QUOTE(gelmax @ Mar 27 2010, 12:58)

The current "ban" is awfully similar to Danbooru's banning of the same "forbidden" content, except for the part where Danbooru users can pay for a "Gold account" that lets them bypass the filter. Will the same thing happen here? I recall E-H doing something similar in the long distant past (putting most stuff on a Hentaikey Free site and putting the controversial stuff on a Hentaikey Gold site), so it's not like it's unprecedented.
In any case, judging by how this weak "ban" has been implemented, it's clear that Tenboro's already got a plan to bring it back and it's most likely going to be something people wouldn't have accepted normally. And even if I were the type of person to believe everything I read, it's pretty obvious that he did this the way he did (absolutely no warning, blocking 20% of all Galleries in one heavy-handed stroke, hitting the popular user-contributed areas only while ignoring the "forbidden" content on the main E-H site) in order to incite panic and desperation. Obviously that's a good way to spark a massive donation drive, but that's not sustainable, so there's gotta be some kind of longer-term scheme behind the wings.
I'm betting that people who really care will have access to the "forbidden" galleries within a month and a half, and moreover, I'm predicting it'll be a "paid account" scheme like Danbooru's. Putting it all right here so you all can look back two months from now and see that I called it (unless of course this post gets deleted for skewing the odds, heh).
Well that sounds very sinister & very underhanded where we the loyalist of the site are concerned. I mean to do something like this from conception to execution is just down right deplorable. If it's to get cash outta us why not just say I need cash or this particular popular content comes down. I mean still basically the same thing but at least we'd know what we were dealing with.
As despicable as it is I can't argue with your logic. It makes perfect sense when you actually put the sum of the whole together & reexamine it. Question is will it truly work? I mean now that I know a possibility of whats around the corner I dont think I'm too keen on being involved.