Hello, Emily Rees here.
First, I'd like to apologize for the relatively 'auto-pilot' nature of the group post-Eclipse because managing groups has become pretty counter-intuitive and prone to site errors. If you have submitted things and they got lost in the shuffle, I apologize for the jankiness of items showing up in the message center for approval. Many groups have gone inactive thanks to Eclipse and I'm trying to keep this hub going in the way I can.
We had about 100 pieces removed from the group recently by dA itself during the recent period of content removals. If there's another wave of mass removals, I will make any and all information I receive from dA public. However, speaking honestly, the 'removed content' notification is pretty blanket when it comes to groups and lacks specifics.
I may get some flak for this, but I figure that I should make 'silent policy' apparent after a wave of AI art submissions. I want to make it clear that any admitted AI art is not permitted in the group. TG-Galaxy's original goal was to help artists get exposure to a wider audience with the understanding that artistic growth in a process. We also try not to waste the watchers' time with automatic approval on all captions, 3D comics or head swaps. It's for those two reasons that AI art is unacceptable: it buries budding talent and, as evidenced by the front page, tends to flood to the point of near spamming.
That's not even with addressing the expectation for paid access to view some AI content on-site. Non-AI artist Patreon previews are one thing since most of those artists show a teaser while AI onsite tends to be a blurry price tag. dA has been in a rough patch for a few years that has made communities the exception and plastering ads for subscriptions into the norm. Times are tough for people all around the world and I want this group to promote artists and writers over people who pay for credits in NovelAI or Midjourney.
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