‎And they suck. Free NSFW creators just got their generation taken away. It's really stupid and sad. And well, I'm kinda fucked too. If I get this right, you now only have the following options to make NSFW pics:

‎1) Use Yellow Buzz to pay for NSFW gens. Which sucks because you can get it only from payments or tips. Or by someone using your Lora;

‎2) Generate stuff locally because who is gonna stop you then? You just need to download the Loras beforehand;

‎3) Find another place where you can gen stuff...?

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‎The problem on my end is... the computing power, still. Not much has changed since a really old post with Princess Luna in Cooliehigh style that I made on local Forge (it was taking me around 30 minutes without upscaling). So the second option is not a working one for me here.

‎The Yellow Buzz? Well, I have some of it thanks to an old tip from Gebsfrom but it will be only a matter of time before the reserve drains. And considering how much I spend to make a post on average (0,7-1k buzz), it's not gonna take me really far.

‎This leaves me with only the third option, to search for a place where I can generate pics with quality similar to ones that I've already done. I have 1 potentially working idea but it can easily not work so if you have ideas on places to generate stuff with Civitai's Loras - I would appreciate any advice.

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‎So... What now? Honestly, I have no clue. I want to make stuff, both SFW and NSFW. Seeing the news just punched me in the guts. Civitai has been a place where I met a lot of wonderful people: Solarie (kinda miss him), SXCD, Zippyman, Gebsfrom and Prosto with Cruzneale and their Discord pals. The site has become something like a second home to me. A place where I could be myself, without any masks (pun about Empathy's mask not intended). And today I woke up with a feeling that I have lost a part of myself...

‎I don't know what's gonna happen with my posts. Maybe I'll go silent. Maybe I'll slowly use my Yellow Buzz. Maybe I'll find another site to use as a generator. Maybe I'll buy myself a proper PC (like that's gonna be easy, yeah no probably ›:/). Maybe I'll focus more on Blender (not likely because most of my AI posts were made with a phone, mobility was a big advantage here). Only time will tell...

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‎Stay strong, my friends, the Trinity is with you. The sun always rises eventually, no matter how dark the night is...

Edit after the "Update News":

Well, it is a move in right direction, yet it's still not enough. Now it's double stupid to just paywall NSFW stuff. I'm honestly happy for those who techically got their generation back but it doesn't revert the damage to the bigger part of the community that has built the Civitai...

*sigh*

I'm gonna wait until the dust settles down. Quick decisions are ususally not the best ones. Maybe something will change with time :/