Hey folks
I’m pretty sure you know me.
I’ve spoken directly to most of you.
I can call most of you my Friends.
I won’t beat around the bush;
Changes need to be made.
The community was given a wide open field to play upon
and now each day there are people finding the boundaries of what can be called “A Fluffy”,
and also what can be allowed in the name of decency.
We are now dealing with stories about tiny dragons (not fluffies)
stories about demons (not fluffies)
stories about jellenheimers (not fluffies)
and more.
At some point we have to stop and say “No More”
And I believe we have reached this point.
From this point onward we are going to be applying a Minimum Standard in regard to what art or what stories are allowed to be posted, here.
I wish I could give you a concrete definition, but this is a difficult subject to pin down, to the liking of everyone involved.
But I will give you some examples
Three-sentence-zero-punctuation paragraphs are NOT going to be counted among fluffy stories.
Single-color mouse-drawn lineart is NOT going to be accepted as fluffy art.
The last thing I ever wanted to be was a gatekeeper.
I want to give everyone as much freedom as I possibly can to explore their creativity;
But there absolutely has to be a baseline.
I am not willing to single out anyone, and say “This is not good enough to be accepted”
I believe most of you can discern what I mean, without any examples.
You cannot just slap two colored squares on a blank canvas and say that it’s “fluffy art”.
Not anymore.
Much as I hate it, we will be gatekeeping to some extent, from now onward.
I’m not planning to remove people’s art or stories for arbitrary reasons.
We are not planning to remove images for having fluffies with long legs or long necks.
We don’t want to delete comics or stories for having hyper-intelligent fluffies.
There is room and precedent for these things
but the fact of the matter is that we’re seeing far too many of them, now.
Starting Today
We will remove any art or stories that go against our rules.
We will also be vigilant in regard to art or stories that try to circumvent these rules in clever ways.
If you want to tell stories about fluffies and how they interact with the world around them, you’re always going to be welcomed.
But if you’re trying to make “perfect fluffies” or “spin offs of fluffies” or “I think this story is really cool so I’m going to tell it with fluffies”…
I’m going to have people discussing your works.
There will be extra scrutiny on your work.
And we may decide that your work does not align with what fluffies are supposed to be.
People are going to be discussing your work to determine whether you’re actually writing fluffy stories, or you’re writing stories and shoehorning fluffies into them to get a bigger audience.
Violation of these boundaries will not be cause for an immediate ban, nor even an immediate warning.
But you can definitely expect a person from our team to speak with you.
I love you folks.
I love the creativity and the passion that can be found here.
I want to nurture these things, and to see them flourish.
Please understand that you’ll have to put in a modicum of effort to have your work accepted.
You are welcome to ask your questions, or to voice your complaints, in this thread.
You will not be punished for voicing your concerns.
Come and speak with us
Tell us your concerns
Tell us what you want to see.
I believe we can come to a collective understanding on this subject.
