corablue
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On the Account Suspension
🕑 Added 2018-06-09 07:20:55 +0000 UTCI wasn't going to give this situation the dignity of an official post here. You all don't subscribe to me for dramatic bullshit, but for those not keeping up to date in the Discord it appears that this situation has caused some confusion for my Patrons, which is unfortunate.
"We are writing to let you know that your account is currently suspended because it violates our Community Guidelines."
Needless to say I was furious. I removed the banner image on the off chance it was 'offensive' and I wrote to Patreon immediately and got this response.
"Upon further review of your account, I was unable to find a violation of our Community Guidelines. While we do work with a high volume of proactive reviews, there is small room for error. I apologize that this affected you and your page."
This was not only me. This was hundreds of other adult content creators within the same 48 hour period. This is a crackdown.
Patreon is attempting to cull the site of public facing adult content and is taking action even when it means risking the livelihoods of adult content creators who have done nothing wrong. This marks the beginning of an era when adult content creators are being stripped of the features other users get to enjoy, like public posts or early access.
This is draconian on a site that already has an adult content warning which I fully abide by. While I had thought that Patreon was perhaps learning from their mistakes after the Patreon Fee fiasco, it is clear that they are not only comfortable with continuing their wild lack of communication, they are also comfortable handing out account bans and suspensions for rules changes without warning (even if you happen to be innocent).
Patreon is going after the trust I have built between myself and my Patrons by telling them that I've been suspended for Community Guidelines violations, blocking access to content you've paid for, and proclaiming that I am an acceptable loss to enforce their sex-negative attitude.
The fact that I am back is nice, but ultimately damage has been done and features have been taken away from me that other Creators get to use. My trust in Patreon is shaken. That being the case, please don't lose faith in me. The best thing you can do is let Patreon know this is unacceptable and to keep supporting me.
In return I will do everything I can to free myself of this platform in the long term. Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere yet. Please forgive the lack of updates in the last week, and stay tuned for more comics.
Comments
CoraBlue
Stream today. Updates on this page in the next day or two. We'll ramp up from there and get back to normal. Word from Patreon is that the new age gate feature does not change policy, which means it's for their protection and doesn't do jack for us. I'll keep you guys updated as it becomes more clear what the long term strategy is.
CoraBlue
Websites been updated with all the black and white stuff. Within the next year I'll be either hiring an actual qualified web dev or taking some time to recode the entire site from scratch. Ideally I'll also be getting a larger hard drive so that storing my entire collection on the site is a possibility. Now I know why servers are a thing.
Alex
So what's going on? :/
Freya
Hey Cora, your website hasn't been updated in quite a while. Do you expect more of your stuff will end up there in the near future? I like the format of the site a lot more than here on patron.
WarFox
How can I lose faith in an artist that turned Tabby Kitten in a huge horse dicked cat girl futa that then hard railed a transformed Peter doe rabbit and broker her spirit into transforming all the other boys for Tabby's pleasure! I would never lose faith in such hard working genius! Just keep us informed if yo change platforms, so I can subscribe to you there. Just waiting for hot horse mom to do a crossover cameo to direct the impregnations and make everything right in the end.
Grimm-Ace
Dam sorry to here that I will still stay, your an awesome artist one of my favorites. I’ll follow u till the end. Oh Captain my Captain:)
Katrice Metaluna
Never trust the bean counters to be on your side. For-profit organizations are always fair weather friends at best. They'll always go where they think the money is and if they try and tell you otherwise, they're trying to deceive you. >:P
I'm not going anywhere Cora. And if you do head somewhere else. I'll be right behind ya. thank you for the update.
Halcyon
That's disappointing. I'll follow you where ever you end up. But I'm starting to ramp up production for my own campaign. And I'm nervous about doing that if they're going to start doing this. Are there any other platforms similar to this that are more friendly to pornographic content that you might have found? I'm also thinking it might be better to keep the levels of lewd to just implied and naughty, if that works with Patreon's guidelines.
Bashscript
Cora, I'll support you regardless of your platform! If I need to create you a new one just tell me! Keep up the good work
Saxxon Fox
It really sucks that creators are getting messed around with like this. But if you find somewhere else, we'll find you there too. A lot of us have your back.
Emory Ahlberg
I was hit too, man. In fact my patron page is still down. God damn crackdown.
RozenKnight
You've stood by us, and in turn I at least will stand by you.
Give us an alternative way to pay you. I for one will still pay even if you do not post new content for a bit, because Patreon can screw off. I love your stuff and if you still get your income until they get their shit together, so be it. You earned it in my book.
CoraBlue
I hope that you don't, since this is what Patreon is likely trying to accomplish. If many people feel this way, I'll take an enormous hit. I won't ask people to use Patreon forever though if they don't change for the better.
Robert Louis Stoll
Well if this is true I may be dropping the platform altogether. Maybe find a nice site not hosted in the us
