Salty about the september 2016 update

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It’s still new to me and it’s quite brutally a pain that anthro works with a short statured spike-or-similar-characters are flat out forbidden and it’s a pain.
 
Still, I’m thankful that my uploads that manage to be against the rule haven’t resulted in a punishment, but it’s somewhat hard to figure out. Especially with the grey area that is Spike.
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May I ask what update you’re talking about exactly? The site’s constantly being changed and updated, and it’s hard to remember what happened when.
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@Joey  
Ah, well, it’s the ruling of anthro characters that if they are deemed ‘under aged”, the content is removed.
 
I had uploaded this: https://e621.net/post/show/1225528
 
though it was removed in less than 5 minutes due to a claim of Rule 5. I, at first, though it was just for the humanized versions of characters, like the CMC being three little girls or being little girls with the pony heads just stuck on them.
 
However, a few really well dome images, mainly with spike, have been removed/forbidden from being posted because he’s “too human” or something to that effect. Said image I tried to upload being removed was quite frustrating to me as the ruling still feels extremely cloudy to me. ESPECIALLY where Spike is concerned.
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@Daneasaur  
Generally the rule is if they’re human or anthro and appear to be under the age of eighteen, it’s not allowed. The laws are very murky on this content, and since we don’t wish to host illegal or potentially-illegal content, we decided to take a “better safe than sorry” approach.
 
The problem is, the laws don’t have a defined line between what is and isn’t considered human. Especially since having purple skin or a few non-human features could be considered to be “artistic style” instead of a “anthropomorphic non-human animal”.
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Eh, I don’t think that pic you linked to is a gray area. Just look at the way Spike is shaped in that picture, he has the shape of a little boy from the overall body shape to the hands and feet.  
Compare that to how he is usually portrayed in the show and you’ll notice there’s a big difference.
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