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FlatterDeN_AI

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@Background Pony #B2FD
It doesnā€™t matter what you disagree with there, I donā€™t care who steals what, even partially. I am for freedom of creativity, especially since part of the AI ā€‹ā€‹content now has a separate website. Here we are simply talking about ā€œDamage to their business, or reputationā€ It even sounds disgusting, considering the big words they use to cover up this shit. Itā€™s all stupidly about money, moderators are protecting artists, and weā€™re just going to pretend that everything is fine? I will show the middle finger to everyone who tells me what I should do.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 142

Background Pony #B2FD
In regards to Rule #1, ie. ā€œstyle copyingā€
So, the artists have already kicked us out of DB with their whining. And now we will have restrictions here too?! Well, thatā€™s too much.
I disagree. If you look at how this rule is laid out, it specifically targets uses that would be either malicious or directly harmful to the artist by creating potential for confusion and impersonation.
This is already WAY more lenient than how it was on DB, where style emulation of any kind (even subtle or unintentional) was strictly forbidden when using AI (but somehow perfectly fine when a human artist does it).
Being a separate website from DB means we no longer need to appeal to the vocal minority of artists who constantly whine about ā€œAI theftā€, but that doesnā€™t mean we should tolerate genuinely harmful activities on this site, as there are many (even among the AI community) who would be uncomfortable with that.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 141

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 140

FlatterDeN_AI

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In regards to Rule #1, ie. ā€œstyle copyingā€
So, the artists have already kicked us out of DB with their whining. And now we will have restrictions here too?! Well, thatā€™s too much.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 139

  • We may delete images that unabashedly mimic existing artists if these appear to be harmful to their business or reputation
    • eg. claiming to be the artist to take up commissions or merch sales
    • or using the artistā€™s style to create images of a contentious theme, or one the artist is known to be against
  • Images looking ā€œkind of in the style ofā€ or ā€œgiving the vibe ofā€ are not a concern
  • We (still) do not care about what prompts, models, LORAs, workflows, brushes, or whatever tools used
Thatā€™s a relief!
In terms of tags it should go like ā€œartist:(used style)ā€?
Literally the opposite of the entire point! Tagging art as using a style and reporting it as using a style are both incredibly subjective and bad. Reporting gives mods headaches, and tagging misleads viewers. If it helps, think of this without AI in mind. Would you ever tag someoneā€™s drawn art as being in the style of another artist? No, that would be strange and rudeā€¦ Except in those cases where that was the entire intent of the art, of course. So tags for JoJo style and such are fine. The amount of PokeHidden style images Iā€™ve seen by various artists also makes me think that would be a safe exception to tag. Styles even when named after artists, are never owned by that artist. Copying styles is incredibly common and normal. So I only see reason to tag a style being in cases where it is a distinctive and common style like the two example above. (Though ā€œdistinctive and commonā€ is a bit subjective, I canā€™t think of how else to word it.)
At least, thatā€™s where Iā€™d draw the line on style tags. To just use the same ruling as weā€™d use on a non-AI site. So like tagging attempts to look like the art is from a specific game or show.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 138

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 137

Admin

Administrator
@Background Pony #04CD
General rule of thumb is you should avoid itā€¦
Subjectively, itā€™s one thing to go ā€œdamn, this artist vanished before this character was introduced, would love to see them in their styleā€, and another to just use one existing style and never move onā€¦
Rules-wise it continuously runs the risk of ā€œartist X draws Y content, and they just released a Y content folio that has images just like these ones someoneā€™s generatingā€. Even if unintentional, it veers into a shitty area. And mods get pulled into shitty areas, and nobody, not us and not you, want that; weā€™d like to be as hands off as possible without inviting pitchfork mobs and lawyers to rally at our gates.

As for tagging themā€¦ donā€™t. Iā€™ve already witnessed way too many discussions where someone says ā€œThis looks exactly like Xā€™s workā€ and loads of people agreeing only for it to not only not look remotely similar, but not even used anywhere in the workflow, and just built up from some guyā€™s overspecific focus on belly buttons or something utterly coincidental. Would be a whole lot of bad calls and effectively tag vandalism/vigilantism going around.

Also, fixing up a unique ā€œyour styleā€ is actually fun, and makes your work look unique and identifiable as yours.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 136

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 135

Scarlet Ribbon

True Wildcard
@Background Pony #04CD
I donā€™t like the idea of tagging artist:(used style) for style emulation. That creates confusion that an artist might have made a work. I think ā€œStyle Emulationā€ as a tag would probably be the ideal, and maybe ā€œEmulation:(artist)ā€ if we absolutely feel the need to specify.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 134

Background Pony #04CD
@Admin
Soo am I reading this right
We can copy styles as long as they not for sale and we properly credit tag them right?
Contentious theme is understandable
Sounds good to me
In terms of tags it should go like ā€œartist:(used style)ā€ and ā€œprompter:(prompter himself)ā€?

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 133

Admin

Administrator
Merry Christmas.
And also, rules update for issues several have voiced concern about:
Rule #9, for image quality, has been amended to be less strict.
  • Short of an image looking like a late-state Picasso painting from the thumbnail itself, staff only expect the issues to be properly tagged
  • Images of exceptionally poor quality or with absurd errors may still be removed. The tech is well past the point where errors like >>2964 are ā€œOKā€
    • If youā€™re going for Thingpone or some sort of nightmare fuel, thatā€™s understandable, but passing random failed generations as ā€œIā€™m just channeling my inner Daliā€ isnā€™t
  • Tag Guidelines page has been updated, and relevant tags created and flagged as ā€œimportantā€
  • An additional default filter has been set up that spoilers these sort of common quality issues
    • This isnā€™t really meant as a common use filter, but is a convenience for anyone wanting to copy them to their own filters
In regards to Rule #1, ie. ā€œstyle copyingā€
  • Text hasnā€™t changed since last revision, but policy has been clarified within staff (holidays etc.); apologies to anyone affected in the meanwhile
  • We may delete images that unabashedly mimic existing artists if these appear to be harmful to their business or reputation
    • eg. claiming to be the artist to take up commissions or merch sales
    • or using the artistā€™s style to create images of a contentious theme, or one the artist is known to be against
  • Images looking ā€œkind of in the style ofā€ or ā€œgiving the vibe ofā€ are not a concern
  • We (still) do not care about what prompts, models, LORAs, workflows, brushes, or whatever tools used

Some of the text in the AI Quality page will need updating, but bear with us as that might take some time. As well, weā€™re aware that there are bits and bobs here still missing or looking funny; weā€™ll work on sorting things out as soon as possible.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 132

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 131

@Admin
Thatā€™s fair enough about the name. I still think the addition of booru would be good, since it is very recognisiable and people know what a booru is.
Just a minor issue, but would it be possible to get images I have previously uploaded, added to the My Uploads tab? Itā€™d be nice to see everything that originally came from me on here.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 130

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 129

Admin

Administrator
@Button Fixer
There is no plan to import non-AI images; this placesā€™ focus should be, well focused on AI.
That said there is a planned feature down the line that could make life easier on that front.
As for the name, I chose tantabus because I really liked its design, it gave us Nightmare Moon, and itā€™s a play off how every other AI related site really goes full ham with ā€œdream thisā€ and ā€œdream thatā€. Iā€™d really rather avoid ā€œsweetieā€ in the name as thatā€™s a CMC character, and while Sweetie Bot is popular in much of the fandom, sheā€™s still a minor, so the implications on site purpose from that areā€¦ not great.
If thereā€™s some big clamor for a name change we might look into it, maybe to coincide with a big feature update or something, but honestly Iā€™d rather not.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 128

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nickers softly @u
@Button Fixer
Iā€™m pretty sure the other altboorus already mirror both new uploads to here and Derpi. The real question is whether you can tolerate the active users or the crickets elsewhere.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 127

Hey just a thought. Is it possible to import all the non AI art from Derpi onto here as well, and have it so that all new uploads on Derpi are immediately imported to here as well like the other Altboorus do?
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Putting on a User hat rather than an Artist hat, I canā€™t really see myself using two different websites for pony content. If everything was available here in one place, then It would be insanely convenient (like Derpi was until two weeks ago). If you had all the content here, then I could see the site becoming more popular than Derpibooru over time.
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I donā€™t know what your hosting resources are like, but if itā€™s possible it would be great to see. Considering there is currently no limit to the number of uploads people can post, there must be considerable resources behind it.
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I also think that Tantabus.ai is not a good name, considering a Tantabus is a soul sucking horror. It feels like someone who doesnā€™t like AI came up with it. I think Sweetiebottru.ai or Sweetiebooru.ai would be a much better name.
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Anyway I appreciate the effort youā€™re putting in.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 126

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 125

Background Pony #B191
@Admin
First, thanks for putting in the time and effort to build out the site and reaching out to the community for feedback. Both are really big tasks and I just want to show some appreciation for it. I think given the circumstances this site is the only workable solution to the AI art issue for a community like ours, but itā€™s still a lot of work.
I have a question about the future of ā€œmachine learning abominationā€ images. According to a plain reading of the quality guidelines it seems stuff like that isnā€™t going to be accepted and would probably be removed, but on the other hand some of it is hilarious (example). Would this be something decided on a case-by-case basis as long as itā€™s properly tagged at submission? Like, if itā€™s so obvious that someone isnā€™t trying to sneak in a poor piece as a good one?

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 124

@Admin
That tag list seems about right. I would want to see clear descriptions for each tag explaining when they do and donā€™t apply (presumably each is meant to relate to some section of the quality guidelines) as otherwise things like ā€œbad detailsā€ are very vague, but aside from that I donā€™t see anything concerning.
The lowest scoring image on the site is currently at -10, so the score threshold should probably be higher for now. I also think it might make sense to have exceptions for grimdark and grotesque images, since a low score for those can mean theyā€™re actually high quality (and thus succeed in being upsetting/disgusting). Maybe have (score.lte:-5, -grimdark, -grotesque)?

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 123

Admin

Administrator
@Background Pony #9ED6
The ā€œVerifiedā€ status and tag limit are currently separate. One of the devs has been poked about making them dependent.
@IWTCIPP
@Background Pony #9ED6
re: tagging over ā€œrulesā€, weā€™re considering it.
Would a list like this make sense for ā€œtags we care aboutā€, along with an additional ā€œQualityā€ default filter that includes these (plus, say, score.lte:-25)?
ghost signature
obtrusive watermark
bad hands -> bad anatomy
deformed limbs -> bad anatomy
merging body -> bad anatomy
bad face -> bad anatomy
bad bg character
bad details
bad background
bad text

Separately, I was prodded elsewhere by someone ā€œaskingā€ why we ban style LORAs; I donā€™t know where this comes from but the term ā€œLORAā€ isnā€™t even anywhere in our rules, and the rules (as amended recently based on, you know, people actually talking with us) and FAQ are fairly clear that we only really care about impersonation; as in, genning an image in the style of Artist Bob in order to take commissions as Bob, or creating ā€œcontentious stuffā€ that others might think Bob made themselves and would affect their reputation.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 122

Adorable Blue Fox

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Does the dump include tag metadata like categories, descriptions, implications, and aliases?
Yes, it does. It also includes the tag changes.
Iā€™ve already exported the difference between derpibooru and tantabus, which can be found here. However, this isnā€™t an import tool, just a list.
If the admins/mods want, I could also have that option in the import tool. I have the script ready already because I imported all the tags to my dev environment for testing, which has all the categories, descriptions, implications, aliases, and a few others. I just need to modify it to search for existing tags and update them.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 121

Background Pony #9ED6
Tagging (and filtering by it) would be good, but Iā€™m not sure thereā€™s the bandwidth for that; as in, uploaders probably wouldnā€™t tag their own stuff with ā€œnegative tagsā€, so thereā€™d need to be a fair number of active users going around curating each image. It would be an additional workload, albeit distributed on more people that just mods, and avoid ā€œunnecessary deletionsā€, but could also fail if there arenā€™t enough people going at it.
The bandwidth will be demanded in any circumstance; uploaders will be expected to notice aberrant qualities and either refrain from posting, or tag them, and because people are imperfect, users will thereafter be expected to notice them and either report or fix missing tags. There are tradeoffs in the differences between the workloads - itā€™s more work for uploaders and users to notice and identify all of the specific abnormalities to tag each of them in a useful way, vs. more work for moderators to review and take action on any image that would need deletion. In either case, there would also be roughly equal moderation workload to hand out repercussions to uploaders who routinely break the rules, whether the rule is to tag or to refrain from posting.

Annalee: I wonder though if that limit could be controlled with the same switch that says whether your uploads go into the approval queue or not? Iā€™ll ask staff.
Update: This is possible, but will take some work to achieve. Sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime.
BigBuggyBastage: Seems like the easy solution would be to maintain the tagging limit on anonymous/BgP users, and substantially increase it for registered users (or at least those whoā€™ve been around for a while).
Annalee: I think that might be how we head - just like what currently happens for people uploading images.
As far as I know, that is in fact already the way philomena works: ā€œverifiedā€ accounts are not subject to the tag change limits, while logged-out and ā€œunverifiedā€ accounts are. Account verification is performed by moderators by hand, intended to be based only on the userā€™s record of good behavior on the site, not any kind of ā€œverificationā€ of identity like the word often means on other social media. The site is supposed to automatically alert moderators about accounts who have uploaded their 5th approved image to be reviewed for verification. Thatā€™s the exact same state as for being exempt from the approval queue.
Thereā€™s also a special permission for especially trusted accounts to be exempt from the 5-second interval between tag changes - I have that over on Derpibooru. Havenā€™t registered here yet, though.

I just looked at the nightly dump [ā€¦]
Does the dump include tag metadata like categories, descriptions, implications, and aliases? While certainly there is a lot in there thatā€™s totally irrelevant here (like artist tags and their aliases) there is also a LOT lot that still would be, like shipping tags and characters. Thereā€™s an open invitation to figure out a tool to import tag configurations.

Site and Policy » Opening Thread » Post 120

Admin

Administrator
Heyas; huge thanks for working on this! Once youā€™re happy with the code one of the more technically minded mods will have a look into getting it working.

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