February update '23

Hi all!

Thank you all so much for supporting InflateVids and covering costs for January. In that month some stuff got fixed too:

• Liked videos now work again (though filters won't work)
• Thumbnail picker should be working on phones again (and have a default picture selected)
• Videos got limited to 480p for non-patrons (hopefully temp)
• Pro patrons get full quality for -everyone- on their own unlisted videos

There is some bugs that need working, I keep an updated list in the Telegram group (https://t.me/inflatevids, for general site discussion, not videos). 

Also a short personal life update and why some moderation has been slow to respond. For starters I've been mostly off for the past couple weeks due to the hospitalisation and eventual passing of a prominent member of family. This is the second death in the past two months and this one specifically hit hard since the whole process happened real quick and out of nowhere. That being said, the incredible extra support InflateVids has been getting did give me some time to forget the project whilst this has been happening, so thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart <3

On the topic of taking a break, some of you might have noticed videos that very much weren't fit for the website the past week. In specific videos which showed minors, though they did not appear to be the subject/focus. These were publicly available for a couple of days on the website. I want to make sure every supporter knows that featuring minors specifically, in whatever way (focus or not), is highly inappropriate in my eyes on IV, and videos like these should be removed ASAP with the accounts striked without warning.

The reason that didn't happen this time around is that, as I said, I took some time off. I do have a moderation team, however thus far I have not instructed them on what actions to take and when to take them, which has created confusion and hesitation on taking action on their side. This is completely my fault since I do believe the team to be incredibly capable with the right instructions.

I'd like to therefor also apologize for these videos being on InflateVids for way too long, and promise to instruct my team on what to do in these kinds of guideline violating situations in the future.

Thanks again for all your support! Happy valentines, and I'll write you again soon,
Rick