Not sure who, or why, but someone's been harassing me for a few months. Especially so after I started my patreon. Latest move was to report my Patreon page.
Today, I had to limit my patreon activity, remove all stories that contained the "rape" keyword. Why? Because patreon doesn't actually have any community guidelines they instead have some fancy prose that means nothing.
From the guidelines:
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However, we have zero tolerance when it comes to the glorification of sexual violence which includes bestiality, rape, and child exploitation (i.e., sexualized depiction of minors). This is true for illustrated, animated, or any other type of creations. Patreon reserves the right to review and remove accounts that may violate this guideline.
We also do not allow other fringe sexual fetish creations, such as incest, necrophilia, or fetish creations that is hard to distinguish from non-consensual sex.
We understand that some topics on this list such as incest or rape are a little bit more complicated because these situations are, unfortunately, part of real life. As a result, when reviewing these types of creations, the Trust and Safety team will take into consideration context including personal, historical or educational narrative. For example, survivor stories or fiction such as Game of Thrones or Lolita are allowed on Patreon.
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As you can see, pretty cut and dried, right? And yes, some of my content would run foul of this, and I acknowledge this. I suspect my Valentines Day story certainly did. However, most of my writing does not condone, or "glorify" rape. It's usually the horrific reprocussions that I fixate on.
The reply I got from the moderator contained this nugget:
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To answer your questions, at Patreon we define the glorification of sexual violence, not as an exhortation of it, but as something that is featured prominently in the content to the point of being one of its main focuses.
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They literally redefine the word "glorify" to fit their discomfort with my writing. I didn't break their rules, they moved the bar on me. That definition does not exist within their guidelines, this is wholly from the moderator himself I suspect, or that moderator's superior. I replied with a long email explaining how they need to then write clearly what their guidelines actually mean, or end up with a meaningless waste of words.
Mean what you say, and say what you mean.
I'll come up with a new solution soon here, not sure what it will be, but I won't be kept down by harassment, or by petty moderators who can't stomach the real world.
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