Aethy is open for registration! It's a community Fediverse instance where people can share their creations without fear of harassment or hate speech! Post art, writing, photos, fan works, and anything else!
Learn more about the site and join here:
It's hard watching art websites attack their creative communities so hard. With
#FurAffinity
banning NSFW of short and chibi characters (incl Pikachu) we'd like to remind everyone that we don't hamper artistic expression! The only thing we're tough on is real hate and abuse!
Join Aethy where you can fuck any fictional creature your heart desires π₯° We don't stand in the way of anyone who wants to make intense passionate connections!
The goal for Aethy is to create a safe environment with a vibrant community who is free to radically express themselves. We're only tough on hate and abuse. Artists are free to create. Kinksters are free to be kinky. And we focus on allowing people to curate their own experience
This is the outcome of trying to regulate what counts as art and trying to apply a "moral" label to it. A slapdash ill thought out attack on artists who aren't deemed virtuous enough. Hey deviantART, you know we're all aged up minors right?
Join Aethy where we don't regulate art
#Deviantart
is literally killing their site with this new policy
Tones of accounts are getting suspended without even a chance of appeal or a warning for βunderage charactersβ despite most of the drawings that the artists have done being 18+ (Including OCs)
Are you sick of social media where even a tit is considered "too NSFW"? Join Aethy! We allow all types of consensual media with no limits on fictional kink!
While the fediverse is a great place to be, make sure to avoid some of the instances which have overzealous block lists controlled by admin teams that continue the trend of callouts, spam and harassment here on Twitter.
Is the fictional subject of your porn art of an "acceptable" age and not "child-coded"? Are they consent shaped? Are they smooching someone within an "acceptable" age range?
If you answered any of these questions with "who cares?" then try !
Aethy allows all the content of pre-2018 Tumblr plus all the fictional kinks of AO3. Art, writing, photos, kink, etc all have a home here. All this with the benefit of having a safe space for queer folks, poc, and other marginalized groups.
Even if you don't like "problematic" themes or dark fiction, is still for you! We have really powerful filtering options so you can avoid content you don't want to see. Plus, our sex positive approach to moderation means that we'll never ban NSFW themes.
You still use Twitter (X?) where you can only upload 4 low res images for your art? Cringe. Join Aethy! You can upload up to 20 images per post at much higher quality!
We're a non-profit federated site with a focus on creativity and community. We decided to create Aethy after watching websites either refuse to do anything about hate speech, or continue to push stricter content policies in an effort to appease advertisers or vocal puritans.
Friendly reminder not to join mastodon/.art! They weaponize their userbase as a way to attack smaller instances for calling out the harassment from their staff.
If you'd rather have a tattoo of a fictional character than a symbol that's been used in the extermination of Jewish people, Roma, queer folks, etc. you should join ! Because the fact that this has 80k likes is... yiiiikes.
We're tired of watching people get the rug pulled out from under them when websites force stricter policies. We think it's a bait and switch.
At Aethy, hate and abuse of real people isn't allowed. But drawings, writing, and consentual kink between adults isn't abuse.
The majority of the art community on the fediverse exists in spaces that are blocked by these instances. If you want to find great art, the above instances aren't the place to find it!
Make sure your characters follow the shape of consent when it comes to
#feral
#furry
smut!
...jk just join Aethy where you don't have to worry about people throwing tantrums over fiction!
Social media has normalized weaponizing the language of abuse victims in order to falsely attack those that people don't like. On Aethy, we have a zero tolerance policy for that sort of behavior. Join up today
We don't have any suggestions for instances to use (besides us! π) but if you care about access to artistic works without kink censorship, check out this thread for ones to avoid:
While the fediverse is a great place to be, make sure to avoid some of the instances which have overzealous block lists controlled by admin teams that continue the trend of callouts, spam and harassment here on Twitter.
It's been a busy month for us cuz Aethy has seen a bunch of new updates! On top of a ton of new interface options, we now have emoji reactions for posts and a proper GIF search! Come check it out!
What's unique about Aethy over other instances?
We cater to writers as well as artists! Instead of limiting posts to 500, we allow longform posts. Users are free to post their full length writing with full markdown support (bold, italics, headings, etc).
Why Aethy over other social networks?
Besides free expression, Mastodon supports advanced filtering techniques to block content you don't want to see. In addition, we require content warnings and tagging on NSFW posts so users don't see content they don't want to see!
Why Aethy?
We know the importance of free expression! We don't ban content that is deemed "problematic" by some as we know people have various reasons for enjoying the content they enjoy! As long as you're not spreading hate speech, you're welcome on the site!
Sick of the term "literal CP" being flung around cuz you decided to draw some anime high schoolers kissing? Want to be rid of puritans LARPing as progressives as if they care about social justice? Try !
Are you sick of the harassment on Twitter? Do you not want a repeat of it if you choose Mastodon? Try ! Unlike other Mastodon instances with a focus on creativity (e.g. mastodon .art, artisan .chat), we don't continue the trend of Twitter's harassment!
We can safely say that any user on our site would be ejected for saying this. Let alone anyone in a leadership position. On Twitter, this is the person who's in charge. It's time to make a change in sites. Check us out and leave this hell hole behind.
If you're an artist who tried Mastodon but found it to be too quiet, try Aethy! We only block servers who host abusive and hateful content unlike other artist friendly servers. They have block lists that contain hundreds of domains, blocking access to tens of thousands of users.
Aethy will never have advertisements or charge for membership. If it did though, users would totally be called "Shippers" so the premium tier members could be called "Pro Shippers"
Drop links to your Fediverse accounts below so people can find you! We won't hold it against you if it's not on our's, we might just grumble a bit π
At Aethy, we put a lot of thought and care into curating a safe environment and we don't block every other server on the fediverse for nebulous unsubstantiated reasons! We have access to an interconnected network of servers totaling a quarter of a million users!
Heads up! If you're seeing your profiles on Aethy, it's because others are mirroring Twitter profiles onto the Fediverse. You can figure out which websites are doing the mirroring by seeing which domain name is attached to the profile (in this case, )
What the fuck is this and who do I need to contact to get this account removed??? I never made this and the fact that they have their patreon linked is SUS... This was on the website Aethy, which I have never heard of until TODAY.
We're just one of thousands of sites that are connected to the Fediverse and while it allows a ton of communities to connect with one another, it can also be the wild west of the internet. We can remove profiles from showing on our site but it'll still be viewable to other sites
Let's talk about instance blocking for a minute. π§΅
Mastodon basically gives instance admins three choices when cutting off federation. "None", "Limited", and "Suspend". We also get the option to "Reject media files" and "Reject reports"
heard about a new site that allows nsfw, and immediately went to check the tos. why can't someone who's not a fucking coward make an nsfw friendly site????
@AlonWoof_
We'd honestly shut the website down before allowing our policies to change with regards to taboo fiction/kink. We don't give in to pearl clutchers complaining about fiction being "problematic" π€ Antis will never affect our policies.
@NineInchClawz
Hello! We believe there's been a misunderstanding. Your account was banned after users brought forward past instances of dogpiling and harassment against indie sextoy makers. We don't tolerate people who condone or participate in harassment in or off site. Hope that clears it up!
In turn, we think it's fair to warn users about instances that might block us in case they want to interact with users from our site π€· Instance owners could simply choose to limit and reject media files. When they choose the nuclear "Suspend" option, we feel a warning is fair.
@crownthewitch
@StarrieSkies96
It's not us! That's a federated account that's hosted on . The creator of the site uses bots to clone Twitter profiles and plaster them on the Fediverse. You can only view them via our site because they've federated to us.
On Aethy, you don't have to pay us monthly for the privilege of your posts appearing to others! You also don't need to pay us to vote in polls.
Check us out at
Aethy has state of the art filters, here to protect your home! Our advanced filtering technology keeps you safe from any content you find icky. 10/10 doctors recommend it!
So what are you waiting for? Sign up now at
@crownthewitch
@StarrieSkies96
The best thing to do would be to contact the owner of since every fediverse site is able to read it. We'll delete it from our servers but we're just one out of thousands of website that it's viewable from, unfortunately βΉοΈ
@romylyreleaf
@magitekbit
Yeah, we have federation open with Pawoo! It takes a little more legwork to follow them, but there's a ton of great artists there.
Unfortunately there's not much we can do other than disabling it from appearing on our site βΉοΈ The best course of action would be to contact the original website to have your information removed.
On Aethy, we reserve "Suspend" for instances that incite harassment, hate speech, and abusive content. We don't think it's fair to our users to limit who can interact with their content based on what squicks the administrative staff might have.
@freetofic
If you're ever thinking of making a fediverse account, let's us know π€ we can give recs on good instances (tho our's is pretty great, ngl)
"Limit" makes it so the user from that instance won't appear publicly on our server. Users on Aethy have to manually enter the username of the person they wish to interact with (e.g.
@user
@example
.com). We can also choose to reject media files on top of this.
@KartoonKeegz
@crownthewitch
It's not us! It's actually hosted on (you can see it in the display name in the screenshot). It's just viewable from our site because we're one of thousands of sites on the Fediverse who can view it.
@magitekbit
@romylyreleaf
If you paste the name of the Pawoo user in the search bar (e.g.
@user
@pawoo
.net ) it should pop up and let you follow them! :D Then you'll see any future post they make.
With "None", we apply no limits to federation but we can choose to "Reject media files". In order for a user to see media (e.g. an image or video), they have to click through to a link to the post on the original instance. They can't view that piece of media directly from Aethy.
@bloodwritesfic
I've very clearly pointed out how other instances could have not hosted our content without cutting off our instance. The fact that you want to take offense to that is kinda on you. You can stay on birdsite and keep being mad I guess but I'm gonna head back to Mastodon π«€
Like to write fan-fiction about teenage anime boys kissing? Bring it! Like to wear a diaper under your shorts? Sweet! Kink at pride? Of fucking course!
This is banned on other major creative instances. So why not join ours? π
Why have your timeline be filled with a sad losers mid-life crisis when you can have it filled with GOOD CONTENT instead? π€
Join Aethy where your feed is fed by those you follow instead of the whims of an algorithm owned by a talent-less hack!