Anyone else feel like there’s less and less content here?

[outcast3]

I mean this is from the perspective of someone who likes female press and mostly OV, which sadly seems less people like in general now. But by ‘good’ I more meant in terms of like… Just general substance. Like, how much stuff is there and how much effort was put into it.

There could be that there is a lack of artistic skills among the new generation of people who are into female pred vore. While the old have retired or moved to patreon. Thus leading to less content. Eka's portal isn't exactly a major site like DeviantArt or twitter, could also be that they just posts on other places because they don't know about this site. Another thing is that the economy might play a role, people just don't have the free time to create things for fun. Another possibility is that there is too many consumers in relation to creators right now.

The only solution I see is that more consumers have to become creators. Easier said than done, not everyone have the free time to learn to draw. Not to mention drawing equipment can be very expensive depending on where you live, even if you buy something like the One by Wacom which is around 70 dollars where I live, a day's worth of salary, while in Latin America this is one third to a tenth of their monthly salary. Something that is not helping is that people generally have shorter attention span now since the rise of social media, which decrease the amount of people willing to focus and commit a great deal of time to learn a skill like drawing. I guess another solution is to spread the word of Eka's portal to attract artists from twitter and other sites to come here.

Plus twitter is like 1 bad day from keeling over and dying thanks to a certain someone

From what I heard, Elon Musk is just firing unproductive workers from the company. Many of the workers were just there for show to increase the company's value. Elon himself wanted more software engineers, security experts, moderators, sales and marketing people, communication staff and production managers. Guess twitter had too many of the unproductive types like HR/PR people, middle managers, receptionists and a overflow of people you don't really need that many of like graphic designers. Twitter is a good marketing tool so it's here to stay for now and the foreseeable future, but yeah not really a good gallery.

[Mecho]

Just want to ad a thing.

If you think that there isn't enough of content you like, start to create it!
Like really. Create or commission/support artists you enjoy.

In my opinion those two options are way more constructive then complaining about artists not doing enough content one like.
So open up your pen or wallet and get in there~

[RedInstead]

I guess I'll be the outlier and say I know what you're talking about, as someone with tastes that are very similar to yours I've had similar thoughts for awhile... but at the same time I agree with almost everyone here as to why

For me I've noticed it for a several years now, every once in awhile an artist will pop up who does comics or stories that I like but they either stray away from that or they disappear. On the flip side there's people who I've seen posting on here for almost a decade that haven't changed much at all, albeit not what I enjoy.

There's a lot that goes into why that happens, but a few major points to consider
-More niche/specific brands of vore don't get as many commissions
-High effort content that you're talking about is exactly that... high effort content. It takes time and effort that if you're not getting commissioned for is very hard to make sustainable
-With Twitter as part of the ecospace now, a lot of content is going to be even more catered to even broader audiences

At the same time though this also means other mediums tend to get more attention... Like vore games. It's still high effort content but one that you can add onto in increments over time, it's a great way to cater to both broad audiences and still make more specific content. Hell, I even have plans for my own vore visual novel by the end of the year.

Anyways, as a side note that's kinda why I even started posting on here. I realized I had been benefitting from other people's hard work for years and I was going to spend a year or two working on/studying art anyways, might as well give back to a community I appreciate. I don't post a lot because I'm slow, and because I enjoy doing harder projects that I can say from experience definitely aren't efficient money wise...

[Gendor]

I've been on a bit of a hiatus from the site (I drop in once in a while rather than really enjoy it) and things just tend to come and go.
People bring up a lot of good examples earlier, to me it seems to be similar to the game industry, in the early days it was often about fans being fans making things for other fans, and not knowing much better it was good, or you decided to make things better in your own ways.
These days things are looking more and more into quick cash, the "recently uploaded" section being filled with non-vore, copy+pasted art where only details are changed around, or even just skin colour changes.
I think personally I have becom spoiled in some ways, while I feel like people who like things others than me take over more and more (Kinda why I am barely a lurker anymore) and the quality tends to be drowned out by the quantity, very similar to the gaming industry.
It is not too uncommon for communities to split because there is too much at some point, and it's easier to split out into new places that cater to your specific preferences.

TLDR: Money > Fandom, Too much making those precious things feel less and less (Too much of a good thing) and you get the exact same thing over and over again, also kinda similar to books as well, there is too much produced to dig through all of it in the hopes to find the golden nuggets.

[Obamamania]

It's gotten more popular to the point where a lot of stuff is moving to sites like Patreon. People are trying to trying to get paid for their work since even though it's still super niche it's something they can make money from and they really have every right to. The artists are definitely still here but many are not going just keep dropping high quality stuff for free.

[Someone5793]

Have to agree with you. I’m old school. Give me a good old story about f/m that ends in a big belly and some nice t&a and I’m fine. I feel like that’s kind of the anomaly these days. It still exists but you have to wade through a lot of cock vore and other stuff to find. Quality is also down. Feel like old stories were very detailed about the swallowing, the belly, the digestion, etc. I’ve seen so many stories now that are all lead up and then just a gulp and the story is over.

And before anyone jumps down my throat, I’m not saying any one type is better, everyone’s into their own thing, but my style seems to be slimming down.

[Mecho]

Have to agree with you. I’m old school. Give me a good old story about f/m that ends in a big belly and some nice t&a and I’m fine. I feel like that’s kind of the anomaly these days. It still exists but you have to wade through a lot of cock vore and other stuff to find.

You think it sucks to see stuff outside your preferences? This was the feeling for those who was into other stuff them f/anything for a loooooooooooong time. Then some of them started doing art for those who enjoy other pred types beside the fem ones (Bless them all <3) Be happy for the variations instead. This site is for everyone of age that are into vore, not just f/m kinksters. You can still find a ton of f/m stuff...Like. Anomaly? It's kind of like the same logic for those who get triggered about meat/vegan alternatives. The stuff you enjoy don't disapears just because there are more variations for more people out there. Sexy girls on the internet won't go away anytime soon. So you can calm down

Also, If you don't like cock vore then black list it?
And if you want more f/m stories, then write them?

[Lonnie]

Honestly I feel like the content has gotten a lot BETTER (still very elusive in comparison to other things, but some of the toxicity is gone which is the most important part. Coming from an M/f fan, btw! I think it’s a huge matter of perspective. Either way I’m glad there’s more of a variety

[Aickavon12]

Idk if this is really happening or just me being weird, but is there just… less good vore content being made lately?
I feel like a few years ago you could log in every day and see a plethora of new vore stuff to indulge in and look at/read. But I feel like as of late it’s more once or twice a week if at all. Does anyone else notice this? If so, what is causing it and how can we fix it? I’ve been told artists are moving to twitter, but I can’t for the life of me understand why people want to move to that hellhole of a website that’s so hard to find new artists on.

It depends on what content you're looking for. And what you mean by good.

Every morning my messages usually is between 50-100s, with about 10-30 of them being something that really revs my motors. It also could be the content you've been enjoying is losing it's taste for you and you're more picky about that stuff. Take my advice and let the vore community and the fetish sit for a few days and expand your sexual tastes to other horizons. If you have a more diverse taste for sexual stuff, things won't get stale and plus when you get back to a certain fetish or kink material, you'll have lots of updates to keep you busy for a bit.

[Daichi777]

Have to agree with you. I’m old school. Give me a good old story about f/m that ends in a big belly and some nice t&a and I’m fine. I feel like that’s kind of the anomaly these days. It still exists but you have to wade through a lot of cock vore and other stuff to find.

You think it sucks to see stuff outside your preferences? This was the feeling for those who was into other stuff them f/anything for a loooooooooooong time. Then some of them started doing art for those who enjoy other pred types beside the fem ones (Bless them all <3) Be happy for the variations instead. This site is for everyone of age that are into vore, not just f/m kinksters. You can still find a ton of f/m stuff...Like. Anomaly? It's kind of like the same logic for those who get triggered about meat/vegan alternatives. The stuff you enjoy don't disapears just because there are more variations for more people out there. Sexy girls on the internet won't go away anytime soon. So you can calm down

Also, If you don't like cock vore then black list it?
And if you want more f/m stories, then write them?

It's triggered posts from 2007 like these that make it less and less too. Granted that person didn't need to mention a type they don't like, but derailing attacks like this make you not want or feel ashamed to be in the same community. People are accepting, and already know they have to look through shared stuff they really don't like for what they do. But they don't need someone screaming in their face with a megaphone either about it.

[jaggedjagd]

You guys must be talking about some other site, cause i'm scrolling through the latest uploads section and 99% of the uploads are F/something lmao.

I also don't know where all this old quality vore art is supposed to exist. I've been on this site since 2008, and there never has ever been that high of a bar of quality. It's always been a grab bag of horny amateurs, with very few gems in between. (At least when to comes to human(oid) content. As say compared to the furry fandom, where you can easily find extremely professional looking vore art. Also MUCH more male pred/prey art.)

What people falsely call "quality" usually just happens to cater to their specific niche kink, not cause it's rich with artistic merit. You know, give me the choice of a beautiful Rembrandt-esque painting of a big boobed/big bellied chick devouring some dudes, or a smudged napkin doodle of Bowser gulping a goomba... yeah i'll take the napkin 100%.

[RedInstead]

You guys must be talking about some other site, cause i'm scrolling through the latest uploads section and 99% of the uploads are F/something lmao.

I also don't know where all this old quality vore art is supposed to exist. I've been on this site since 2008, and there never has ever been that high of a bar of quality. It's always been a grab bag of horny amateurs, with very few gems in between. (At least when to comes to human(oid) content. As say compared to the furry fandom, where you can easily find extremely professional looking vore art. Also MUCH more male pred/prey art.)

What people falsely call "quality" usually just happens to cater to their specific niche kink, not cause it's rich with artistic merit. You know, give me the choice of a beautiful Rembrandt-esque painting of a big boobed/big bellied chick devouring some dudes, or a smudged napkin doodle of Bowser gulping a goomba... yeah i'll take the napkin 100%.

I'm pretty sure the few gems in between is what they're talking about... the quantity of "napkin doodles" as you called it on this site is just because there's no algorithm to sort by anything except for by what was most recently posted, it's not because there's less "artistic merit" here. That's an incredibly rude thing to say in general, I don't really see a point in putting down other artists as they learn and grow

[Assimilation]

You guys must be talking about some other site, cause i'm scrolling through the latest uploads section and 99% of the uploads are F/something lmao.

I also don't know where all this old quality vore art is supposed to exist. I've been on this site since 2008, and there never has ever been that high of a bar of quality. It's always been a grab bag of horny amateurs, with very few gems in between. (At least when to comes to human(oid) content. As say compared to the furry fandom, where you can easily find extremely professional looking vore art. Also MUCH more male pred/prey art.)

What people falsely call "quality" usually just happens to cater to their specific niche kink, not cause it's rich with artistic merit. You know, give me the choice of a beautiful Rembrandt-esque painting of a big boobed/big bellied chick devouring some dudes, or a smudged napkin doodle of Bowser gulping a goomba... yeah i'll take the napkin 100%.

I'm pretty sure the few gems in between is what they're talking about... the quantity of "napkin doodles" as you called it on this site is just because there's no algorithm to sort by anything except for by what was most recently posted, it's not because there's less "artistic merit" here. That's an incredibly rude thing to say in general, I don't really see a point in putting down other artists as they learn and grow

Jagged is a prolific vore artist who has been around for a very long time (not her first account) and I'd vouch that you shouldn't take her wording so uncharitably. I think it's been fairly self-evident over the years that many people, perhaps including the OP, will call things "high quality" if it matches their personal preferences rather than because it is "better" than the "low-quality" art in some nebulous, open-to-interpretation sense.

[jaggedjagd]

I don't really see a point in putting down other artists as they learn and grow

I think you missed the point where i said that i prefer the napkin doodles. :3 The point i was making is that technique is nice and all, but there's little merit to technique (especially in you know, porn) when the theme doesn't speak to you. Bascially this thread isn't about actual artistic quality, it's just another "there isn't enough stuff catering to me personally" complaint box.

[jaggedjagd]

Jagged is a prolific vore artist who has been around for a very long time (not her first account) and I'd vouch that you shouldn't take her wording so uncharitably. I think it's been fairly self-evident over the years that many people, perhaps including the OP, will call things "high quality" if it matches their personal preferences rather than because it is "better" than the "low-quality" art in some nebulous, open-to-interpretation sense.

And I would set most of my own old low-quality art on fire if i could, haha.

I still get people asking about me about Feral City to this day. Go ahead, ask me about Feral City. It was awful, but it filled a niche in times when there were next to no plot rich vore comics out there. So some people still remember it fondly and think it was "good content". (It was not not. God it was not.)

[RedInstead]

I don't really see a point in putting down other artists as they learn and grow

I think you missed the point where i said that i prefer the napkin doodles. :3 The point i was making is that technique is nice and all, but there's little merit to technique (especially in you know, porn) when the theme doesn't speak to you. Bascially this thread isn't about actual artistic quality, it's just another "there isn't enough stuff catering to me personally" complaint box.

I did actually, I read it the other way around lol

I also don't know where all this old quality vore art is supposed to exist.

I think after this line that's just what my brain expected and filled in the gaps

And yeah, when you go to a banquet bring what you like not what you think everyone else will like, because there's probably at least one other person who has the same tastes

[Cuddlekins]

Artists we get attached to come and go, and I think we tend to notice the void they leave more than the new artists who regularly start up here in the community. Maybe we get complacent with our watchlists, so we stop looking so hard for new content and only notice when our favorite artists start to slow down or quit altogether.

Also, yeah, maybe our standards change. I think I've gotten pickier as far as quality goes, so art I may have worked off of when I was new might not meet my standards today. Frankly 99% of the stories here never suited my tastes (why I even became a writer of lewds in the first place, lol...)

Also, I don't think Patreon has had that much of an impact. Like, it's a thing, but I don't think so many artists have 100% paywalled their content to have that much of an impact on the amount of free content (at least, from my perspective. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.)

Sooooo, yeah o:

[lXlNeMiSiSlXl]

Just gonna drop my 2cents here as a former active artist.

From what I've seen the art world was very diverse around 2014 when I started, people were drawing their OCs and I'd have people surface to tell me how much they enjoyed my characters and stuff, then that began to fade in recent years and personally without as many comments or interaction I kinda just fail to see any incentive to commit hours of my time to something thats just going to get favourites. I've spoke to my followers about this openly that 1 comment means more to me that 100 favourites because expressing your interest in my work is infinitely better than pressing the heart button and leaving.

I used to get community engagement, now I get a fraction of that. I believe the reason is because people come and go and so people who knew me left and got replaced with people who don't know I exist. This goes for every artist too.

Going to get a little finger pointy with my next reason, but it's just something that annoys me and I've noticed it grow as a trend in recent years. There are a handful of artists on this site of high skill who literally just post the same Pokemon characters over and over again for easy attention and it's overshadowed a lot of people who actually put some thought and effort into designing their OCs. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen someone create a really interesting character and it gets a fraction of the attention some oversaturated aged-up mass-vore of girls from Pokemon gets.

There were also far less paywalls a few years ago, you could view bellies without being charged your left kidney for the privilege, but that's the broader topic of Money systematically ruining everything it's ever been involved in.

Basically a decline in interaction/audience, zero creativity with constant Pokemon/Genshin/Whatever washing away people with actually good OCs, it's not the 2010s anymore.

That's me anyway.

[sovet]

Well definitely there’s a paucity of content in the niche that I believe you’re most fond of, the sort of world building where men are unwilling prey to women(and girls), where it’s accepted that a man’s purpose is nothing more than being a meal, where death is permanent and the your prey will likely tag their prey’s premains on social media, as if their death wasn’t humiliating enough. Kaladeen did a fantastic interactive like that but stopped updating it a few months ago, and a lot of the good writers doing this content either mostly contribute to patreon or are doing commissions. As a side note I discovered your photo manips last week and felt pretty inspired by them, I just wish I had more consistency to follow through with longer stories.

[Siorche]

I've been on a bit of a hiatus from the site (I drop in once in a while rather than really enjoy it) and things just tend to come and go.
People bring up a lot of good examples earlier, to me it seems to be similar to the game industry, in the early days it was often about fans being fans making things for other fans, and not knowing much better it was good, or you decided to make things better in your own ways.
These days things are looking more and more into quick cash, the "recently uploaded" section being filled with non-vore, copy+pasted art where only details are changed around, or even just skin colour changes.
I think personally I have becom spoiled in some ways, while I feel like people who like things others than me take over more and more (Kinda why I am barely a lurker anymore) and the quality tends to be drowned out by the quantity, very similar to the gaming industry.
It is not too uncommon for communities to split because there is too much at some point, and it's easier to split out into new places that cater to your specific preferences.

TLDR: Money > Fandom, Too much making those precious things feel less and less (Too much of a good thing) and you get the exact same thing over and over again, also kinda similar to books as well, there is too much produced to dig through all of it in the hopes to find the golden nuggets.

I think this is a very bad comparison, it's not been overtaken by greed, grifters have always existed- here and other places even MORE so in the olden days- because they wouldn't be held accountable for it. If someone is tracing, they get banned, for example, so...

people wanting to be paid for their work does not make them any less of a 'fan', you have to think about art as a viable career, art doesn't *just* exist for the masses, it's also a product, and there were even beyond that, money grabs in the gaming industry- ala watching any of the Jimqisition, or total biscuit way back when.

The biggest reason quantity drowns out quality is because of how uploading on this site works and the lack of 'sort by' features. If you just search your tag, more often then not, you'll find the thing you want. Hell, the pairing I like the most is super rare in and of itself, so I really, really disagree with your 'Money > fandom' idea, I feel you just don'tlook in the proper places.