Back in 2012, I had created a blog for those who preferred to read over watching videos. As of recent, one of my very first makeups ever got flagged to Google (Crazy, right? After all this time?). Yes, yes, it did have a little bit of blood in it (my eyeball was missing) but it has been fine all these years, and now all of a sudden, it was flagged against their terms and guidelines. This strikes me as odd considering it has all the steps, clearly shows it is a prosthetic, and I even go so far as to include a disclaimer not to scare the general public with faux wounds.
Anywho, I decided to rage quit my old blog and delete it. To be honest, it felt pretty good to rebel against a platform that just decided to attack my artwork without explanation. To make it more interesting, I actually just assumed it was my zombie makeup that was the offender. It turns out, even if you fight the claim that it is against community guidelines of Google, they still have zero requirement to tell you what the offending post is, why it is against their guidelines, or any information for that matter. They just decide one day to slam down the ban hammer on whatever they want to, and well.. they can.. because it's their platform.
With that being said, I did actually remember that I enjoyed updating my blog. It was a little confusing at first, and also an additional thing to keep up, but I did enjoy writing for those who wanted to reference back to some of my older stuff or maybe read my stories on what inspired me for that look. Sometimes blogs are just great places to talk, something I am very fond of.
This is a start to a (maybe) new beginning of my blog. Who knows, I may never touch it again :) But it is here if I want it.
Anywho, I decided to rage quit my old blog and delete it. To be honest, it felt pretty good to rebel against a platform that just decided to attack my artwork without explanation. To make it more interesting, I actually just assumed it was my zombie makeup that was the offender. It turns out, even if you fight the claim that it is against community guidelines of Google, they still have zero requirement to tell you what the offending post is, why it is against their guidelines, or any information for that matter. They just decide one day to slam down the ban hammer on whatever they want to, and well.. they can.. because it's their platform.
With that being said, I did actually remember that I enjoyed updating my blog. It was a little confusing at first, and also an additional thing to keep up, but I did enjoy writing for those who wanted to reference back to some of my older stuff or maybe read my stories on what inspired me for that look. Sometimes blogs are just great places to talk, something I am very fond of.
This is a start to a (maybe) new beginning of my blog. Who knows, I may never touch it again :) But it is here if I want it.
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