Here will be only my observations of several accounts that I was subscribed to and that got rid of shadow bans.

Maybe this will be useful to someone, since pixiv support is the worst support I have ever had to communicate with. All they do is send standard responses to anything, and to any clarifications they say they can't disclose anything.

As you may have noticed, there were about 2 waves of account restrictions. The first one was around March, when the new rules just went into effect, and the other one was at the end of June.

So, the main thing I noticed:

1. All accounts that publish more than 35 posts in the last 30 days with links fall under shadow bans. According to those I watched, they were always unbanned as soon as they had less than 35 posts in 30 days.

2. If there is a link in your account description, or at least one post has a link - all your posts will also be considered as advertising, even if you do not leave links on new posts - this will not help.

3. If you already have a shadow ban and you publish more than 2 posts a day, then for new posts you will be given a shadow ban instantly, and if you publish once a day, you will get a ban in 30-50 minutes.

4. Since the end of June, they started taking into account all your accounts by IP address, I think. That's why many people got shadow bans because of this. (but I'm not sure here because I haven't seen anyone get unbanned after June)

At the moment, to avoid getting shadowbanned, you need to not post more than once a day and only post on one account, and you shouldn't have any problems.

The following are just my thoughts on the matter. Since they block both AI authors and regular artists equally, it has nothing to do with AI. The only thing that seems plausible to me is that they are having problems with their servers (due to memory costs) and will soon be unable to store the amount of data that comes to pixiv every day, so they decided to fight with the authors to reduce the amount of data. If that's the case, then I advise you to look for another platform right now, because if their shadow bans don't work, they will just start blocking accounts without the possibility of recovery. But the strange thing is that I've seen many accounts that publish 20-30 posts a DAY without links and they're doing fine, and all the posts are of low quality.

And one more observation, their shadow ban algorithm should be very simple to ensure fast work, their answer that the algorithm takes into account some behavior, search quality and so on, is just a lie. They check a few parameters of each work and that's it.

That's all I wanted to say

So I violated the rule of directly linking users to uncensored content through your posts (captions, profile, etc.), and my account is suspended and that is my fault. But since my account is suspended, I can't access my post to edit and remove it?? There's no other option to remove my mistake so what even is the point of giving me a request form to have my account unsuspended?

I know bowing is used for many things in Japan, but is this like for admiration of the art or another meaning?

So, I sent a request a while ago, and I paid with a debit card, so they did the "charge and refund" thing. But now, I dont have that money anymore (car trouble), and the deadline is coming up. What happens if I dont have money when the work is completed?

I see alot of uncensored genitalia on there which i thought was not allowed? can someone explain how censorship works?

I make fanart for eight years. I'm available on both DeviantArt and Pixiv. Honestly, even if I quitted The Loud House after my guilty pleasure with "Kings" of the Con, I've still get more likes on my Loud House fanart more than my anime fanart.

TLH fans flocked to Pixiv by storm.

Most of the Loud House fans in Pixiv are Americans and Latinos, in a site that are mostly Japanese.

Also, Nick is not so popular in Japan, they’ve quitted JDM TV twice on 2009 and 2022. Most Japanese prefer Disney more than Nick if US media imperialism in Japan is concerned.

Personally, I haven’t seen any Japanese fans of TLH in Pixiv but I’ve seen a few Japanese fans of SB.

I'm curious about how Japanese censorship laws apply to source files

For example, if I upload a PSD or .clip file to my Fanbox where the image appears censored by default, but the censorship is just a separate layer that subscribers can hide to reveal the uncensored artwork, would that still be considered distributing uncensored obscene material under Japanese law?

Or is it legally treated the same as distributing a censored image because the default view is censored?

I really don't know what to do about this problem

I change new ip and device to run new account, but do not know whether safe to run multiple accounts due to different genre.

I'm not sure which subreddit would be the best place to ask, so I thought I'd ask here first.

For example, I'd like to view this creator's posts: https://kohamina.fanbox.cc/posts

The updates for this FANBOX seem to have stopped on Kemono and Pawchive.

I saw a YouTube video showing how to use Developer Tools, but it seems too difficult for someone with little technical knowledge like me.

So if there's an easier method, such as using another website to access the posts, I'd appreciate it if you could tell me about it.

NZ residents weren't able to access pixiv for last 2-3 days due to nz isp issues or something.

I was able to get in this late afternoon so looks like it's fixed now

Update: still having issue when i connect via PC but mobile website is working for me
Update 2: Issue is still on going :(

Update 3: should be working now!

I was looking at my Muted user list and I figured I'd ask this.

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a drawing on Pixiv, which I can't find anymore. Tags don't show any results.

Content

The drawing shows a woman in her 20s. She's...

- wearing a traffic cone on her head

- holding a megaphone in her hand

- wearing tight fitting black clothing

- carrying speakers on her lower back

- standing awkwardly as if she's off balance

Her lower back is arched inward, her hair colored and her facial expression akward and slightly surprised.

Style

The drawing is anime styled, with sharp contours and clear colours. There are neon colors in the it, which contrast the black clothing of the, presumably, OC. There's no background. The drawing has a high resolution and was probably made digitally. It's non-erotic, but with certain undertones.

The artist's name would suffice.

Thank you for your help.

Just as the title said, I've been a pixiv premium member for a long time and my sister has been using clip studio trial before buying the full one-time payment. However I forgot that I gave my debut copy to a friend, thinking they would be using it but they haven't been drawing or using the debut version at all.

So I was wondering if there a way to regain the debut version from my buddy account and give it to my sister instead. I already have Clip studio but since Clip no longer allow dual-device I can't let her use my account. Just asking if there is a way to regain the clip debut if possibly.

So, I was looking up anime fanart and when I was looking at the search area and they started showing different artists, this one kind of caught my attention. I guess her blowing bubblegum, the brown-ish eyes and calm pose is one thing. And the background is also very interesting too.

What artist is this? And what is the name of the art in this drawing? I want to know the artist name because it looks really intriguing.
Oh, google search gave me the answer, it's Paroro and art is "SkyAboveMe".

ive tried on multiple acounts and devices and its just a white screen. Pixiv help website works but anything with pixiv.en dosent work anyone know why?

Pixiv is just refusing to load since yesterday. I've tried everything. Restarted the PC, updated Chrome, cleared cache, deleted site data. Nothing works.

Update: It's working now.

Need help on this, i also don't know how pre-paid cards for Visa or Mastercard works

Being vague on purpose. I want to try to expand my range outside of Pixiv, but I legitimately don't know any other sites that allow that kind of stuff.

Is the Pixiv website down? Nothing's loading on my laptop nor mobile.

Hi everyone,

I'm a fairly new creator on Pixiv. My last upload was back in February, and since then I've been working on a new project.

While I was away, I noticed that around March–April Pixiv introduced new rules and features related to automatically hiding works that may violate their Terms of Service. Since then, I've seen a lot of discussions about creators, especially NSFW artists, getting shadowbanned or even suspended. In many cases, people claimed their works were hidden or their accounts were affected despite having proper tags and no obvious rule violations.

Because my account was growing nicely, I decided to hold off on posting until things settled down. More recently, I also heard about a ban wave around the end of June that reportedly affected many creators, regardless of whether they had actually violated any rules. I'm not sure how accurate all of these reports are, but they've made me pretty nervous.

It's now been about four months, and I'd really like to start posting again. At the same time, I'm worried that my account could end up getting caught in one of these automated actions.

For context, I don't spam uploads, I don't misuse tags, and I don't include external links in my posts.

Has the situation improved recently? Is it considered safe to post again, or are creators still experiencing random shadowbans or suspensions? I'd really appreciate any advice, experiences, or tips from people who have been actively using Pixiv over the past few months.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

Has anyone managed to get unbanned from that massive shadowban wave since June 29th? I suspect this wave is related to multi-account linking, but it’s different from before. Usually, you’d get unbanned after you stop posting for three days. This time, I kept one of my accounts completely inactive for 14 consecutive days. I finally posted a picture today, but an hour later, it was still shadowbanned. I’m honestly at a total loss for what to do