I've gone over the rules, the FAQ, the help pages, the forums, and I still can't come to a conclusion on what e6ai's policies are regarding "young" content (i.e. cub/loli or appearing underage).

The "Avoid Posting List" mentions "Any explicit content featuring characters that are underage, or appear underage" but if you try to flag an image for a rule violation, the only option related to this is "Young human-like character in an explicit situation" which is a bit vague but I'm guessing doesn't apply to anthro characters.

Are the rules basically the same as on e621, where if the character is clearly anthro (e.g. Cream the Rabbit or Li Li Stormstout) it's fine, but if they're essentially human other than some small features (e.g. an elf girl with pointy ears) it's not allowed? When I look up posts for Cream the Rabbit it's all aged-up versions of her except for this one https://e6ai.net/posts/83559 which ironically isn't tagged with young... which makes me wonder if that's the only reason it's still around.

Your site, not mine, I don't care what the policy is either way. Just want to be crystal clear on what the rules are.

dr_crapola said:
I've gone over the rules, the FAQ, the help pages, the forums, and I still can't come to a conclusion on what e6ai's policies are regarding "young" content (i.e. cub/loli or appearing underage).

The "Avoid Posting List" mentions "Any explicit content featuring characters that are underage, or appear underage" but if you try to flag an image for a rule violation, the only option related to this is "Young human-like character in an explicit situation" which is a bit vague but I'm guessing doesn't apply to anthro characters.

Are the rules basically the same as on e621, where if the character is clearly anthro (e.g. Cream the Rabbit or Li Li Stormstout) it's fine, but if they're essentially human other than some small features (e.g. an elf girl with pointy ears) it's not allowed? When I look up posts for Cream the Rabbit it's all aged-up versions of her except for this one https://e6ai.net/posts/83559 which ironically isn't tagged with young... which makes me wonder if that's the only reason it's still around.

Your site, not mine, I don't care what the policy is either way. Just want to be crystal clear on what the rules are.

In regards to Young human-like character in an explicit situation we should probably update this meaning.

Basically, any character that remotely looks young in any explicit or non explicit situation will vary likely be deleted.

This does include anthro/feral characters also, whether it's human-like or not.

Aged-up versions in character's is fine, as long as it doesn't fall under the category of appearance being too "young".

angry_puppy said:
In regards to Young human-like character in an explicit situation we should probably update this meaning.

Basically, any character that remotely looks young in any explicit or non explicit situation will vary likely be deleted.

This does include anthro/feral characters also, whether it's human-like or not.

Aged-up versions in character's is fine, as long as it doesn't fall under the category of appearance being too "young".

Thanks for the clarification! I'm kind of surprised the rules are so different from e621's, but it's good to know.

And non-explicit young images will get deleted too? So like, a safe rated on-model image of Tails the Fox that looks similar to official artwork would get deleted? Not that I plan on creating such images, but that seems a bit odd.

dr_crapola said:
non-explicit young images will get deleted too?

no because they aren't explicit

flowersylveon said:
no because they aren't explicit

As long as they aren't depicting or suggesting anything explicit, it should be fine.

flowersylveon said:
no because they aren't explicit

This might have been a typo, but:

angry_puppy said:
Basically, any character that remotely looks young in any explicit or non explicit situation will vary likely be deleted.

dr_crapola said:
This might have been a typo, but:

actually angry puppy already said it better above
non explicit can count as suggestive

like a young character with massive boobs or being vored

not explicit but it's suggestive leaning

Alright, looks like more of my posts were deleted, this time for featuring an on-model Isabelle from AC (actually not quite on-model, I gave her small breasts whereas she normally has none). The irony here is that if I were to try posting these same images on some place that's made for young content like ATFbooru, they'd get deleted for not featuring a young enough character. Apparently I've discovered a unique class of image that is off limits everywhere, not for being extreme but for being in between standard tastes. AI generated shortstacks have no home. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dr_crapola said:
Apparently I've discovered a unique class of image that is off limits everywhere, not for being extreme but for being in between standard tastes. AI generated shortstacks have no home. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm pretty sure Sankaku Complex accepts just about anything that isn't actually illegal. They have plenty of straight up loli AI stuff. Problem then is you have to use Sankaku... Hope you have a good adblocker.
Hell I just checked and apparently other people have been uploading most of my non-furry stuff to Sankaku, one's even a pointless rescale I didn't do. They have over 800k posts with the 'furry' tag so I'd say go for it if you just want it shared somewhere.

I think that some rule34 sites also accept most AI stuff but I don't really use them.

busahou said:
I'm pretty sure Sankaku Complex accepts just about anything that isn't actually illegal. They have plenty of straight up loli AI stuff. Problem then is you have to use Sankaku... Hope you have a good adblocker.
Hell I just checked and apparently other people have been uploading most of my non-furry stuff to Sankaku, one's even a pointless rescale I didn't do. They have over 800k posts with the 'furry' tag so I'd say go for it if you just want it shared somewhere.

I think that some rule34 sites also accept most AI stuff but I don't really use them.

I wasn't asking for recommendations for other platforms, though I do appreciate the thought (no sarcasm). I originally chose to upload here because this seemed like the most relevant place for a lot of the stuff I've been generating. It's furry, it's AI, I'll go to the furry AI site, ya know? I visit Sankaku every now and then, and while their content rules are extremely lenient, all their ads and account monetization shit is really annoying, as you said. It's still probably the best option, though. Gelbooru seems to be allergic to AI. At this point I feel like I need to make a spreadsheet of which topics trigger which site admins.

Ahaha and now another of my images got deleted: an image of Pom (from Them's Fightin' Herds). Reason: "Irrelevant to site (Suggestive / Explicit Young content)". For those not familiar, this is a feral sheep character. The only way you could possibly tell she's "young" is by knowing the lore. And even then, she's a sheep. Not "human-like", not anthro; a four-legged, four-hooved literal sheep. I'm pretty sure the payment processors and UK authorities aren't going to come after you because of how old a sheep looks, but what do I know.

I don't think this place is for me. Wish you guys the best.

Let me explain it for you in a way that is easy to understand.
A few months back i posted a few images of charmander/charmeleon m/f
If you are at all aware of pokemon, charmander is smaller than a charmeleon is
Due charmander being smaller than charmeleon, my images were taken down by one of our dear moderators with the reason given (and i quote)

The female charmander here has cub-like proportions (relative to the male): shorter tail, no tail flame, smaller hands, shorter muzzle.
Even though it probably wasn't intended and isn't tagged as such, I'm going to say it's too sus to keep up.

So the "young" policy on e6ai is pretty much that "screw not allowing human characters, if your characters have a difference in size, you are already potentially subject to deletion".
And my personal conclusion was to remove every and any art i had here and never try to upload the rest, because this is clearly not a public board, its something ran by a group of ppl who curate art based solely on their own taste.
No rules.
No consistency.
No nothing.
Just "what we like can stay".

because this is clearly not a public board, its something ran by a group of ppl who curate art based solely on their own taste.
[...]
Just "what we like can stay".

Well, feel free to offer to pay their hosting bills then? XD

bahufaru said:
Well, feel free to offer to pay their hosting bills then? XD

or make their own imageboard
along with coding
people to help run or just do it alone
server bills for hosting
all so simple