The Deuce: February 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

Not So Fast...

Apparently Google, fearing a mass exodus from blogger to likes of tumblr, had this to say a few hours ago:

Hello everyone,

This week, we announced a change to Blogger’s porn policy. We’ve had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities. So rather than implement this change, we’ve decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn.

Blog owners should continue to mark any blogs containing sexually explicit content as “adult” so that they can be placed behind an “adult content” warning page.

Bloggers whose content is consistent with this and other policies do not need to make any changes to their blogs.

Thank you for your continued feedback.

The Blogger Team

In other words, they are going to start cracking down on the commercial porn posters rather than worrying about little R34 shippers such as myself.

Bullet....dodged.

Crisis....averted.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Well, shit.

I (and I assume just about everyone with an 'adult content' blog) received this via email yesterday:

Dear Blogger User,
We're writing to tell you about an upcoming change to the Blogger Content Policy that may affect your account.

In the coming weeks, we'll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video. We'll still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content.

The new policy will go into effect on the 23rd of March 2015. After this policy goes into effect, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the blog will be able to see the content we've made private.

Our records indicate that your account may be affected by this policy change. Please refrain from creating new content that would violate this policy. Also, we ask that you make any necessary changes to your existing blog to comply as soon as possible, so that you won't experience any interruptions in service. You may also choose to create an archive of your content via Google Takeout.

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team

Most of my blog content isn't what I consider to be explicit or graphic, but....damn....I really don't feel like sorting through SIX YEARS worth of content and deleting what some tightwad may or may not consider to be perverse. Oh well...if they delete it, so be it. I still have Paheal, deviantART (to a limited degree), and am now back on Hentai Foundry.

I may reconsider going on tumblr, but...yeah...it's just so impersonal. 'Likes' and 'reblogs' are ok and all, but I'd really miss the human interaction....tumblr is just so mechanical like that.