So I wrote a personal PSA because someone resold a design I traded to them and has been acting SUPER shady.. I made it only a bulletin for now because I want to see if other people have been affected.
Hello!
8/9: New PSA added.
5/14: 2 new PSAs added.
4/8: New PSA posted and additional information on Squidribs added to relevant PSA.
It was suggested that there should perhaps be a general thread for PSAs which is a fine idea. A place that links to other PSAs and keep things organized.
You can link your threads/PSAs/etc, and I'll add them to the posts. :D
Please Note: I can only accept public PSAs. Anon PSAs are too much of a risk to accept, as they can be open to slander.
Things That Count for PSAs!
-Scams
-Illegally chargebacked (you did a commission, but person claims you never did, for instance)
-Being shifty on doing owed things (taking months on an icon for example, lack of contact or updates, etc)
-Tracing and profiting off of it...
-Etc...
Things That Don't Count!
-Someone has better art than you
-Rude behavior
-Subjective issues
-Dog ate your homework
Obviously, this is just the basic frame work. Each case is different. For instance, someone could go around harassing artists for art and customs, or for people to give up their adopts and whatnot, and that could almost certainly be considered for a PSA...
Of course, it would be great if no more PSAs occur, but in the case they do, I support people posting them because they keep the community safe and will link to them in this general thread. owo/
There'll be two posts, one for PSAs and one for resolved cases! ^^
Strabi I think since it's your friends design it should be up to them ultimately if you post a psa. I do support writing a psa about this sort of behaviour though. Having an admin for a group/ species behave like that is really distasteful in my eyes. Blame shifting and minimizing is something you do when you're an abuser and I personally would like to know the individuals behind it and their species so I can avoid it. People make mistakes and it sounds like your friend has put an honest effort into changing for the better.
For writing the psa it's best if you have proof in the form of screenshots of the conversation about the adopt and the two adopts in question. If you can gather other instances as proof it would be optimal. If you have any questions feel free to pm me.
Update: My personal PSA seems to be resolved by both parties, and nobody has really come forward expressing that they had the same issue w/ these users. It was a genuine mistake and I resorted to removing the PSA once actions were taken. Thank you guys for your feedback!
So, a month ago I posted asking about what to do about a pokefarm artist I ordered art from back in October.
It's been three weeks since I messaged them asking how they were. Making it a total of four months since I've received the WIP. They don't have any other sites listed where I can contact them and they don't seem to have been on since November.
I'm at my wit's end here. At the least, I want to know if anyone can help me get into contact with them(I'll DM their user).
Rikki There's no real money involved. I was paying in game currency, but was supposed to pay after.
AsoraamFeire if you haven't paid I'm not sure there's much of a point to chase them down? It's unfortunate they disappeared but if you haven't paid them anything then I would just move on. It's happened to me a few times before as well.
My main issue is I wanna make sure they are okay. Especially since on their commission forum they said they'd let their customers know if they didn't finish the work.
I kinda neglected to add this info when I posted because I had posted a while ago about the situation. But, I'm genuinely worried something happened to them. I'd be more than happy to just pay for what is done because they did start the art.
I'm def not gonna look into getting their personal info. They've actually stated that they are on other sites, without linking them. Like, if
I actually have someone that might know them? They said they might know what's up? Which is mainly what I want to know...if the artist is okay.
I guess I'm just kinda frustrated because I really hate giving up on stuff like this. I know I'm kinda being stubborn, but I really hate having art stuck in WIP limbo because I've had artists disappear before and just....never finish the work when they come back.
I guess it's just me not being able to handle not knowing what is going on?
Edit: I'll probably just keep waiting. Since I haven't paid yet, I don't have much to lose from waiting.