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Why vtbooru?
Here are problems I noticed when looking for assets, and how vtbooru solves them.
There is no single good search tool for assets.
Assets are posted to many sites. Sometimes the same artist may even post different assets to different sites.
>Let's index all of the assets in one place, with a simple search system.
Artists speak and describe their work in many languages.
>Let's use English to tag everything.
I have trouble finding assets inside my budget, especially with currency conversions.
>Let's include the price along with every post, and in the search page let's have a price filter that uses the current exchange rates.
Here are some additional problems that vtbooru can help address.
Scammers steal assets from artists and re-sell them, particularly on Etsy.
>Let's moderate posts to vtbooru so that all traffic goes to the proper artists.
What is vtbooru?
It's a community-driven tool to solve the problem of finding the vtuber assets you need.
vtbooru adds features specifically useful for finding vtuber assets on top of the image board software Shimmie 2. A booru is an image board, where a community uploads content they are interested in. They sort that content with keywords, also known as "tags". For search to be useful, tags should be objective and minimal.
Besides the image board, there are:
- pools where you can make lists of your favorite assets,
- a forum for discussion, and
- a wiki for defining tags and informational pages.
The developer of vtbooru can be reached on twitter at @vtboorudev and by email at vtbooru@gmail.com. You can report inappropriate posts on-site with the report button next to the post.
Here are problems I noticed when looking for assets, and how vtbooru solves them.
There is no single good search tool for assets.
Assets are posted to many sites. Sometimes the same artist may even post different assets to different sites.
>Let's index all of the assets in one place, with a simple search system.
Artists speak and describe their work in many languages.
>Let's use English to tag everything.
I have trouble finding assets inside my budget, especially with currency conversions.
>Let's include the price along with every post, and in the search page let's have a price filter that uses the current exchange rates.
Here are some additional problems that vtbooru can help address.
Scammers steal assets from artists and re-sell them, particularly on Etsy.
>Let's moderate posts to vtbooru so that all traffic goes to the proper artists.
What is vtbooru?
It's a community-driven tool to solve the problem of finding the vtuber assets you need.
vtbooru adds features specifically useful for finding vtuber assets on top of the image board software Shimmie 2. A booru is an image board, where a community uploads content they are interested in. They sort that content with keywords, also known as "tags". For search to be useful, tags should be objective and minimal.
Besides the image board, there are:
- pools where you can make lists of your favorite assets,
- a forum for discussion, and
- a wiki for defining tags and informational pages.
The developer of vtbooru can be reached on twitter at @vtboorudev and by email at vtbooru@gmail.com. You can report inappropriate posts on-site with the report button next to the post.