Why has the policy changed? Why now? Why does it discriminate for E6AI when on E621 it is allowed?
Topic: What is the reason for the differential treatment of AI - No advertising rule
Posted under General
E6 management found this practice to be immoral, and we have complied with their request.
The practice of paywalling content that is ostensibly cheap to create and has no inherent copyright, things were just too rife with abuse: private discord servers, Patreon-only uncensored versions, and the like. The decision was made to allow for "tip-jar" like situations where the content is accessible to anyone for free, but that people can choose to pay the director if they feel like doing so.