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Originally Posted by Anahki
Well, but it is something that has happened in most of the popular TF sites. I remember the problems with the guy running the gtshub (Blar?) or the discussions (some of them posted in this forum) with Shadowlord (his site is still running, though). So that is nothing new, and for sites like those, you know that you have to deal with the tastes, occurrences and preferences of the owners/moderators.
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I think what caused some of the fringe artists out there to have such strong emotions regarding this is that while you're right, and it is a common thing for a site owner to imprint their bias into the selection process, Transfur was doing it very early in the community's development.
It magnifies the shame impact when you are running what basically was the pinnacle of transformation artwork hosting for several years during Transfur's height, and simultaneously showing very little tact in the shut down of those deemed inferior and unworthy of making the arbitrary cut in quality.
So yes, this happens to be a part of most specialist sites, but with Deviantart and Furaffinity in the mix these days, Transfur may be trying to keep their content 'pure' in the same ways and driving away talent or continuing to hurt feelings while doing it when the environment has changed and doesn't really support elitism as well anymore, not when you depend on public donations to run the site.
Bottom line, it is a site where the times have changed and left it behind. Either it goes through a significant adaptation to continue being relevant, or it becomes a historical footnote.