Why is CAB up for Golden Feathers when he isn't even on this forum in an active capacity?
He did nothing on the TMF in the entire calendar year of 2017. Commercial clip makers and models, it makes sense, but for artists and writers? No. No it doesn't. Just like it made no sense for his entire post history to get pulled on a whim when people have been told for years that this is totally impossible and wouldn't be done outside one notable occurrence that involved physical stalking.
Ridiculous.
We also will remove posts based on copyright holders request. It's been something enforced since our very first days. If you drew it, filmed it, photographed it, or wrote a story about it then you own it and get to see it removed from here if you choose to.
C.A.B. enforced his copyright, and asked for the removal of his art and stories from the TMF, leaving an exception for any signature images he created for people, and any works done in collaboration with others. This presented some unique issues because of the sheer number of posts he had made, and as virtually every post he's made her contained material that was covered by his copyrights. As such we chose to shift his entire posting history into a format that is not viewable as the sheer number of posts prevented hand curation of them. Thus the mass vanishing. You'll note that threads he started are still existent if replies were made by others to them.
We've always enforced content copyrights when the owners request such. Over the years several writers, artists and members have requested such removals. Since they were much less prolific posters folks never noticed.
As to the nomination.
While C.A.B. has not been active on the TMF, he continues to be prolific on DA producing material that is directly for the tickling community. As people are able to make nominations from the entirety of the community, they can and do. The Nominee need not be active upon the forum for it to have happened, so long as they presenting work somewhere. We've often seen models, clips, and individuals nominated who have never been active on the forum in many categories. Being active on the TMF has never been a criteria of the GFA's.
In C.A.B.'s case he has been nominated each year, usually by several of his fans (This year looking back he was nominated by 4 people, all in mail in nominations), and each year he has won. The margins have always been fairly wide. He's never campaigned, or asked to be nominated, and it's the community that has voted him winner each year.
We've always run the GFA's for the community to have fun with, and make their appreciation visible. How they choose to do that is up to them.
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