why i quit ibispaint

hi, I'm probably going to post this on my ibispaint bio so if you're reading this right now that's most likely why! thank you

when i originally joined ibispaint in 2018, i joined solely with the intention to draw art. others most likely did too. however, this app also has social media-like features, including an art leaderboard. when i first saw these, i thought they were cool, but i never intended to have an online life on the app. i was also rather young when i first joined.

although the community was rather calm during these times (i also believe this was before the international boom of this app, so i mostly only saw japanese comments that i couldn't understand), i rarely engaged with it. at most, i would look at leaderboard art and like it, having a full collection on my profile by the next month. fast forward years later and yeah! this app is shit!

i dont even really wanna get into everything I've experienced on this app or else I'd be typing for hours. but i will say that compared to years before, this community is toxic and ignorant and i despise it. i blame ibis for having shit moderation and i blame the users for being the stuck up ipad kids that they are. and i hope after you read this you will understand why

the community

the community. oh my god the community. can you tell i dont like them? sure maybe im not fond of any community to be fair but i would genuinely rather stick knives into my throat than engage with another ibis user.

whoever says 90% or even 9% of the community is nice is fucking bullshit. I've probably engaged with 90% of them right now at this point and they're all unnecessarily rude. no matter how nice, mean or even HELPFUL you are to them, they will always take offense to what you say like you're trying to attack them. I've been in SO MANY arguments just for doing absolutely nothing wrong! who raised you to be a piece of shit? honestly tell me

and then there's ragebaiters, who honestly get less hate than i do despite being racist, homophobic etc. for what? you say you have a hobby yet you waste atleast 5 hours of your life trying to get someone's attention. just admit you're living worse than i am somehow.

everyone on this app treats me like im the worst person ever as well, my reputation is genuinely beyond horrible. ive had someone call me cold hearted just because i tell people they probably shouldn't vent to me because im not good at comfort. is that really cold hearted? is everyone on my friend list cold hearted then because no one even wants to hear what im saying. are they too? or do you just want to talk shit about me specifically.

plus, ive had an artist talk shit abt me multiple times and had an artwork about me that blew tf up (it had over 100k views, when i say blew up i mean blew up) because i kindly, i repeat kindly, called them out because they were trying to guilt trip and gain sympathy from others to farm views. unfortunately it worked.

i also fucking hate how they got soo much comfort from strangers when i genuinely just wanna blow my brains out with a bazooka every day and no one even asks if im ok. why do people like this get comfort and respect and i just get fucking shit talk for doing literally anything.

not only is the community rude but they're also fucking disgusting too, because of course they are. i hate pedos. i think anyone with common sense should know how awful they are, but apparently ibis users can't even gain a brain cell when it comes to that, because they fucking defend it! absolutely horrid. and people have the audacity to say that I'm a bad person, you like minors. fuck off.

i once encountered a person who said they liked shota, which is basically japanese sexualization of young boys. and the dumbasses on this app acted like it was okay to do. you guys are against proshipping but think this is fine? it was one thing you guys didnt know what shota was, it was another that you basically defended them even after they explained it. use google, ask another person, fucking do something. just stop being so smooth brained for once.

and to add onto that, japanese love to make sexualized art on here (in general, but im talking about this app specifically) knowing that the community mostly comprised of minors. i think this is rancid, but i guess nobody else does because again they defend it! ive seen several sexualized arts on here, from bunny suit girls to literally just straight up porn. and nobody cares. fucking hell.

another time i encountered a sexual art and called it out, the japanese artist said they don't care if children see it. yes that's what they said. the fact that people are so ignorant of this issue honestly pisses me the fuck off. it also proves WHY it's an issue, because young people lack awareness of how dangerous seeing sexual art really is. that's how they get groomed. but they don't care because japanese and lolicon (again sexualized young girls) is legal and normal there.

when i was young i also didnt know much about this and was vulnerable to being groomed. but i was 11. alot of these dodos are 15 or older, grown ass adults even. you disappoint me.

the moderation (if there is any even)

fuck. this. app's. moderation. it does not exist. unlike the community, which grew grosser over time, the moderation was never there. i remember i had a little friend on ibis for a while back in 2020 and we had an idea for a friends list/subscription feature, so they emailed support about it. i think they replied to it, but it was never added. nothing important but i think it just shows how neglectful they are with anything

still dont believe me? okay lets go to 2026 then. back to the bunny suit art, there were two on leaderboard today. wow what a life we live in. luckily we have some people with sense atleast because they wanted to report it, i think probably almost everyone active on this app reported this fucking artwork but guess how long it took for it to get removed? too fucking long I'll tell you that much. I'm surprised they even got removed at all.

and the reason they didnt get removed is because ibis is a japanese company and despite there being minors, ibis is racially biased. you can deny this claim all you want but I've seen enough proof. ragebaiters get banned in 3 seconds (again if theres an entire riot but still), this art gets deleted in 1-2 weeks. so the art with the condom stays? its fine? also no its not candy the artist was spitting bs, thats a fucking condom

we've probably had so many horrible disgusting artists and people on here but yet people want to hate on caty just because their art (used to) be on leaderboard a lot. it's horrible

and people are too busy hating me and making me look foul just because i genuinely try to help these knuckleheads but a guy literally says they want me dead over a disagreement and i guess thats fine. i already wanna kill myself i don't need your help chumpo

and also a lot of dumb shit has happened just because of ragebaiters/caty haters, including but not limited to the leaderboard being changed from daily to monthly, killing a LOT of artists and making the leaderboard stale (now its just a bunch of japanese people who have me blocked for absolutely no reason) and a shitty chat filter.

god the chat filter was the absolute last straw for me. if i didnt already despise this app enough, it's way worse now! i can't say anything! it's one thing i cant swear anymore but the filter is half ass and just censors whatever it wants. i genuinely just try to compliment arts or even make a point because EVERYONE wants to argue with me and i can't because no matter how much i try, the poorly vibe coded chat filter doesn't let me. i cant say my favorite monster's name, i can't say how good an art is, i cant call out how a person's ignorant even though they fucking are??? this feature is genuinely so useless, honestly it might be worse than roblox's chat. atleast i can say SOMETHING on there.

anyway i think I've explained all my issues with this app, atleast the more major ones. the fact i'd rather post on deviantart or any other art app (besides the reason that it lowkey takes 3 hours just to post anything for no reason) should be saying a lot. this apps community has just went from ignorant to straight up foul and something id rather not interact with in any way. i don't want to be a part of it.

and if i could just use a better drawing app altogether, i would. but I'm an android user and there's nothing else out there for me. but wow this app has probably made my mental health 10x worse and reminds me how shit the world is, if i ever forgot

so long story short, i won't really be posting anything anymore. i probably won't post ever again honestly. it might've been 7 years, but definitely not a good 7 years. good riddance tbh. i have enough shit on my plate anyway

oh, and ibis is almost turning 15 (iirc)! happy birthday to the toxic, pedophilic, nazi/maga ridden app/website! you might be worse than twitter