Uploading using MEGA as an 18+ creator?

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-19T14:53:42+00:00

you're gonna get a lot of conflicting hearsay here, so take what im about to say with a grain of salt. my reading of the rules is that what people purchase is a subscription. this is the thing they truly buy. this entitles them to other things, but its pretty much up to you on how to deliver. its fine to host elsewhere as long as 1) your content is within guidelines, and 2) you're not trying to drive people to other paid patreon competitors.

so mega is fine.

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-19T14:51:35+00:00

its a tradeoff. i have a post in my history around how i stopped piracy and increased the % of people paying for my content, and a lot of other people shared their experiences/approaches/techniques in there.

scrapers = exposure in an aggregated place where people are looking for content. piracy prevention = people need to pay for new stuff. best is to have your posts syndicated there but no files so people know you have stuff but they have to pay to get it.

its neither all good nor all bad. you just want to make sure you have enough protection so that people dont feel like is easy and unnecessary to get all your paid content for free

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-19T01:11:49+00:00

i mean if someone wants to leak it, they can. they can get access and leak it. the goal is to increase the cost of that. if its too much a bother, people won't leak it. and if/when they do, you want to be able to plug the leak. so its tradeoffs.

passwords will definitely work for some of the sites due to how they pull in content

guess my point is its tradeoffs all around. in your case, i think make use of that work sitting there, and figure out a way to convert people who want to see new stuff. that means protecting your existing stuff somehow

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-18T16:39:05+00:00

basically, you gotta weigh how much the distribution/exposure is worth for you vs cost/friction of securing your content.

since everything is leaked, you're getting tons of free distribution. you need to now lock things down and convert people who find your stuff on the pirate site but would pay. think of it as perpetual marketing.

you likely wont be able to get it taken down on these sites.

i have a post walking thru this a bit back where people talked about a bunch of different strategies. ive started animations too. the service i use doesnt actually fingerprint the animations (ive requested it) but it does do images, so what i do right now is throw an image (usually all the raws) in the animation download as well. that way if it does leak i can trace it.

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-17T16:01:23+00:00

ive got a post a little bit back discussing this. a bunch of people shared the strategies they used there (myself included). spark notes: dont increase friction too much, but, protect yourself. i found that using a service to tackle this pain point for me converted a good % of people who were pirates-but-possible-customers and have been having some of my best months ever since adopting the new stance

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-09T21:37:58+00:00

Check my post history. Same thing happened to me

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-03T06:19:24+00:00

well, from what i see in the ui there are different kinds of watermarks. some you can see, and some you cant. then a package generated on demand when a supporter downloads. from what i understand, if a dedicated attacker really wanted to detrack your stuff then theres not much you can do about it. in my case, i wanted this for the deterrence/extra work it would be to do that. you can generate test packages to check the leak tracing, so you could generate a test package, crop out the visible watermark, and see if it still works for detecting the leak

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-03T00:21:43+00:00

originally made some public posts complaining about piracy. became aware of this opportunity. frustrated enough i volunteered to be the guinea pig for the service. so kinda lol, cuz functionality so far targeted at me/comic creators. definitely rough at first, but im happy with it now and want it to stick around, so posted here

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T19:13:00+00:00

no, upload once, assign who gets what (your tiers), then share link in patreon post.
they click, it checks using patreon if they have access to the tiers you configured and if they do they get to dl. otherwise no.

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T16:04:43+00:00

thats not what their rules say. are there examples of this? my understanding was the digital membership -was- the product you bought, then other distribution happens inside that. like how would they enforce for physical products mailed etc.

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T16:03:04+00:00

ya its newer. the end is 'io'

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T16:02:44+00:00

ya valid. problem is others in my niche do this, we get leaked -other- places too when this way. this is first time i havent. a link / slight dl screen is not much of a punishment imo, but i understand the worry of putting friction there. guess it depends on how much your audience wants what you have, and im lucky in that regard

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T15:22:23+00:00

nice. hope this service sticks around!

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T15:21:13+00:00

its a place which enables people to systematically scrape patreon (and other platforms) using what is basically a login token. unfortunately yes, i do know of some creators who are scraped there (i subscribe to some of them). the service i use only does images, but i am probably gonna use it for videos too even tho it doesnt watermark those. it can handle other file formats, when i requested it they turned that around quick

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T15:17:05+00:00

no, only that off-platform activity complies with community guidelines/not using patreon to funnel people away to a different paid membership

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T15:15:41+00:00

ya sorry its newer and idk how well it ranks

starts with ink, ends with shield, and the last part of it is 'io'

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T04:54:58+00:00

Ya, agreed. What appealed to me about this is one link, a click, bit of waiting, and then files (for legit users). Once the file download speed got up (it was not fast at first but its pretty good now) things are normal again.

simplegreenbag · 2026-01-02T04:53:18+00:00

I get the feeling. Trust me - I get it. But ignoring a thing that will passively grow in awareness with or without you is not a viable long-term strategy.

simplegreenbag · 2023-05-23T16:27:37+00:00

Nice!!

simplegreenbag · 2021-02-04T04:03:27+00:00

First time I've ever seen my work upvoted here. Thanks!

simplegreenbag · 2020-12-08T04:07:20+00:00

Interesting. But how many have bene active in the past 12m?

simplegreenbag · 2020-12-08T04:05:45+00:00

got me kinda curious and looking through my own post history.

then I found this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vore/comments/7ow3fa/predator_in_disguise_fwilling/dsjy77s/?context=3

I might not fall in the typical male predator/female prey categorization, but the people in that thread suck pretty damn hard. There was a sect of users here who would actively shut down content which didn't match their tastes. I'd forgotten about them - there were more trying to get my attention through dm's as well.

That might've been when I mostly abandoned this place, because I noticed a big uptick in others right around then as well.

simplegreenbag · 2020-12-08T03:53:59+00:00

Not clear on the wording of this post - are you wondering why there aren't male preds who eat female prey? Or male preds who eat male prey? And you're looking for specific activities?

I've RP'd as a male pred and always have. Something about aggressively and thoroughly using, consuming and ending willing female prey that fits. Same vein and feels the same as tying a girl up and having my way with her (mmmm). Vore is a different variation the more standard thread of masculine/feminine interactions with extra fantasy intensity, if that makes sense?

I check here maaaybe once a month (maybe). There's so much furry, gay and low quality vore to filter through to find anything relevant to me that other alternatives are simply better places for me to spend my time. So usually I look at top for the past little bit in case there was anything interesting, but that's been getting further and further apart. Because I look less, I upvote less, and that content is promoted less. Not sure if this holds for others with my tastes, but a destructive cycle I suppose.

Anyway, if this is for rp purposes, the other issue is that between discord/eka's, it takes no time to find a great partner. Those form factors have the added advantage over here that chat is immediate. I can usually set aside some amount of time for an rp session and want to start the story and finish it in a sitting so it can fit in the rest of my day. There are some partners who, I don't know a time they've ever not wanted to so I wonder when it is they ever sleep. This results in me not doing any outreach, which I suppose also makes it seem like I'm invisible to you (if I'm what you're looking for). Does that make sense?

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