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Finally! Tag blacklisting is here!
8 months ago
In case you missed it, the latest site update is here, giving users the ability to blacklist tags and block submissions to their liking. While the implications of the recent rule changes remain unclear, I'm still considering this a win overall. One of the most common talking points I've heard in defense of the content guidelines becoming increasingly strict for characters looking "too childlike" has been the idea that "most people don't want to be subjected to those things" and that it's "bad for advertising" to have potentially unappealing content visible to everyone. Now, that's not longer an excuse people can make. Much like how the "SFW Mode" setting works, if people don't want to see certain things, the tags for them can simply be blacklisted to block them by default, which should keep most of those complaints at bay.
You can try it out for yourself right now. While it's technically functional, just know that it's still rough around the edges and doesn't perfectly block everything yet. There's still a long way to go, especially seeing as the tagging system on this website desperately needs better implementation and organization (akin to how it works on an image booru), but I'm assuming that will probably be the next step for FurAffinity's staff. I don't envy their work, seeing as it will probably be a long, tedious process that could take years to fully roll out, but I'm optimistic about the end result. If it means submission tags will finally have more of a purpose on this website than merely boosting visibility in search results, that would be a huge improvement.
Of course, this inevitably raises the question of why FurAffinity's staff never tried to implement this sort of feature before rolling out a multitude of ban waves and stricter rules, but I'll take what I can get. Like a lot of artists who have felt hesitant about posting new artwork out of fear of getting unfairly suspended, this should hopefully put those fears to rest. While I think it's long overdue, better late than never, right?
You can try it out for yourself right now. While it's technically functional, just know that it's still rough around the edges and doesn't perfectly block everything yet. There's still a long way to go, especially seeing as the tagging system on this website desperately needs better implementation and organization (akin to how it works on an image booru), but I'm assuming that will probably be the next step for FurAffinity's staff. I don't envy their work, seeing as it will probably be a long, tedious process that could take years to fully roll out, but I'm optimistic about the end result. If it means submission tags will finally have more of a purpose on this website than merely boosting visibility in search results, that would be a huge improvement.
Of course, this inevitably raises the question of why FurAffinity's staff never tried to implement this sort of feature before rolling out a multitude of ban waves and stricter rules, but I'll take what I can get. Like a lot of artists who have felt hesitant about posting new artwork out of fear of getting unfairly suspended, this should hopefully put those fears to rest. While I think it's long overdue, better late than never, right?
It kinda saddens me to imagine how much beautiful work is out there, shared with the world, but it'll never get the attention it deserves because it's been made so difficult to find due to a lack of tagging
Neat, it sure did take a long ass time for FA to finally implement this feature when E6 and IB have had it since the beginning, lol...
Now if only you (as in the FA Mod Staff) could dial back some of the "fiction equals reality" Purity Cult mentality and let the individual users choose for themselves what they do and do not want to see, rather than do blanket bans of specific FICTIONAL content, which always always always leads to a Purity Spiral and constant Goal Post shifting. You folks sure did show those Pokefurs and SFW Babyfurs that the Leopards they so carelessly voted for will indeed eat their faces.