plaguedbylove

[plaguedbylove]

due to the news of tumblr partnering with midjourney, and the subsequent selling of user data (which you have to OPT OUT OF as opposed to OPT INTO), i will no longer be posting my art on this website for the foreseeable future, unless it's especially important for me to.

thank you for understanding!

[plaguedbylove]

Legitimate question, as I was off Tumblr for a couple weeks and came back to the hammercar meme shit. I've seen you say we need to take action. What actions can we take? Just being vocal? Are things we can actively be doing to make a difference with this? This is an honest good faith question I want to do SOMETHING other than just be angry. I'm already angry, I want to do something with it that will help.

This won't be a comprehensive guide on what the best actions to take are. For real change to happen, we need to actively and collectively support each other, especially those who are marginalized and vulnerable. I'll try listing things that I believe can make a difference and that most people can help doing

We need to support those who need financial help by boosting and donating to them. Especially people that are in desperate and immediate need of money. Please, check the links I included in this part of the post. People don't beg for money for fun. It's really important to spread donation posts, even if you can't donate to them. Please, consider donating whenever possible

Take commissions from artists, request drawings, buy games, and support all creative works you see in Tumblr by sharing them. If you engage with sexual content of any type made by sex workers, reblog and pay for their work. We need to support and destigmatize sex workers publicly. Remember to always tip if possible

Don't spread call out posts. Don't participate in or enable harassment/smear campaigns. Even if you believe that a call out post "this one time is actually warranted", it's not. They intentionally target vulnerable people, don't hold anybody accountable, and don't help the victims. Ignore them, block the people making them and move on

Follow and support black, indigenous, Palestinian, Latin American, disabled, transgender/non-binary bloggers, sex workers and other marginalized people as much as you can. Engage critically with what our communities are talking about, show support and boost our voices. Don't make this just about the cis guy in power

Help spread the word of people whose blogs have been unfairly terminated. Remember their names and urls, and preserve their posts. Screenshot and archive whatever you can. When they remake, boost their posts to help them find their friends, mutuals and communities. Show solidarity

Find, read and reblog posts contextualizing the situations that have led to the termination and erasure of entire groups in here. Talk about the erasure and censorship of posts, tags and blogs that talked about BLM, Ferguson, anti-blackness, anti-semitism, anti-colonialism, Palestine, Congo, Sudan, transmisogyny, transwomen, and so on

Be critical of Tumblr's staff past and recent actions against marginalized people, especially their recent treatment of black, Palestinian and transwomen bloggers. Consider taking legal action, like contacting the human rights commission. Also be critical of yourself and other users here. Don't debate about, argue or downplay our oppression and erasure. Take anti-blackness and transmisogyny seriously

Include us in your life, make friends, love and care about us. Love those who are outcasts, freaks, sluts, annoying, unproductive, and angry. Talk with us, show us decency and trust, look out for our safety and comfort. Make genuine connections. Don't write off our online relationships and communities. And, please, take the time to read the links I included

I'll finish by saying that I'm not an authority on what the best action to take is. There's a lot that needs to be done, mostly outside of the internet. Take action outside of Tumblr, think critically, read news and literature, stay informed and talk to marginalized people on how you can help with their specific struggles as groups, participate in communities, love the people you claim to care about

[plaguedbylove]

And about the AI opt-out setting Tumblr will deploy tomorrow, I’ll just let you with the words of the person in charge of the heist:

Andrew Spittle, Automattic’s head of AI replied: “We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who’s opted out since the last time we provided a list. […] I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point.”

So Tumblr will notify openAi and Midjourney that you wish your posts to not be used and it’s entirely up to them to comply or not. And as we know, we are talking about some of the less ethical companies on the internet (which honestly is kind of a feat), so that cute little setting will most than probably do nothing and less.

[plaguedbylove]

@craftykit1 i meant to say discord not tumblr.

I’ll be really sad to see you go off-site :( i want to ask if you’ll be going anywhere else for rp? Or if you’re just done with that

im still not totally sure...! @_@ if you want to rp with me though, we can always arrange something on tumblr!

[plaguedbylove]

I’ll be really sad to see you go off-site :( i want to ask if you’ll be going anywhere else for rp? Or if you’re just done with that

im still not totally sure...! @_@ if you want to rp with me though, we can always arrange something on tumblr!

[plaguedbylove]

ill probably be moving away from tumblr. if anybody that doesnt have me added on discord wants to, dm me. if you have me added on discord, feel free to say hi at any time

[plaguedbylove]

[plaguedbylove]

IMMEDIATELY after i finally got shit together so that i could feel okay posting on this site again. goddamn. absolutely garbage.

[plaguedbylove]

this is so fucking maddening. i've been posting art on this site for 8 years. i'm not surprised with how things have been going lately but they truly do hate their userbase huh?

[plaguedbylove]

in support of palestine, i'll be doing sketches for esims this month!!!

look at https://gazaesims.com for details on how to help, and send me proof of the purchase (screenshots of the receipt + the emailed qr/activation code) over DMs. it has to be recent and for this specifically!

i'll whip up a sketch of whatever you want, as long as it complies with my normal commission terms. this isn't just specific to my own or current interests, and i wont do sexual nsfw but i can do gore. if you're curious about anything not stated just ask, but i have the right to reject requests for whatever reason!

i will do a sketch of one character for one esim, but i will do additional character(s) and/or color the drawing if you donate more.

[plaguedbylove]

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as a note, it seems to automatically switch on for blogs that have discourage external searching on. i had that option enabled on some of my archived blogs and third-party sharing was also disabled.

still, i sincerely doubt this is most of the userbase. -_-

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[plaguedbylove]

due to the news of tumblr partnering with midjourney, and the subsequent selling of user data (which you have to OPT OUT OF as opposed to OPT INTO), i will no longer be posting my art on this website for the foreseeable future, unless it's especially important for me to.

thank you for understanding!

[plaguedbylove]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[plaguedbylove]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[plaguedbylove]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[plaguedbylove]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[plaguedbylove]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.