Notices by koi (satori@baraag.net)

@Mocaccicci yes, bad actors invade our space as they do all social media platforms. The rules on freedom of expression when it comes to fictional art on baraag is easy to take advantage of, but I will not compromise on principle.

You may find it more agreeable to move to another Mastodon server with stricter rules on problematic content such as aethy.com

@Mocaccicci I do not ban the mere use of words like pedo and pedophilia in the context of fictional art such as the vocabulary used in the dialogue between characters.

There are other problematic words that could be used on baraag with art such as the N-word or nazi phrases/symbology. These things are offensive, but at the end of the day are in the realm of fantasy.

What is banned is the actual reference or solicitation of real life child abuse content.

他のMastodonサーバー管理者の協力により、一部のデータは回復することができましたが、欠損データのほとんどは回復不能であることが判明しました。特にフォロワー数の少ないユーザーへの影響が大きいだろうと思われます。

サービス開始から8年間、baraagは起こり得る最も厳しい課題のほとんどを経験してきました。支援型プラットフォームからの資金提供が禁止されたり、ホスティング事業者によってサービス中断に追い込まれたり、ドメイン登録業者にbaraag.netの所有権を奪われたり、DNSやCDNプロバイダとの契約解消を迎えたり……そして今回の件も。

それら全てを耐え抜いてきました。これからもbaraagの存続の為に可能な限り努力を続けます。この逆境にもかかわらず、コミュニティを支え続けてくださる皆様に心から感謝申し上げます。

2025年2月19日午後10時40分ごろ（世界標準時）、当サイトの提携先が当社におけるメディアストレージサービスの提供を終了したことにより、baraagが一時的に利用不能になりました。

約10日間の長い戦いを経て、baraagはようやく新しいサービスプロバイダと提携し、復旧しました。これには複数の方々のご支援がありました（心当たりのある方もいらっしゃるでしょう、心より感謝いたします）。

しかし、一点良くないニュースを告げなければなりません。復旧作業中に明らかになったのは、オンラインアーティストコミュニティにとって最悪の事態がbaraagに発生したということです——我々が災害復旧用として導入していた自動バックアップシステムが予想通り動作していないことが復旧時に初めて判明したのです。そのため、2024年8月以来baraagにアップロードされたほとんどのメディアデータが永久に失われてしまいました。

Each time I try and persevere. I will always fight to keep baraag alive for as long as I can still find a way to do it. Thank you to everyone that continues to support this community despite this setback.

In the nearly 8 years of our existence, baraag has now experienced almost every point of failure conceivable. We have been banned from being funded by popular patronage platforms. We have had a server host provider suspend their service with us. We have had a registrar seize our baraag.net domain name. We have lost our DNS service provider and CDN service provider. Our object storage service provider for media was terminated. And finally, our automated backup system failed.

We were able to restore a fraction of the lost media thanks to the assistance of another Mastodon server admin who kindly provided a partial cache of baraag's data since August 2024. But while we tried to recover what we could, we regret to inform our users that there are still significant gaps in the affected time period that will be missing forever. We suspect that baraag users with very few followers will be the most affected by data loss.

However, I must admit to some terrible news. During the recovery process, we discovered that the worst thing that could happen to an online artist community has happened to baraag: the automated backup system we had for disaster recovery has not been functioning as we expected for some time, and its issues remained un-diagnosed until this past week. Thus, we have permanently lost a significant amount of media uploaded to baraag since August 2024.

On February 19th 2025 at approximately 10:40pm UTC, baraag went offline after an affiliate of the site decided to terminate their media storage services with us.

After 10 long days, baraag is finally back online with new service providers. This would not have been possible without the help of several people (if you’re reading this then you know who you are and forever have my gratitude).

@sun the most detailed response you will ever receive from AureoleArk@misskey.io

@sun it is almost impossible to establish any direct communication with the admin of misskey.io

I am still frustrated that they ban baraag users for not censoring their art, with some of them even going out of their way to comply to lift the block.

@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.

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