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@Background Pony #F2F4
 
Again, I quote, from your DeviantArt account:
 

 
You do realize that moderators can see who you actually are, even if you’re posting as a background pony, right?

Then why did you upload it to your DeviantArt account with this caption:
 

You uploaded that picture…

@Badumsquish  

 
My only concern with that would be that we may have to draw a line at what is considered “artwork”. There’s a few people who have verified artist links because they do occasionally draw images, but then they also upload dozens of pony creator images as well.
 
I wouldn’t think it would be fair to give such a badge to someone who has like 15-20 drawn images, and then 230 pony creator images that they simply tagged themselves as artist of. The only issue is where the line would be drawn, so that no-effort-required images wouldn’t count, but images that may take actual effort and time but not be 100% original content would, if that makes sense.

@ProjectRKA  
@And Brother I Hurt People
 
Pools are a planned feature, according to the first post of this thread.

@OptimusPrimevil  

 
No. They would have to ask the artist to request the takedown, but it’s up to the artist to decide if they wish for the image to be removed or not. If the artist chooses not to request a takedown of the edit, then it will not be removed.
 
There are occasionally exceptions to that, if an edit violates another site rule (typically Rule #0, Rule #1 or Rule #5). Those are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
 
Likewise, if an artist is on the DNP list as “Artist Upload Only” or “No Edits”, then edits made without the artist’s verifiable permission will be removed as soon as we are aware of them.
 

 
Yes. This actually happens more often than you might think.

According to copyright laws, the copyright for images created as a work-for-hire (such as a commission) remains with the artist unless there was an agreement transferring the copyright to the commissioner. More info.
 
Additionally, the presence of an OC does not affect if the commissioner can request a takedown or not. OCs do not fall under copyright law, but instead trademark law, which requires the OC be a registered trademark.
 
The only time we take down artwork featuring OCs is if the artist requested it, or if the image is being used as a clear attack towards the owner of the OC (Rules #0, #5.1, etc).

@Dave33333
 
Badges are not automatically assigned, a mod either has to notice, or you have to ask a mod for the badge. What’s the url to the thread?

@Vree
 
It’s true that I’m going by what would be reasonable in America, but I’ve seen artists from a number of countries charge similar rates.
 
In the US, minimum wage is typically $7.25 - $10.00 per hour, depending on where you live (it can be lower in certain circumstances). So a rate of $30 for a character would be around 3-4 hours of work at minimum wage, fairly reasonable considering art is a luxury item and not a “need”.
 
That is kinda an issue when dealing with customers on an international scale - there’s a huge imbalance in income between each locality. What may be considered a high place for customers in some countries would be considered extremely low for customers in others. And because of that, you can’t easily price commissioned art to the point where it’s affordable to everyone, but not short-selling yourself towards customers who can afford higher prices either. And if you do make prices low enough for anyone to afford, then the people who can afford to pay more will take advantage of you big time.
 
I guess the best piece of advice I can offer is go off the supply and demand rule - figure out how many commissions you are able/want to do a month, and adjust your prices until demand matches that. The higher the price you charge, the fewer people will want to commission you. But if you have more people wanting to buy commissions from you than you’re willing/able to do, then causing a little bit of the excess to loose interest won’t harm you, so long as demand is approximately equal to what you produce.
 
And do note, as I said in my first post - $30-40 is what I’d personally be willing to pay for such a commission, based on income vs cost of living where I live. Though I agree that not everyone would find that price as reasonably as I would, which is why I also suggested $20-25 as well.

@Yuntao
 
Just don’t undersell yourself - you’re a very skilled artist :)

@Nightweaver20xx
 
Yeah, 32 bit applications are horrible, mostly due to memory limits (about 4GB max). Chrome gets around the limits somewhat by running each tab as a separate process in Windows, so the sum of all open tabs can exceed 4GB, so long as no individual tab uses that much RAM. It’s also very stable this way, because one tab crashing only affects that process, and the rest of the browser keeps running smoothly.
 
It works pretty well with that approach, but there are still hiccups. I’d much prefer Google release a 64 bit version of Chrome, but I doubt that’s bound to happen anytime soon.

@Nightweaver20xx
 
Keep in mind that Chrome on Windows is only a 32 bit application. It uses some tricks to get around the memory limits of 32 bit applications for the most part, but if a single page takes up too much RAM, it can still crash.

I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, it definitely could be a useful metric to artists, and curiosity is always a killer.
 
On the other hand though, I can also see that easily turning into a e-peen thing, especially if those numbers are public.
 
It also may not be as accurate either, due to the nature of how you can find content on Derpi vs other art sites.

@DanielTepesKraus  
Don’t forget /r/FloridaMan

@Joey
 
Also, I should point out - comments that are just complaints about the subject matter (“I hate futa”, “I hate anthro”, etc) usually aren’t deleted for that on their own. The person is just told “filter it if you don’t like it”.
 
If such a comment is deleted, chances are that the commenter started hurling insults or did something more than just say they didn’t like it (“You’re drawing futa now? You suck! I’m unfollowing you!”)

@Goremise
 
Stuff like “Why did you draw <x>?” or “I don’t get why people enjoy <random fetish>” or “You really should stick to drawing <y>” are not legit criticisms, they’re just people complaining that they do not like the subject matter of a particular image, and that’s typically where people start complaining about filters and such.
 
Actual, legit criticisms like “I don’t like this as much as your other images because <x> seems off, perhaps next time you could improve that by doing <y> instead, and look at >>###### and >>###### as examples” are almost never reacted negatively upon, and usually a lot more appriciated by artists.
 
Again, usually. I’ve seen people react negatively to suggestions on how to improve, and seen people react positively to “I hate this! Go back to drawing that old thing that you did!”. Everyone’s different though.

Me, personally, I’d pay probably $30 - $40 USD for an image like that.
 
Probably $20 - $25 would be the lowest “fair” price for an image like that, but that’d be an absolute minimum.

@YateTiemeng
 
What @Solitude said is true on Derpibooru - only pages that contain NSFW content need to be labeled as such.
 
However, not all sites are the same. Tumblr,for example, will require you to maro your blog as NSFW (in the blogs settings) even if only a few pages are explicit.
 
Also, I’d recommend putting a little note in the description of the first page warning readers that there will be explicit content in later pages, so that people who don’t want to see NSFW content won’t start following and then be surprised later.

@The Smiling Pony  
Didn’t think so
 
 
@liamwhite1  
Sent

@liamwhite1
 
Is it alright to post bugs regarding moderator tools in this thread? If so, I have a legitimate bug for you.

@liamwhite1
 
Here’s a bug:
 

@Exhumed Legume
 
Supposed to, yeah, but it’s not actually automatically added - a mod has to add it, and there’s just a field for what the public text says. Usually that’s where we add the thread name, but it is an optional field.

Technically, the OP for this topic (who was a registered user and is still active on this site) now qualifies for the “Thread Starter” badge since this thread is over a hundred pages.
 
But they posted it as Background Pony, and I’m not sure if we give that badge out for as-anon OPs.

@TexasUberAlles
 
No, it doesn’t cause any problems for the site. It actually allows you to be logged into up to three different accounts (one on .org, one on .ru, and one on trixiebooru), and people use this to switch between multiple accounts (such as one they use for posting and one for RP’ing).
 
The only issue this causes is that virtually all site staff use .org for their mod accounts, so giving a mod a .ru link is a minor annoyance as we usually have to fix the URL to view it properly.
 
Also, .ru used to be the official URL when the site first launched. .org is the official one now, but a lot of people still use the old one.