Before I get back into this... when I went to download Postybirb, a Firefox plugin from my antivirus tried to block the download, and then when I did get it downloaded, Windows blocked the program from running. Is that a common occurrence? I'm guessing it's just due to how it works (logging into accounts and posting to them) but I don't want to risk it without researching it further and I guess that would start with asking someone that's used it in the past. I don't see why it would be that different from things like Thunderbird that access email as a third-party utility.

I have no idea how to respond to advertisement journals either. Like, if I'm not interested, it's kinda rude and beyond pointless to comment "I'm not interested". Same goes for not having money to commission someone. I saw a comic strip about that actually. "I'm broke! Time to find every artist that has open commissions and let them know!"
I know someone on DA who I met through Weasyl that is no longer active here that used to post really good conversation-starter journals there, that was fun. I'll have to come up with some ideas, wouldn't hurt to try to engage with the DA crowd more, especially if Eclipse turns out to not be the nightmare its current (yes, I am aware it's pretty early on and in beta, but still) incarnation leads many to believe it is.

On the plus side, when I went to show my roommate who isn't a premium member and couldn't access it yet what it looked like, I found I didn't hate it as much as I did a week ago, although I still think it needs a LOT of work. He, in turn, showed me a bit of FA's user interface but didn't seem to understand what I meant when I tried to describe "inbox" to him. You know, that place what where you see the art from people you're following and see journals and see your comments?

I'm not super worried about getting famous for doodling cartoon animals but even I know you gotta interact! Reply to comments, engage with the site and the people on it, stuff like that. I'm trying to make a point of faving and watching as well as just posting, and a lot of that has to do with the fact that this site just seems to have a lot of stuff I haven't encountered on DA, probably because it's so big and busy.
I'm worried that posting three or four things an hour would be "spamming", I don't want to crowd other artists off the site, even with the front page restricting it to your three newest, browsing newest submissions could still result in a flood of my work choking out others. That's just not good citizenship!

So I was right with "kemonomimi" and "hard vore" would be if I actually drew a critter getting its leg torn off by another critter or something? Basically, "predation" I guess. Like it's not the more fetish-oriented "swallowed alive" kind. Also, I like that one example you linked, I'll just comment my thoughts there after I post this reply. The rest of your advice was helpful too, I've been looking into tagging a bit more with Eclipse imposing a limit, so I can tag more accurately and effectively within those confines.

But for the sites without silly tagging restrictions... Basically, if it's emphasized, tag it? That's sort of how I was doing it, but I never thought it was really relevant to tag my big-toothed critters "teeth" or "fangs", but I'll try it here and on DA to see if it has any noticeable effect. A lot of my characters, especially older designs, have saberfangs.

Many of my characters are chubby or fat, but not morbidly obese, so any of the "hyper" tags probably don't apply, and I probably don't need to worry about weight-fetish-specific terms, and I'm aware of "macro" and things like weight gain and inflation but those probably don't apply either. So I'm probably doing alright there by sticking to fat, chubby, fatfur and perhaps "belly" if relevant.

Admittedly, I used to draw some diaperfur stuff alongside regular babyfur, but it was something I had mixed feelings about for years before recently deciding to just stop, at least for the time being. I was more interested in the embarrassment of it, as diapers have unique properties and connotations that work for that, but every other diaper person I ever encountered was into the scat and urine side of it and that made me super uncomfortable.
Anyways, I have exposure to some of those fetish terms but always felt weird using them, usually just tagging "diaper" and "diaperfur" but I always considered "babyfur" to be something a bit different.

What would be some useful tags for characters being embarrassed? One of my recurring themes seems to be these bigger characters ripping their pants, or having their pants fall down. I'm guessing embarrassed/embarrassment, ripped pants, wardrobe malfunction, pantsed, and of course relevant undergarment-related tags, but is there anything else you can think of?

Also I apologize if I'm going into too much detail if these are things you don't like. I do appreciate your maturity, however. Many of my DA watchers are also pretty chill about just removing something they disliked from their notifications, I haven't had anywhere near the sort of harassment that some other artists get. Which, honestly, I think has to do with mixing fandom and fetish, because it puts a spotlight on it and exposes people who might not like, say, diaper fetish, to it, if they search Pokemon and see a bunch of Pokemon in diapers.

Different perspective is what I needed on this, thanks again! Although I have had numerous friends over the years who used FA, all of them, to some degree, were engaged in some sort of fetish scene. Which is fine, it's just not for me. A couple other people have also told me that simply making it clear I'm a SFW artist should work wonders. I guess it's not the free-for-all I've been led to believe it is, or I've just consistently been very unlucky in the sorts of people I meet, or it's confirmation bias--a lot of people I do like and respect and trust also use FA and/or have more interaction or participation with "furry" as a fandom than I do say it's not quite as bad as it's made out to be even if the stereotypes have some basis in reality. Let's just say, a future presence on FA is a possibility now.

You make all the same points about a blacklist that I do! I'm all for user-side empowerment like that, being able to opt out of something you find distasteful means you simply won't be exposed to it, and it's way, WAY more mature than going after an artist who draws something you don't like simply for expressing themselves. Like I mentioned previously, I often felt awkward posting the occasional diaperfur thing and exposing my watchers who might not be here for that to it. They were mature enough to just ignore it, but I would feel more comfortable if people who didn't want to see it didn't see it at all. Blacklisting puts that power in the hands of individual users. Maybe it's the fact that they have to take personal responsibility for not seeing what they don't like that bothers some. And, if anyone ever says "some people don't tag/don't tag properly, so it's useless", I'd respond by pointing out that stop signs don't physically stop cars, it's up to the drivers to follow the rules, yet we aren't getting rid of stop signs because they're not 100% effective. Nothing's perfect but something that's helpful most of the time is preferable to nothing at all. I'd rather a viewer block half my content but still be able to enjoy my work, than block me outright because of that percentage they didn't like. That's a lost opportunity.

I really hope DA considers implementing a similar system in the future, it would be a godsend. I could filter out whatever video game Markiplier is playing this week that I get tired of seeing everywhere until the hype dies down, and not be exposed to a bunch of fart fetish stuff every time I post art of a skunk and decide to see who is faving it.

Speaking of... I do have a couple cartoon humor type pics that involve a character breaking wind (with the cartoon cloud with music note, nothing nasty or exaggerated), how would it be best to tag such a thing if I want people to be able to filter it, but not necessarily attract actual fetishists? I've found that putting a disclaimer like "if you're into this as a fetish, that's cool but I don't want to hear about it" in the description has limited success, but I also worry about the "snowball effect" that fetish art seems to have when it comes to favorites, and in turn, exposure.

I like that Wesley has both a brown and white coat! He goes through seasonal color phases just like real weasels, that's pretty cool. I'm a fan of mustelids in general and find most of them to be adorable.

What does that "SFW button" here do, exactly? Simply let me toggle between mature content being visible or not without changing my browsing settings?