Notices by koi (satori@baraag.net)

@jeffcliff @p @jeff

I believe baraag is on many shared blocklists so new instances that pop up will just automatically block us.

I also want to apologize for the sluggish performance of baraag lately. I am aware that browsing & loading pages have been less than ideal. Ever since the mass exodus from X started, baraag has been under heavy load as people traffic to alternatives like the fediverse or bluesky. I tried adding more resources but its barely able to keep up. I plan to migrate baraag in the next month to a more powerful server to get us back to speed. 7 years we survived. With your support let us survive another 7

I am sad to hear the news of aethy shutting down. Already I am receiving a lot of requests for accounts from aethy users on top of the backlog of applications I still have to get through.

I am also seeing concerns over the future of our own instance here. Please know that if baraag shuts down it is because I have exhausted every possible avenue to keep this community alive. I will not give up for as long as I can legally and financially afford to maintain baraag.

@sun could ATProto be a viable alternative to AP for artists that face censorship of their works?

@lain selling my old erotica ebooks but the page number sometimes skip when you try to turn the pages that are stuck together.

While baraag has remained closed as invite-only, the server is now hitting its limits and I am left with no choice but to make another upgrade soon to keep us running smoothly.

The new server I am eyeing will increase my monthly cost by an additional $300 USD, an amount that I can bear for a short while before it stops being financially sustainable for me.

I hate to make a plea for donations but if you can spare anything to my SubscribeStar or pixivFANBOX pages, I would be forever grateful.

@Kapueio :johanna_thumbsup:

Today marks the 6th year anniversary of baraag.net and the community here. Thank you to everyone that has helped support this instance as a place for artists to share their works and connect with followers. In the face of those who want us gone and wiped from the fediverse, here’s to another year of still existing in spite of the many challenges to come.

Mischievous video

Pixiv Fanbox OPEN!!!

Support me✨

?UNCONCERNED NSFW/SFW works
?my comic’s English & UNCONCERNED version.

Eearly access to my work will be available here before I post it to any other site!

https://hentaib.fanbox.cc/

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Peni x Gwen comm

i fucking love it when the few people in my audience that are from north jersey read my comic bc they get to have extra understanding using knowledge that is completely useless in any other situation lmao

@Paraportobello I recommend that you block individual users, or blanket block whole domains if you find a particular server is leaving hateful replies to your posts. I do not defederate baraag from other domains unless they pose a threat to us being shut down.

@Ponlets skared posted content that looked like photo realistic children, separate AI generated versions of his DAZ models. While these images were not NSFW, they appeared indistinguishable from real life children.

I refuse to host any content that appears to features what appears to be real life children, even if they do not actually exist and are AI generated. This existing rule is now clarified and further highlighted for all to clearly see at baraag.

@dermitbones I hope to have us fully federating again some time next month.

:4chan: Jan 2nd
/a/ Brown thread
Sketch practice

I need to update everyone here on an issue that is a side effect of disabling federation. Until I can work out turning back on our ability to federate, the consequence of becoming locally isolated is that all posts can no longer be viewed without logging in. Posts also no longer embed.

I realize this is a major issue for the visibility of many artists here but I want users to be aware of this problem. Registrations will be mostly closed but feel free to DM me for an invite link to give friends.

Thank you everyone for your continued support. I will try to get the server back to federating as soon as possible.

Since 2017, I never wanted baraag to become a siloed and closed off community. I fully embrace the idea of the fediverse and the different communities that can come together. But it is with a heavy heart that I isolate us down to a local timeline, at least for the time being until the end of this year.

For artists that wish to join a still-federating instance that has a similar policy to baraag for what is acceptable content without needing to censor (like pawoo.net), I recommend aethy.com