Burning the Suspension Bridge

To dispel any rumors, I feel the need to give a brief explanation as to why I was suspended from deviantART. Some have suggested that it was due to prohibited content. Well, that's partially correct. Officially, I was suspended for linking to a site that has prohibited content on it....this site in fact. Yes, suspension for linking to my own work...irony knows no bounds.

The official reason I received was this:

"You have been suspended from deviantART for (2 weeks) with a reason of "Two week suspension for continued linking to a blogspot containing inappropriate material not permitted on deviantART."."

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I could have sworn that the point of placing questionable / inappropriate content on a personal website was to keep it OFF deviantART to begin with. Having read through the deviantART Terms of Service (TOS) I cannot find anything that would even suggest that linking to objectionable content is a violation of said TOS. We all know that one deviantART moderator doesn't play by the same rulebook as the next....most, other than following the TOS in it's most rudimentary sense, tend to make up the rules as they go along.

At any rate, it's only two weeks....and I don't plan on going anywhere. As a matter of fact, other than not showing (or linking to) my blogspot account, I don't plan on changing anything.

Let me end this little blog entry with a little thanks. Jeepika, the fair AND foul weather friend that he has been since I got on deviantART, was kind enough to to keep everyone informed as to what is going on with this most recent calamity. I have been reading your comments and....well, you know who your true friends really are.

Oh...heh...I found it a little humorous that I crossed the 16,000 pageview mark while serving the first day of my suspension.