Posting this here, because the newer things I found tagged under my username on e621 link back to here, so-- I have to assume it's a user here that uploaded them to the site. So hoping maybe they notice this... and/or that anyone else thinking of doing the same will notice this.
So just to clarify my position... I'm not a fan of people resharing my work on image boards like this. And I have never consented to people reposting my art like this without my permission. People have asked me about doing this on my behalf before... usually on FurAffinity... and I've always said no. (But I appreciate the offer? :p And the desire to spread my work, I guess? But this just isn't how I'd prefer that be done.)
I like e621 well enough? It's fine? But like... I don't have an account there. I don't plan (at the moment) on making one either. And even if I did, I'm not sure I'd have any control over editing or removing the content other people have already posted. And that kind of bothers me. I don't like not having control over how my work is presented. (Especially with the increased prevalence of AI tools, that I want to be able to easily opt my work out of, if a site suddenly starts allowing scrappers.) If I wanted my art on e621, then I would be posting it there myself. I've ignored a couple posts there in the past, because it was a commission that it seemed clear the commissioner had posted themselves, so I kind of let it slide, but that was the only reason. Also I know that person, so I could talk to them about it if I needed to. A completely random person that I can't identify in any way from the posting though?? That's... a lot harder to deal with. I don't have anyone I can contact to go "Heeeyy-- maybe take that down? Or at least don't do it anymore? I'd appreciate it."
So... yeeeeaaahhh......
It's not the end of the world or anything. I don't want to complain about it... and I appreciate that it is at least tagged with my name and links back to where the image was found, so people can find my gallery and more of my art. But that's just not enough to justify doing it without asking, I think? Part of it is also just the selfishness of... like... there are comments on the art posted to e621. And I didn't know about those. I'd have liked to have seen and responded to them as they happened-- comments are really important to me. But I don't have an account, so I didn't know then and I can't reply now.
I'm gonna start rambling if I don't stop, so just-- yeah. That was the jist of things. Please don't repost my work to other websites without asking me first. Like, pretty much everything I do is already freely available, you can just point people to any one of my galleries. Thanks.
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