Celtic_Emperor
3rd Level White Feather
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- Nov 20, 2002
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This afternoon, when attempting to log into my yahoo e-mail account and my IM service failed to log me I realized the problem- my account had been deleted/deactivated.
Now, this is the first time this has ever happened to me over anything. And I know why it happened- the fetishy stuff on my group. Its the only explaination other than a dire error with the system that I paid the price for. Despite the fact my group was in the adult section (something I only did to protect it, I didn't like having to put it there because theres nothing adult about it), it was probably still dealt with for the same reasons other artists and their groups were dealt with.
But theres one big difference between them and I- I don't see this as a bad thing. I've not been ya-screwed. I don't see a reason to believe I have been. I accepted the fact, as a non-fetishist, that simply dabbling in the tickling community would have a reprocussion or two for me later on. I accepted this as an inevitability, not a long shot. Unlike alot of people who thought they were safe and complacent, I knew a day would come when simply being associated with this genre by any means would cost me something, however trivial it was.
I'm guilty by association, I suppose.
Well, whatever. Whatever happens happens. The group is still there, I just cannot access or moderate it. But I am smart and think ahead. By having everything about the group moderated, no spammers will be able to make prey of it (they sure as hell haven't even tried for years), and no new members will be able to join. Since its effectively out of my hands now, out of everyone's hands, I feel liberated. The group, despite its long success since October of 2002 and wealth of members (3,500+) was losing a significance to me. This became especially true when I joined up with TMF, TT , and also created my own DeviantArt, SheezyArt, MA, RA, DH, AH (and other site accounts).
The actual NEED for the yahoo group was no longer necessary, but was more of a novalty for me after having seen how fast my art was taken in and how famous I became in a much shorter ammount of time on these other sites. The yahoo group could no deliver to me what I needed as an artist to make any sort of an impact. It had outlived it's usefullness.
Indeed, yahoo was the first stepping stone on the internet for my art, the first place I'd ever uploaded my pictures and the first place I had ever taken a fetish request (which is how I came to be a part of this community to begin with). There are very fond memories still and I do not nor will I take for granted the times and loyalty you have shared with me in this journey. I earned every single one of those memberships. I did not spam other groups, ***** my own artwork on other groups, or did anything that would give me an edge I might not necessarily deserve. Whatever I had there I owed to faithful friends, new fans, and my own artistic merits and abilities.
I played it by the book, fair and square and I won. The end of this group is the end of the game. I have completed it proper, and I couldn't be happier with how that went.
DJ's_Fanart will always be something I will look back on and smile.
...............especially since I can just create another damn group if I wanted to! ROFL! I just don't see it happening. It serves no point or purpose. I'm bigger than a yahoo group and these other sites are more high-tech and just are capable of more. By creating another group, its like defying yahoo and spitting in their eye for doing, whats in my opinion, a favor.
I would never have deleted the group on my own, and will have continued posting and updating as always though. With the links intact this leaves the group like a museum. If they want to go to the source they will know how to find me.
To quote Commander Gendo Ikari from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion:
"Everything is kept in my heart, I'm satisfied with that."
Now, this is the first time this has ever happened to me over anything. And I know why it happened- the fetishy stuff on my group. Its the only explaination other than a dire error with the system that I paid the price for. Despite the fact my group was in the adult section (something I only did to protect it, I didn't like having to put it there because theres nothing adult about it), it was probably still dealt with for the same reasons other artists and their groups were dealt with.
But theres one big difference between them and I- I don't see this as a bad thing. I've not been ya-screwed. I don't see a reason to believe I have been. I accepted the fact, as a non-fetishist, that simply dabbling in the tickling community would have a reprocussion or two for me later on. I accepted this as an inevitability, not a long shot. Unlike alot of people who thought they were safe and complacent, I knew a day would come when simply being associated with this genre by any means would cost me something, however trivial it was.
I'm guilty by association, I suppose.
Well, whatever. Whatever happens happens. The group is still there, I just cannot access or moderate it. But I am smart and think ahead. By having everything about the group moderated, no spammers will be able to make prey of it (they sure as hell haven't even tried for years), and no new members will be able to join. Since its effectively out of my hands now, out of everyone's hands, I feel liberated. The group, despite its long success since October of 2002 and wealth of members (3,500+) was losing a significance to me. This became especially true when I joined up with TMF, TT , and also created my own DeviantArt, SheezyArt, MA, RA, DH, AH (and other site accounts).
The actual NEED for the yahoo group was no longer necessary, but was more of a novalty for me after having seen how fast my art was taken in and how famous I became in a much shorter ammount of time on these other sites. The yahoo group could no deliver to me what I needed as an artist to make any sort of an impact. It had outlived it's usefullness.
Indeed, yahoo was the first stepping stone on the internet for my art, the first place I'd ever uploaded my pictures and the first place I had ever taken a fetish request (which is how I came to be a part of this community to begin with). There are very fond memories still and I do not nor will I take for granted the times and loyalty you have shared with me in this journey. I earned every single one of those memberships. I did not spam other groups, ***** my own artwork on other groups, or did anything that would give me an edge I might not necessarily deserve. Whatever I had there I owed to faithful friends, new fans, and my own artistic merits and abilities.
I played it by the book, fair and square and I won. The end of this group is the end of the game. I have completed it proper, and I couldn't be happier with how that went.
DJ's_Fanart will always be something I will look back on and smile.
...............especially since I can just create another damn group if I wanted to! ROFL! I just don't see it happening. It serves no point or purpose. I'm bigger than a yahoo group and these other sites are more high-tech and just are capable of more. By creating another group, its like defying yahoo and spitting in their eye for doing, whats in my opinion, a favor.
I would never have deleted the group on my own, and will have continued posting and updating as always though. With the links intact this leaves the group like a museum. If they want to go to the source they will know how to find me.
To quote Commander Gendo Ikari from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion:
"Everything is kept in my heart, I'm satisfied with that."
