Create fearlessly. Support us on Indiegogo: igg.me/at/whycloud/ Also at: whycloudnet.bsky.social Discord: discord.gg/mFu6XXC9QU
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Creators are under siege.
Payment processer overreach is already stifling creative expression on the internet, forcing platforms like Steam, Patreon and ItchIO to censor content.
But it doesn't need to be this way, and we have the solution: WhyCloud
Free and open-source, with WhyCloud anyone will be able to host their own site and process payments - whether it be through standard, high-risk, ACH, or Crypto - no tech knowledge necessary.
Free, open-source, and built so that you control all of your data - nobody will be able to tell you what legal content you can or cannot create and sell.
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If you are interested in what we've been working on, learning more about why building an adult-friendly platform is so difficult, check out this interview!
We also talk about what we are working on with @fifteenai and Artist Alley in trying to make a NSFW-friendly version of it!
The team from @StudioWhyNot have come up with a plan to potentially save lewd games from censorship, but they need your help!
youtu.be/URmj7EE8NZY
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A reminder that hosting content on clouds you don't control can never be entirely safe.
GitHub is now enforcing their policies against adult content:
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We recommend self-hosting @giteaio, as it is as close of a FOSS replacement to GitHub as you can get:
about.gitea.com/
Their cloud does not forbid adult content either, but again, data on servers you don't control can never be truly safe.
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GitHub Acceptable Use Policy:
docs.github.com/en/site-poli…
Article:
404media.co/github-ban-suspe…
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The fact that artists constantly have to worry about the how platforms will judge the morality of their fictional drawings is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
If artists were able to host content on their own platform and still be discoverable, then it would put an end to this chilling effect caused by vague and draconian terms.
This is what WhyCloud wants to enable.
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Find out more about what we are doing to combat digital censorship and join our Discord!
whycloud.net/
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Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us in our campaign thus far!
Unfortunately, it does not seem like we will meet the goal that would have allowed us to dedicate a full amount of time to developing WhyCloud.
However, this issue is too important for us to sit around and do nothing! As such, we have released an updated roadmap of our development plans.
Development will be slower than we had hoped, but we will continue to build a community and - when it is ready - we will be able to show the world exactly how WhyCloud can help.
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Please continue to spread the word and join our Discord community!
discord.gg/mFu6XXC9QU
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We noticed there has been some confusion over what WhyCloud is and how it helps creators to resist censorship, so we made some videos to help explain it!
Follow us for more information and anti-censorship news!
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Age verification laws silence creators into submission at the risk of being sued.
Even worse, the age verification lobby is pushing for expensive and invasive always-active age verification.
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Legislation such as Tennessee's age-verification bill requiring re-validation every hour support this dystopian privacy nightmare.
ALT Tennessee age verification bill SB 1792 requiring re-verification every 60 minutes: https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/tennessee-av-bill-2024/
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If age-verification is going to be required by law, it should be free, open-source, and most importantly CLIENT-based so that nobody ever gets access to sensitive user data.
Go.cam is one such solution.
WhyCloud can help creators configure this if they so choose.
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Only united can we stand against the wave of creative censorship that has been sweeping over the internet.
That is why we are pleased to announce that we now have a community Discord!
discord.gg/mFu6XXC9QU
Whether you are a creator, a supporter, or a developer - this is a place where we can answer questions, discuss censorship, self-hosting, and what we can do to protect creators!
Join now - and help us defend people's right to create freely!
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Have YOU read the terms of the platforms you use?
It's not just a story, we know of a game developer who had their entire corporate Google account nuked overnight - simply for sharing nude artistic references.
No recovery, no chance to appeal. Even their email was gone.
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We can stop this from happening, with WhyCloud:
indiegogo.com/projects/whycl…
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It's devastating to see creatives forced to censor the content they are passionate about creating simply to keep the lights on.
Unless we work together and support a decentralized solution such as WhyCloud, we WILL see more creators being forced into this position.
Censorship isn't coming for us, it's already here.
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Be sure to check out the amazing creative work of @MidRelVR and support WhyCloud on Indiegogo, so we can work towards a future where creators are never forced into this position ever again!
indiegogo.com/projects/whycl…
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In just 2 days we've already raised almost 12% of our goal!
We need your help to keep up the momentum!
A world where creators don't need to worry about their life's work being deleted, where creators don't need to live in fear that their next image will trip the censors.
We can do it!
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