#fyi

[munchbell45]

BTW, American Thanksgiving is on the 28th this year! (2024)

[nando161mando]

If you want to know why people have lost faith in capitalism, this might help

[tentacion3099]

US Forest Service guide to partially or totally obliterating a horse carcass with explosives

[redeemed-wren]

@chaotic-pulsar hey David you should listen to some Eight Doctor audio dramas from what little I've heard and picked up 8 and Charley are like Twelve and Clara but Worse

Normal relationship with normal people

[shutinthenutouse]

[mistchievous]

Tumblr PSA:

Idk how long this is going to be an issue. Maybe forever. But when you're tagging people in Tumblr posts, you need to start tagging them in groups of five. After each group, press enter and tag the next group in a new block. If you do not do that, all of the tags after the first five will not work.

I learned this the hard way.

Your tags need to be organized like this.

@/tag1 @/tag2 @/tag3 @/tag4 @/tag5

@/tag6 @/tag7 @/tag8 @/tag9 @/tag10

@/tag11 @/tag12 @/tag13 @/tag14 @/tag15

And so on.

Hopefully this doesn't last forever, but it's definitely the way you have to do it for now.

[bigbigtruck]

[sak-spn]

Ewww!!! An anti found my post. Just an FYI rebloger, the whole problem is that they are not in fact "making art" they are taking art from other artists.

Make your own cute art, by all means. Just don't steal and screw up ther people's drawings just because you don't like them. News flash, they were never for you, so leave them alone!

Also you seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what it means to be proship. It is a stance, pro (as in for) ship (the right to smash fictional characters together in a relationship) without being harassed over fiction, even darker ships that do not aline with our IRL values. No ship is 'a proship' and there is no such thing as 'proshipper art', one can simply be proship.

I see that you are too chronically online and too deep in your virtue signaling to understand this anti, but there is a thing called ✨️minding your own business✨️. Fiction is fiction for a reason (it's not real) and therefore anything goes. Maybe it's not for you and that's fine but that doesn't mean it's wrong and nobody should be allowed to enjoy it.

You know all those people who are "fixing proshipper art" are just stealing other peoples artwork. And in some cases exposing it to audiences it wasn't meant for and wouldn't have otherwise seen it. If anyone's harming kids with this it's them, by taking art from adult platforms (or restricted view) and reposting it in spaced filled with minors. With improper tagging to boot, thereby making it so much harder to avoid for people who don't want to see it. Make your own art if you don't like what you're seeing, stop being fucking lazy.

Also most of the shit I've seen people changing wasn't in any way 'sexual' of 'weird' in the first place, it makes me sad for them that they can't live on a world where they don't have to sexualise everything. I mean gees, it's natural and common to blush in so many contexts other than sex. Get your mind out of the gutter!

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

FYI artists and writers: some info regarding tumblr's new "third-party sharing" (aka selling your content to OpenAI and Midjourney)

You may have already seen the post by @staff regarding third-party sharing and how to opt out. You may have also already seen various news articles discussing the matter.

But here's a little further clarity re some questions I had, and you may too. Caveat: Not all of this is on official tumblr pages, so it's possible things may change.

(1) "I heard they already have access to my data and it doesn't really matter if I opt out"

From the 404 article:

A new FAQ section we reviewed is titled “What happens when you opt out?” states “If you opt out from the start, we will block crawlers from accessing your content by adding your site on a disallowed list. If you change your mind later, we also plan to update any partners about people who newly opt-out and ask that their content be removed from past sources and future training.”

So please, go click that opt-out button.

(2) Some future user: "I've been away from tumblr for months, and I just heard about all this. I didn't opt out before, so does it make a difference anymore?"

Another internal document shows that, on February 23, an employee asked in a staff-only thread, “Do we have assurances that if a user opts out of their data being shared with third parties that our existing data partners will be notified of such a change and remove their data?” 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 want this to be an ongoing process where we regularly advocate for past content to be excluded based on current preferences. We will ask that content be deleted and removed from any future training runs. I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point. I don't think they gain much overall by retaining it.”

It should make a difference! Go click that button.

(3) "I opted out, but my art posts have been reblogged by so many people, and I don't know if they all opted out. What does that mean for my stuff?"

This answer is actually on the support page for the toggle:

This option will prevent your blog's content, even when reblogged, from being shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models.

And some further clarification by the COO and a product manager:

zingring: A couple people from work have reached out to let me know that yes, it applies to reblogs of "don't scrape" content. If you opt out, your content is opted out, even in reblog form. cyle: yep, for reblogs, we're taking it so far as "if anybody in the reblog trail has opted out, all of the content in that reblog will be opted out", when a reblog could be scraped/shared.

So not only your reblogged posts, but anyone who contributed in a reblog (such as posts where someone has been inspired to draw fanart of the OP) will presumably be protected by your opt-out. (A good reason to opt out even if you yourself are not a creator.)

Furthermore, if you the OP were offline and didn't know about the opt-out, if someone contributed to a reblog and they are opted out, then your original work is also protected. (Which makes it very tempting to contribute "scrapeable content" now whenever I reblog from an abandoned/disused blog...)

(4) "What about deleted blogs? They can't opt out!"

I was told by someone (not official) that he read "deleted blogs are all opted-out by default". However, he didn't recall the source, and I can't find it, so I can't guarantee that info. If I get more details - like if/when tumblr puts up that FAQ as reported in the 404 article - I will add it here as soon as I can.

Edit, tumblr has updated their help page for the option to opt-out of third-party sharing! It now states:

The content which will not be shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models, includes: • Posts and reblogs of posts from blogs who have enabled the "Prevent third-party sharing" option. • Posts and reblogs of posts from deleted blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from password-protected blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from explicit blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from suspended/deactivated blogs. • Private posts. • Drafts. • Messages. • Asks and submissions which have not been publicly posted. • Post+ subscriber-only posts. • Explicit posts.

So no need to worry about your old deleted blogs that still have reblogs floating around. *\o/*

But for your existing blogs, please use the opt out option. And a reminder of how to opt out, under the cut:

The opt-out toggle is in Blog Settings, and please note you need to do it for each one of your blogs / sideblogs.

On dashboard, the toggle is at https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/blogname [replace "blogname" as applicable] down by Visibility:

For mobile, you need the most recent update of the app. (Android version 33.4.1.100, iOs version 33.4.) Then go to your blog tab (the little person icon), and then the gear icon for Settings, then click Visibility.

Again, if you have a sideblog, go back to the blog tab, switch to it, and go to settings again. Repeat as necessary.

If you do not have access to the newest version of the app for whatever reason, you can also log into tumblr in your mobile browser. Same URL as per desktop above, same location.

Note you do not need to change settings in both desktop and the app, just one is fine.

I hope this helps!

[cacodaemonia]

AO3 / ff.net + Artstation 'concept artist' scam

FYI, I personally know two people who got scam comments from the same AO3 account today alone. They were very similar to the ff.net comments in this reddit post, and go something like:

As a concept artist, I really enjoyed your story! The characters were compelling, and the plot kept me engaged from start to finish. Your writing has so much depth, and I could really envision the world you’ve created. While reading, I got some ideas for potential artwork to bring your characters or key scenes to life. I’d love to chat more about a possible collaboration if you’re interested

The main difference between this and a previous wave of similar comments is that this is from a logged-in account as opposed to a guest.

I can't send a support ticket because I haven't gotten any comments from this particular account. Obviously, AO3 volunteers don't need to be flooded with more support tickets right now, anyway, and I'm sure other people have already reported this user. But do yourself a favor and just block Evelynaddison92 on AO3 like I'm about to. The account is 100% a scammer, and there are certainly more accounts like this on AO3, but that's the only one I know of atm.

[yennao]

This took me ten hours, the last 6.5 hours of being yesterday. Please enjoy, My treat

[reality-detective]

DIY: Home Made Stain Remover

Recipe: 👇

👉🏻 1/4 cup of Dawn Dish Soap

👉🏻 1/4 cup of hydrogen peroxide

👉🏻 1/2 cup of baking soda

Works on clothing, carpet, furniture and mattresses. 🤔

[tentacion3099]

[excitementshewrote]

Just an FYI:

If you think the pamphlet poll was lacking titles, here are a few example titles that are not pamphlets:

So next the poll will be on book and magazine titles so everyone can be happy

[nando161mando]

[halebobgr]

Rise of P