FU MOD SQUAD

FU_MOD_SQUAD was the profile used by the entirety of the Sketchfu moderator team, built up of older artists on the website. They were introduced around 2011 and were notorious for being strict, hated by most of the community on the website. Most of the profile information on FU_MOD_SQUAD, as well as the people behind the team, are long gone now. However, you can still find testimonials from many different members of the community. In 2011, social or roleplay posts were no longer allowed on the website as drawings, leading to a gigantic outcry from community members now known as the Sketchfu Revolution. The FU_MOD_SQUAD argued against the community, claiming roleplay posts were being cut back to save storage, since storing data for the site was getting expensive really fast due to the fast incoming of roleplay pictures. As well as this, moderators were also credited with banning people without warning, giving users unnecessary attitude, and abusing their power on the site. Unfortunately for the moderators, they were bombarded with messages in 2012 after the site's creators began to run out of funding for the site and disabled new account creation. The FU_MOD_SQUAD replied to a comment on their profile accusing them of being the reason why it was disabled:"FU_MOD_SQUAD wrote (about 1 month ago) The creation of new accounts was disabled by the site owners and will remain down until they have resolved some site issues to their satisfaction. We do not know when it will be restored.""PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER NEW ACCOUNTS. WE DID NOT DISABLE THEM AND WE CANNOT ACTIVATE THEM AGAIN.""Thank you for your patience."This is one of the last existing comments they've made online that's survived this long. The site has been deactivated since 2014, and as of 2020, there is no new chatter about anything related to the FU_MOD_SQUAD or Sketchfu itself.