I've been shadowbanned from Pixiv.
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A Shadow-ban is when a user can still upload works but his works can no longer be seen by those who are not following him, this implies that i'm on my way to get a permanent ban until Pixiv decides what to do with my account, and now i will share some words about the matter and the change in content over the years, hopefully explaining somethings for people who aren't aware or simply didn't care.
When i started i posted my content uncensored, i didn't read the rules back then, my mistake, this led me to my very first suspension, but back then i was kindly provided with all works broke the rules, the second time was not provided with the works that broke the rules and instead ignored by the staff, i had to blur ALL my content to make sure.
Insatisfied with how little i was making at the time, which was around $120 dollars i've decided to paywall my content, which in a month became $500 dollars, which is not enough money as i was overworking myself and posting daily and still trying to keep quality, in may of this year i was making roughly $1500 dollars, which is laughable and i was at my peak, then the money started dropping and i finally came to the realisation that i would never reach the people who make high quality content, most artists who make the ranking on Pixiv make ridiculous amount of cash, upwards $20k a month, that's just a pipe dream for me, and on average top artists get 400 to 1000 favorites in their works in a day, my works barely get to 200 after months, overtime i started getting more and more depressed and accepted that no matter what i do or what i post i would never be able to make the money i always wanted (my dream is simple, have money) which is the bare minimum of $3k a month, this lead to my work getting more and more distorted, desperately trying new things and failing miserably.
This is what WILL happen in the next few days.
Pixiv bans me permanently: Johndoe1970 ceases to exist, just another aritst who gave up.
Pixiv asks me to censor more than 500 works: I will delete all my content and start anew, all content will be free and i will rely on the 'goodwill' of people to support me (didn't happen before, remember?).
Pixiv does not remove my shadowban and keep everything as it is : I will delete all my content, inside and outside of Pixiv and Pixiv, no longer posting any work.
đ„ Downsides of Pixiv
đ No Webm support, instead being limited to GIF's with poor quality.
đ Has to abide to Japanese laws, requiring ALL genilatia to be censored.
đ No organization like dA, this means no folders to separate your work, everything is a clusterfuck here.
đ Request system does not allow R-18 content.
đ Pixiv will become 'Progressive' eventually, removing all 'offensive' users, i'm the first step.
comments are on, enjoy! đđ
note: if you don't believe about my ban, just search my works using tags.