#i censor words in my pinned post for algorithm reasons; i do not censor them in my other posts

[frameacloud]

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I’m Orion Scribner (they/them). I'm a grown-up. I blog about my art and writing, most of which is about therianthropes, otherkin and other alterhumans. I've been in those communities for more than ten years. Many of my creations are nonfiction about them. For example, I make the comic Theri There, the community history book Otherkin Timeline, and more. Academic articles cite both of those. My community-- and academics who research my community-- recognize me as a subject matter expert, historian, archivist, and writer. This doesn't put me above anyone else, because there are no leaders of the alterhuman communities. I’m just another person here who makes things, and values what others make, just as I hope you do too. I never use art-f-cial intelligence to research or write for me. If you want to see what I do on other sites or contact me, this blog post tells my e-mail address and where to find me on other social media sites. You can tip at my Patreon or Ko-fi. Together with my partners @who-is-page and @liongoatsnake, we’re writing a book about alterhumans. On this blog...

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I block rac-sts and fasc-sts. (How to recognize them and other hate groups on Tumblr.)

I block gend-r critic-ls and other sexists. (How to recognize them: one, two, three, four.)

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I block, document, and report people who participate in or approve of the s-xual abuse of real animals or children in real life. (What to do if you encounter s-xual pred-tors on the internet; a collection of more community safety resources.)

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Updated December 12, 2024.

[faetaiity]

I know you probably have the best of intentions with it and really don't mean any harm, but here on tumblr writing things like T#!s actually makes it harder for people to avoid sensitive topics like the ones you listed in your pinned post.

For example, if I have the word "dog" blocked, I don't see any posts that mention dogs or are tagged with dogs. But if you write "dog" as "d@6" or some other form of censoring the word, then the filters don't catch it and I now see your posts about dogs.

The reason the words are censored on other platforms is not to help people who are upset by them or the topics they're related to, but in order to sneak past site-based algorithms that hide those posts or take them down altogether due to being "mature and/or explicit" content, even if the post is someone posting about their own experiences without detail, or posting resources and tools for people dealing with those things.

Here on tumblr, you don't have to do that! this site doesn't have an algorithm for that kind of thing - it only targets external links to prevent spam and images that could be inappropriate. And as I said before, it actually does more harm than good to censor these words here.

It can also make it very difficult to even know what you're censoring. I had a fair amount of difficulty knowing exactly what you meant on your pinned post since some of the words were so thoroughly censored, which defeats the purpose of having those things there in the first place.

If you want to help people avoid those topics, it would be best to simply write them without the censorship and tag your posts appropriately.

Understandable! I’m honestly just not used to this as I spend most of my time on discord and don’t talk on here LMAO, but I see how it doesn’t help, I’ll edit it. Thanks for mentioning it! <3