aethy is being shut down because the people who run it are paranoid about trump shutting it down or some shit. this is why e621 banned human lolisho recently too. i don't understand this at all. where has he made it clear that he wants sites shut down??? you can't just say this shit. all that i've heard is that he wants to restrict social media access for children, and anything beyond that is wild conspiracy.

if anything, the hope is that the trump admin can follow through on their promise of working to remove online censorship. which would, ideally, include putting pressure on payment processors who decide what people can buy. i know that actually DOES affect artists in a meaningful way.