FeralD said:
I can't imagine that simply buying bitcoin or other crypto would be reason enough to get cancelled. The crypto market is a real deal.
Of course not, it'd raise eyebrows but it's more about what you bought with it.
Although, if you're concerned about an artist willing to dox you, i really wouldn't be. Lets say you paid via PayPal, both you and the artist would have a measure of info from each other through the transaction. If for some reason they did decide to dox, you too would have your own payload of info to put out there.
The worry isn't so much an artist who's still keeping their IRL identity private, but say one who is already outed and lost their job, in desperate straits, resorts to blackmail to stay alive, etc.
I feel horrible thinking this way because I'm sure 99+% of loli artists are honorable and wonderful people who would never turn on their own like that, but I am also prone to being too optimistic and idealistic at times and make a practice of being pessimistic against my instincts.
Like for example what if someone's brain chem changes due to drugs, a car accident, etc which makes them lose their moral bond with their fans?
Also if this was an established artist, word getting out that they doxed their client would probably hurt their possibility of getting more work. Basically, if they decided to do something stupid, youvery much could make it a case of mutually assured destruction, one the artist would likely come out of much worse than you did.
That's a good point, whatever income they might get from either blackmail or selling your dox to the press would be counteracted by lost potential income from future clients.
So maybe it only makes sense for someone who's giving up drawing (maybe they're not very good?) or can't draw (hand eaten by a coyote) so that it's not a lost income.
I'm prob being overly paranoid, I should just pay some damn artists as I've enjoyed so much free stuff over the years.