From yesterday to today the post count for twilight_sparkle_(mlp) dropped by 55 posts which is quite unusual.
Anyone know why or have an idea how to go about finding out?

asymetricalwindows said:
From yesterday to today the post count for twilight_sparkle_(mlp) dropped by 55 posts which is quite unusual.
Anyone know why or have an idea how to go about finding out?

posts got deleted because of the 30 days?
you can use status:deleted to check for deleted posts

Saurian went DNP

edit: from what I can gather, it's because one user had removed the trans_(lore) tag from his art about a day prior. so, I guess the nuclear option was the only solution, and not like, reporting the user or something...

sipothac said:
Saurian went DNP

edit: from what I can gather, it's because one user had removed the trans_(lore) tag from his art about a day prior. so, I guess the nuclear option was the only solution, and not like, reporting the user or something...

LOL, damn.

So no one offered to lock the tag? :(

alphamule said:
LOL, damn.

So no one offered to lock the tag? :(

It dosn't really seem like anyone got the chance, he just kinda went 0 to 60 after one incident.

he had made some post complaints, but only in regards to the edits that user had posted.* other than that he just kinda went ballistic in the comments without ever conveying what the problem was in any coherent manner. I can only really tell that tagging was even a problem after reading the takedown request.

_{*I can't be certain that there were no user complaints since normal users can't view those, but I am sure that he never made tag abuse tickets.**
**I just happened to be browsing post complaint tickets, I'm not going to go back through the queue to link them, just trust m.e}

sipothac said:
It dosn't really seem like anyone got the chance, he just kinda went 0 to 60 after one incident.

he had made some post complaints, but only in regards to the edits that user had posted.* other than that he just kinda went ballistic in the comments without ever conveying what the problem was in any coherent manner. I can only really tell that tagging was even a problem after reading the takedown request.

_{*I can't be certain that there were no user complaints since normal users can't view those, but I am sure that he never made tag abuse tickets.**
**I just happened to be browsing post complaint tickets, I'm not going to go back through the queue to link them, just trust m.e}

Makes me wonder if there was some offsite shit-nanigans going on. That does seem odd. *reads the comments* Oh, I think the artist was just tired of everything in general. You don't normally get reactions like this without a reason. *reads further* https://e621.net/post_versions?search%5Bpost_id%5D=3218628 Yeah, a bit late, but I bet this was why. All signs point to lore tag - There's signs everywhere (even the artist confirms it in a comment at source) and someone deemed it OK to remove the tag. https://nitter.net/ArtforSaurian LOL, the comments on removing it from e621 and others. Oh well, this isn't the first time this artist has purged their art. Don't be shocked if he goes Discord-only.

alphamule said:
Makes me wonder if there was some offsite shit-nanigans going on. That does seem odd. *reads the comments* Oh, I think the artist was just tired of everything in general. You don't normally get reactions like this without a reason. *reads further* https://e621.net/post_versions?search%5Bpost_id%5D=3218628 Yeah, a bit late, but I bet this was why. All signs point to lore tag - There's signs everywhere (even the artist confirms it in a comment at source) and someone deemed it OK to remove the tag. https://nitter.net/ArtforSaurian LOL, the comments on removing it from e621 and others. Oh well, this isn't the first time this artist has purged their art. Don't be shocked if he goes Discord-only.

the thing is that several edits were already being deleted for being trivial or poor quality prior to when the takedown happened. also like, as far as I can tell he never voiced any problems with the site at any point prior to this takedown request.

it's just kinda frustrating that people will just never talk to anyone or explain their problem or anything and then just go dnp and just talk shit on Twitter. like, we have ways to deal with _litterally_ every problem he was having, he could have gone CDNP for edit or he could have requested a takedown of those specific posts, and he could have made a complaint about the tags being removed. like, if he had a problem with TWYS, or being on the same site as cub art, or not liking having no control of the comment section, or any of the several legitimate reasons to dislike the site.

_{also, like nearly the exact same problem with edits can happen on Twitter as it can here, but whatever.}

sipothac said:
the thing is that several edits were already being deleted for being trivial or poor quality prior to when the takedown happened. also like, as far as I can tell he never voiced any problems with the site at any point prior to this takedown request.

it's just kinda frustrating that people will just never talk to anyone or explain their problem or anything and then just go dnp and just talk shit on Twitter. like, we have ways to deal with _litterally_ every problem he was having, he could have gone CDNP for edit or he could have requested a takedown of those specific posts, and he could have made a complaint about the tags being removed. like, if he had a problem with TWYS, or being on the same site as cub art, or not liking having no control of the comment section, or any of the several legitimate reasons to dislike the site.

_{also, like nearly the exact same problem with edits can happen on Twitter as it can here, but whatever.}

Well, reading between the lines, I think it was inevitable, given a history of purging galleries. There's that old expression about a straw on a camel's back. I fixed one of those lore tags being missing but not sure if others need reversion(and possibly locking?). I mean, I stated why on the post why that was crazy talk to remove it. Define 'lore'. The artist themselves stated it was intended to be a transsexual drawing, and someone still removed the tag. See also: People removing cub lore tags on non-TWYS cubs, or other way around. There comes a point where you have to wonder if it was ignorance or deliberate. Had an incident a few months back where warnings were given for trolling because of that.