been getting updates pretty quickly.
So pretty unsure about it, but it does seem more willing to experiment than a couple other gallery sites.
Barabox:Ā https://barabox.io/user/Greyrockel
Barabox still exists, but Iām in general kind of wary of it.
The moment it failed to get off the ground, it seemed like it just died.
Neither their twitter or site newsfeed even recognize or comment on the tumblr purge, and the newest news post on the site is from November 2017Ā talking about a Q2 2018 update that Iām not sure ever happened.On top of that, from the early discussions about it, Barabox was bankrolled by someone. It does not have any kind of ads or other revenue stream, and I am extremely wary of whatās going to happen once they start needing a revenue stream.(Though the revenue stream and long term prospects is a huge issue for all of these smaller sites. Hosting a website for a lot of people, and trying to develop it are both costly propositions. )Joker: Y-gallery, Iāll probably join it if they ever finish it up and let people join.Ā (But who knows when, or even if thatāll be.)
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