Two things.... (Patreon)
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First and by far the most important, I'd like to officially say Thank You to everyone, especially those who recently bumped their pledge up to help me out, as well as those that bought books and sketches. That was all very helpful and came at a somewhat dire time.
I know many of you bumped it up only for a limited time, and it won't hurt my feelings if you have to drop it back down. I well understand tight finances, believe me. :)
Second, apparently thanks to the unpaywalled pic of a semi-topless Miki below, Patreon has now labeled my account as "adult". I have the option of a review and possible return to open, but that might require the removal of ALL the nsfw art.
Now, on one hand, there's no particular drawback to being labeled 'adult'. The worst part is we won't appear on any of Patreon's internal advertising- the most important of which is this account won't appear in listings of comics individual donors are subscribing to.
The thing about THAT is, I have no idea how that might affect our traffic. When Patreon was new, I liked checking out some of the other comics or artists some of you were supporting, but I haven't done it in a while, and I don't know how many others do.
The next most important is the warning tag for those not already signed in, warning about the "18+ content". That I can see turning off a few potential patrons... but on the other hand, I can see it enticing a few too. :)
So it's likely not a particularly bad thing, but is definitely something I may need to keep an eye on.
So the question is: Do I 'fight' it? I was given to understand NSFW was largely okay, as long as it was paywalled. (That I believe was my mistake, with the pic of Miki being "open".) I may be able to have the adult tag removed if I get rid of that pic or paywall that post.
On the other hand, I may have to get rid of ALL the nsfw stuff to lift it.
Or do I ignore and just accept it? I have no particular plans to show anything more risque` than the existing artwork, so it's not like we really need the coverage, but on the other hand, I know many of you like those pics and very likely would want to see more.
.... I suppose I should have made this post a poll. :)
But really, I don't just want a yes-or-no vote, I'd like to hear your actual opinions. If, of course, you have one. :)
Doc.