needs clean version and a female partner/companion/counterpart
Disregard that. I eat candycanes.
I'm noticing a few problems here. First off, this new mascot completely blows e6's legal validity out of the water. On the main page, there is no "Not 18? Go [link]here." which linked to Google which was e6's flimsy 'hey, we aren't showing porn to minors' cover. (Yet there was still enough to prevent a solid case). This makes me think someone is going to come after this site or the fandom entirely, branching out to a significant number of legally questionable things hosted within the site, such as images with the 'do not distribute' strips on the bottom or cub and loli.
Second off, it is slightly offensive to place an image that would be labeled "explicit" in tagging on the front page where some people may have male, female, or rating:explicit on their blacklists.
I, personally, thought that the e6 mascot idea of an androgynous mascot was a great idea because it was fair to everyone, not just certain groups of people at a time (when there's a female version made (this is the internet)).
Most important point I'm trying to make: I don't care that there's a mascot. Keep the porn off the front page, and put back that warning. For everyone's sake.
Simply sending a young child a link to the front page will bombard them with anatomically incorrect armadillo cock.
Legati said:
I'm noticing a few problems here. First off, this new mascot completely blows e6's legal validity out of the water. On the main page, there is no "Not 18? Go [link]here." which linked to Google which was e6's flimsy 'hey, we aren't showing porn to minors' cover. (Yet there was still enough to prevent a solid case). This makes me think someone is going to come after this site or the fandom entirely, branching out to a significant number of legally questionable things hosted within the site, such as images with the 'do not distribute' strips on the bottom or cub and loli.Second off, it is slightly offensive to place an image that would be labeled "explicit" in tagging on the front page where some people may have male, female, or rating:explicit on their blacklists.
I, personally, thought that the e6 mascot idea of an androgynous mascot was a great idea because it was fair to everyone, not just certain groups of people at a time (when there's a female version made (this is the internet)).
Most important point I'm trying to make: I don't care that there's a mascot. Keep the porn off the front page, and put back that warning. For everyone's sake.
I agree with Legati, this just isn't the kind of thing for the front page. eSix was far more gender neutral most of the time and was better related to the site in theme than random erect armadillo guy...
honestly, this kind of feels bad after having that whole mascot search as well. And if you wanted something male, we had Hexerade- and both eSix and hexerade fit the color theme as well.
>>bawww NSFW on front page
the admins trolled you pretty good with this one
I find it amazing just how many people rage so hard about this.
Geez, it's just a (mostly) furry porn site.
Don't browse e621 at work.
Yeah, it was funny, I hope they move the search box over the mascot's cawk.
Most of us were surprised, some laughed, some cried, some fapped...
And now let's calm down and resume our regular activities.
Okay?
As for the mascot issue, if you can't decide on the gender, and it's really that much of a serious business, then make one more. Or rule63 this one.
Hey guys...it's not cool to steal the Furry Fiesta dog-knotted armadillo...
april's still 3 months away, what is this shinanigans
2 points:
1. I can't believe you passed up the opportunity to have a hexagon pattern on him, since actual armadillos have patterns very close to that.
2. Real armadillo penises are actually much longer than that. It looks rather like a really skinny dolphin cock. I would post a link but I'm not sure that's allowed.
Man... now I want to draw up my own version of Dylan...
Sizer said:
Yeah, the massive boner right in the middle of the god damn page did come off as a bit vulgar to me.Imagine a straight guy / homosexual girl's reaction to that?
Clean version for great justice.
As a homosexual female, and a member of the staff, I'm pretty meh about the whole thing. I just can't believe they deliberated without me T.T... The choice is unique and I do like it. But it needs work.. Let's see what I can do >)
I love the new mascot (and the new front page!) But, I think that we should remove the -ahem- naughty bits from the front page.
I think it's fine, just fit the colours on the armadillo better. And maybe add more mascots that appear randomly, male, female and herm alike. There were a lot of good characters in the mascot competition and most of them have been posted here.
I'm just happy e621 is up and running.
it has same name as me :o
I vote pangolin for female mascot. :P
edit: and name her Pan, since we're going the "creative" route
Hey folks,
Thanks for the feedback; just to remind you that the front page IS going to be made work-safe (and not so male-specific) very soon, and that I'm going to keep tweaking the mascot over time to ensure he's in keeping with good taste. :p
Keep an eye on the front page for a work-safe, censored version going up.
Thanks everyone for remaining civil and constructive in your feedback; I want you to know that I *am* listening, and trying to balance making something awesome with something that doesn't offend everyone.
Thank you Varka for listening and taking an active role based on what we have to say (yell, scream and generally fuss about too). I, for one, appreciate it. :D
wait, you mean you WEREN'T just pranking us?
RlctntFr said:
I vote pangolin for female mascot. :Pedit: and name her Pan, since we're going the "creative" route
would she be pansexual?
on topic: i am mostly indifferent about the mascot but the cpu consumption is annoying
You know, I should totally be the mascot... yes..
OoOoOoO said:
on topic: i am mostly indifferent about the mascot but the cpu consumption is annoying
Yes, music plus near real time snowflakes makes an FA sized catastrophe... Can we lose the snowflaking? I already had to stop that once. :( Ironically also on FA XD.
OoOoOoO said:
would she be pansexual?
Like any e621 mascot wouldn't eventually be pansexual otherwise?
long time lurker here
I like the idea that finally there is a mascot and someone was bold enough to make a decision, I simply fail to see what this mascot in general has to do with e621.
Personally I do not care how many dicks/breasts/vagoos/cloakas it has but it should reflect the the site and it's users in some way, else it's not a mascot it's a just logo or a brand.
So see this as a bug report for a better mascot.
btw. what happened to the porn free, non-nude variant of e621?
closetfurfag said:
btw. what happened to the porn free, non-nude variant of e621?
That got shut down last year.
closetfurfag said:
long time lurker here
You do a horrible job at lurking :(
http://ioj.com/v/aayvk
http://ioj.com/v/2cgzt
wtf are in those snowflakes
banana_milkshake said:
http://ioj.com/v/aayvk
http://ioj.com/v/2cgzt
wtf are in those snowflakes
Riversyde said:
That got shut down last year.
Would it be possible to make an entry page where only images with a safe rating are shown?
no, srsly, wtf is that crap all about XD i personally dont mind, i bypass the front page whenever i visit, but goddamn what kind of infernal program does that
Aurali said:
You do a horrible job at lurking :(
huh?
Previously I just went here looking for porn, so I haven't seen much of the community ...
banana_milkshake said:
no, srsly, wtf is that crap all about XD i personally dont mind, i bypass the front page whenever i visit, but goddamn what kind of infernal program does that
javascript.
WolfieWolfie1992
Blocked7 years ago
I think a quote is appropriate in this situation:
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
~Joseph Stalin