New rules are being implemented with P*****, thanks to that group of assholes who harrass people and websites in order to purge the interbutts of all porn.



Effective September 19th, 2022:

If you integrate or reference P***** services on your website, we are clarifying that P***** may use automated technologies (e.g., website crawling) to assess your website to ensure compliance with the user agreement and to combat fraud.



I've been told that this is effectively them telling their userbase that they will be using automation to see if the links or references that connected people to [the service] ended up coming from adult websites, allowing them to more effectively ban [the service] users and punish them for using the service to commission adult works (the "compliance with the user agreement" part). As to the extent of how they'll track this information down, I can't get a solid answer, but it could be anything from backtracking where a user came from (clicking a P***** link), or checking the memo line for clues. Apparently, it's risky to even -mention- [the service's] name on these websites.


Fuck these people. I wish they'd put their other foot in the grave already.



But anyway, this isn't going to stop me from using the service - yet. Moving forward, I'll need to change a couple of things, but it shouldn't be too back.



1. I will be willing to discuss commissions on this website, but it would be more effective and safer to discuss them on another platform like Discord, or through e-mail. That way, when the time comes to post an invoice, it'll be on a platform [the service] won't recognize as an adult website.



2. Don't post anything in the memo line, period. Not even something innocuous. It's better to be safe about it.