April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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Kristen Reid
MemberI love these. Keep 'em up!
Lackwit
MemberI have to wonder: Are we to get any different skin tones? I'm not asking for any PC reasons I just think black people are sexy.
portalgun
Memberyessssss
SwiperTheFox
MemberThis artist does some really talented work!
Lackwit
MemberWow. Every single time I mention said preference I get a slough of downvotes.
I have no idea why.
Cane751
JanitorEasily triggered self-inserts. It's that "how dare you have a preference that doesn't match my own" type of mentality. I encounter these types all the time.
Lackwit
MemberAh. It's baffling, especially on a furry site. Say you prefer foxes, people are alright with it.
Say you like your skin packed with melanin, suddenly you're horrible. It's so bizarre.
Emserdalf
MemberBasically whenever you say something along the lines of "I wish this picture had X instead" or "Detail Y looks odd in this" people will take it super personal, like you just offened their mother, and will slam your comment with dislikes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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