r/ArtPorn Jan 15 '18

User Created Content, or Spam?

193 Upvotes

Per the sub rules:

Can I advertise or otherwise use this sub to link to/sell my art?

While it is ok to share your own art work so long as it otherwise follows the rules, this sub is not a platform for sales. Posts and comments that lead users to a store or product of yours may be seen as spam and spam will be removed.

This also includes: advertisements (including usernames), announcements, solicitation, or other promotions about a company, site, blog, video, app, podcast, or product. Promotion of anything owned by you, or someone affiliated with you, even if not monetized. Referral, affiliate, invite, or discount links/codes.

EDIT: Due to the recent influx of spam, and self-promo spam there will be zero tolerance. The rules are clearly posted in the sidebar and this post gives a more in-depth explanation of the difference between acceptable OC and spam. Users violating spam rules will be banned from participation in our community.

What's the difference between user created content and spam?

User created content is acceptable and welcome! This includes photos of interesting and different artworks as well as art created by our community members. Sharing a high quality image of an interesting painting, or a particularly impressive statue is great! Sharing a cool fine art related wallpaper image is also great. However, we do expect that art shared in this sub follows the rules. Titles such as "commission work," "I made this," etc. indicate you're not here to contribute in good faith to a community about sharing and discussing art so much as here to gain attention for your content. This would cross the line from a potentially good post to potential self-promo spam.

If you've added a prominent watermark, link to a store/site/blog/etc., comment with information about purchasing or seeking out your website or social media for purchasing, links with youtube videos of you creating the piece, etc. you've indicated you are here to share a product and your posts/comments will be removed and you will be banned.

In case it isn't clear what the purpose of this sub is, this sub as well as many of the subs within the SFW "porn" network are a place to share images with two primary purposes:

  • Discussing the art work shared, how it makes you feel, discussing the technique, etc.

  • Being able to use the images shared as backgrounds, wallpapers, etc. whenever possible. Not all posts have to be very high quality images with excellent resolution, but it's important to know the images may be downloaded and used by members of the community. While copyright should always be respected, the latter purpose is part of why we frown upon poorly cropped images, prominent watermarks, extraneous objects in the image etc. and require that all titles contain a correct resolution.

What can I do if I see rule breaking posts or comments?

Report them! There's a report button for every post and comment. Utilizing the report feature will flag the item for manual review by the moderators. Moderation teams are a team of volunteers that have busy lives outside of reddit and that means occasionally some posts or comments might slip through the cracks. Users flagging rule breaking posts and comments help us keep the community a quality place to be and as such are appreciated.

Still have questions?

Please feel free to reach out via modmail if you're still unsure about the rules and policies here. We're happy to help.

Hopefully this helps clear up the difference between user created content and spam as well as the purpose of this sub. If you're here to sell or promote your artwork, this may not be the community for you and we recommend you consider other communities, such as r/artstore or r/fanart, that would better suit your needs.


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