btw, 'infold fucked up and we wouldn't have come up to this point if they managed everything better' and 'harassers seriously went overboard with the hate and shouldn't have gotten the government attention' can absolutely coexist, one doesn't contradict the other, 'this or that' thinking is almost never applicable to any life situation
with how quiet infold has been moving lately, from removing valko, censoring the numbers in the catch22 outfits, deleting xavier's world underneath... i wouldn't be surprised if we're heading toward a regression where future content becomes way less spicy and mature.
it's devastating as a creative because i am intrigued by each LI's morally grey side. but now that government is actively involved, i'm genuinely worried they'll only put out sanitized, "safe" content that loses the depth that resonates with us.
literally no one is safe from censorship here. it risks ruining calebmc's sibling dynamic, and it risks killing the spicy banners like lingering lust or nightly rendezvous that we look forward to.
infold’s lack of communication and terrible pr are undeniably awful, but the toxic players who weaponized and spread the 731 narrative are equally at fault. they dragged the game into a space where everything might be heavily monitored and restricted now.
no one is winning here. unless infold somehow pulls off a miracle with their negotiations, i don't know if the game can mantain the same direction we all fell in love with.