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NSFW Digital Creatives Survey

Getting started in NSFW is tricky! There's a lot of guides for social media creatives, but they overwhelmingly discuss SFW-only tactics and challenges. These largely don't apply to NSFW, who will have to deal with regular and evolving censorship, different platforms, and payment processor problems.

NSFW creators can only learn from each other, but we lack easily accessible guides and support from communities!
*Note that this survey is directed at digital arts, and not performers or live action NSFW creators. There's again entirely separate rules and challenges to handle that are out of the scope of this survey

Together with your help, the Naughty Niche wants to start creating some public info pages sharing the tips, tricks, and particular challenges that you think are the most important to know, beginner and pro alike.

These questions will be used to make a (hopefully) easily digestible quick start summary for new nsfw creatives, including broad advice for common concerns, what platforms are most friendly to their medium/content types, and any shared nuggets of wisdom from the veterans.

How the guide will look exactly will be decided by you and your answers here. Thank you for your participation in our wee community <3
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1.
Section 1: You & Your Arts

Where are you in your creative adventure?
Love Only: I create purely for fun, and have no plans to monetise
Fledgling: I create for fun, but would like to monetise
Part-time: I monetise my creativity side hustle/part time
Full-time: I'm a full time creativity wage slave
2.
Which medium/s do you create with?[Checkboxes]
Illustration
Writing
3D
Animation
Game Development
Pixel Art
Voice/Sound/Music
Other (please specify)
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3.
What public platforms do you share your work on?[Checkboxes]
AO3
Bluesky
CHYOA
DeviantArt
Discord
FanBox
FetLibrary
FurAffinity
HentaiFoundry
Itaku
Itch.io
Literotica
Mastodon (which instance?):
McStories
NewGrounds
Patreon
Pillowfort
Pixiv
Read Only Mind
Reddit
SmashWords
SteamR
SubscribeStar
UniFans
Wattpad
X / Twitter
Youtube
Other (please specfiy)
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4.
What level of content do you create?
(This is regarding typical platform policies, and reflects on which platforms folks are likely to post to)[Checkboxes]
Basically SFW (but not safe for your workplace)
Vanilla (nudity, sex etc)
Fetish & Fantasy (bdsm, furry, dubcon, perils etc)
Noncon (rape, violence etc)
Extreme (guro, snuff etc)
Other? (please specify)
5.
Section 2: Entering the NSFW

Love Only/Fledgling:
What do you think is the most important thing/s to know getting started?
[Checkboxes]
How to feel confident
Building a fanbase
Technical advice (anatomy, writing structures etc)
Monetising (commissions, subscribestar etc)
Connecting with my peers and other creators
Social Media (eg posting schedules)
Personal Discipline
Other (please specify)
6.
Love Only/Fledgling:
You can optionally elaborate or expand on your answer here:
If you have any specific info or advice you wish you had available but struggle to find, please share it here
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Part-time/Full-time:
What do you think is the most important thing/s to know as someone working regularly?[Checkboxes]
How to feel confident
Building a fanbase
Technical advice (anatomy, writing structures etc)
Monetising (commissions, subscribestar etc)
Connecting with my peers and other creators
Social Media (eg posting schedules)
Personal Discipline
Other (please specify)
8.
Part-time/Full-time:
You can optionally elaborate or expand on your answer here:
If you have any specific info or advice you wish you had available but struggle to find, please share it here
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Section 3: Sharing Wisdom

Part-time/Full-time:
What advice would you give to beginners (or yourself from 5+ years ago)?
10.
Love Only/Fledgling:
What type of struggles do you face that you think current full-timers don't understand, or are missing/ignoring while talking to you?
(for example, new issues or problems that may not have been as prevalent when the full-timers were getting their start)
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11.
What fears or worries do you have working within the contemporary NSFW space?[Checkboxes]
Censorship/ToS Changes
Limited Platforms Available
Social Stigma
Technical/Practical Issues
Monetising/Debanking
Legal Fears
None, I'm Fearless!
Other (please specify)
12.
You can optionally elaborate or expand on your answer here:
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13.
Despite the anxieties, what is it that brings you joy about nsfw and what you do, what is it that drives you to keep making the horny and posting?[Checkboxes]
Personal Joy of Creating
Sharing and Connecting (or collaborating)
The Intimacy of Sharing Kinks
Feeling "Normal" (or permission to feel "weird")
Rejecting Puritanism (spite-powered)
Money bruh
I'm just super horny girlfriend
None, I hate making arts for some reason?
Other (please specify)
14.
You can optionally elaborate or expand on your answer here:
15.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
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