#please spread the word

[themirokai]

I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.

(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)

The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.

So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.

I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.

First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?

And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:

Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.

Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.

I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!

Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.

Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).

Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.

So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.

They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.

I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.

Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.

[kabukiaku]

someone is impersonating me and it's that same user who created a twitter account.

Hi all. I had a pretty rough day so far, dealing with what I thought was another reposter. but this person is full-on impersonating me on TikTok, Twitter, and has pasted in my Redbubble page too. (That one is mine but, they've essentially stolen the link)

below are screenshots to show you the pages.

this is their Linktree: kabuki_aku | Twitter, TikTok | Linktree

yeah. they even have the audacity to impersonate me on linktree. which, mind you, this one is mine.

I appreciate any sort of help on reporting the user in the above social medias I do not have an account to. Thank you.

[pillowfort-social]

pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

[themostefficientwaywithwater]

it's so strange to see only spanish people talking about the natural disaster that destroyed valencia, spreading info and sharing fundraisers, while all the international people that i follow goes on with their lives as if nothing happened. when milton was menacing florida, everyone was talking about it and spreading awareness and urging to donate to those affected. even foreign media, including ours. and now i see practically nothing about what's happening in valencia? the only comment from a foreing user i saw was a twitter guy lamenting that "because what's happening in spain we're going to have food shortages :(" as if we were their personal supermarket.

people have died in valencia. people are dying in valencia. people have lost their homes, their families, their source of income. people are killing themselves because they have lost *everything*.

please have some compassion. spain is not just a vacation resort, nor a retirement home, nor a nightclub. is a country, with it's culture, and with it's people. and it's people are suffering.

please, donate what you can. and if you can't, please, please, at least spread the word.

(just as an afterword, but for comparison: hurricane milton killed 17 people in florida. valencia's cold drop has killed so far 217 people, and more than 2000 remain disappeared. think of all the attention milton got, both in america and in foreign media, and now think about how much attention valencia deserves).

[yelena-bellova]

The Idol premieres tonight and I’m going to encourage everyone to avoid at all costs. Don’t hate watch it. Don’t watch it to make fun of it. Don’t watch it to see just how horrible it is. Viewership totals don’t subtract those views and it will help it succeed.

Read the twitter reactions, the reviews, etc. but for the love of feminism and human decency, do not watch it.

[springy-bubbles]

Heya guys, please watch this and spread the word

[pato-roldnart]

COMMISSIONS OPEN!

Hello! I opened a few commissions to help me pay some expenses while I look for a new job :(

The prices changed for this year.

I have 5 slots for waist up/full body and 1 for  page/comic available

You can find all the info about commissions here

[mightaswelljxmp]

Hello Naruto fans of Tumblr. I approach you today with a cry for help.

Are you a fan of Kakashi? Are you an enjoyer of voting on Tumblr polls?

Congrats! You are now an honorary ethogirl! Bdubs welcomes you. Now GO VOTE ETHO!!!

Art featured:

[hearts4werka]

There's a new account I'm sure is ran by a man because no fan of ariana greenblatt would post this stuff just so normally and call her goddess. I also found very horrible sexualization pages from reddit that could be one of these guys.

please don't put the ariana tag in here because they might hide and change their user. they also post IN the ariana tag. she is 17 years old btw. a minor that alot of creepy guys have been sexualizing lately.

their user is @ ggarianagreenblatt

PLEASE SHARE THIS AND REPORT THEM. they don't need to be on here.

Any interaction with this post that you’re comfortable with is deeply appreciated!

જ⁀➴ I can’t believe he’s back at it AGAIN, like jesus man catch a break. It’s so disgusting and seriously this needs to stop.

જ⁀➴ It doesn’t matter if you have a small following but you still can help spread the word and help us once again ban this man from continuing his disgusting acts! I’m not pressuring anyone into anything they don’t want to do, if you want to help you’re more than welcome to but if you’re not comfortable with sharing things like this, that’s fine!

- 𝐁𝐲𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬!

[pebiejeebies]

ALRIGHT I NEED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE THIS MADE ME VERY VERY FURIOUS.

THESE TWO @/profily-and-friends and @/objectshow-stuff ARE SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT @akalikestodraw, and @talkingteardrop

Calling teardrop racist with no proof, accusing aykay of stealing people’s art WITH NO PROOF, and these “2” are just probably Profily and an alt account.

please DO NOT. and I repeat, DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY. EVEN IF THERE IS PROOF. THESE TWO ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

BLOCK THEM IMMEDIATELY, NO HESITATION!1 THEY ARE NOT TO BR TRUSTED. PLEASE.

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

everyone who has problems with discord desktop: don't worry, it's apparently a big problem for everyone and hopefully they'll fix it

according to the reddit, you can access without problems to the alpha version of discord if you want. there it is!

[teenageukulelescreamo]

!!PLEASE READ!!

alright this is gonna seem a little out of left field on my blog, but this is your reminder to VOTE, and to tell everyone in your life that you know hates Trump to vote too!

I know a lot of us who can vote and use Tumblr likely feel that everyone already knows to vote and will do so, but there’s always a chance that someone in our lives or in our circles isn’t totally convinced on whether or not to vote, or who may vote for a candidate that isn’t one of the two primary candidates who has a very slim chance of winning, thus effectively throwing their vote away.

This is the election to talk to them, to tell them that regardless of what they think of Kamala, regardless of what their political party is- we have to vote for Kamala to take Trump down. This race is gonna be so tight, and there’s an extremely real chance that your vote could be the deciding vote on which candidate your county, state, and ultimately country choose. Do not sleep on this, folks.

Please, reblog this and/or ANY other post to remind people to vote, please tell everyone in your life to vote. Be ANNOYING about this! Be loud! Use whatever you have- fear, guilt, even misinformation, anything at all! Use it! If you don’t like Kamala, then at the very least, vote for her to keep Trump far far away from the Oval Office. Hopefully, for good.

And this is the only time I’ll say this on my blog ever: feel FREE to screenshot and repost this literally anywhere. I don’t care! People just absolutely need to vote!

[pillowfort-social]

Regarding the 2023 Fundraiser Pop-up

It has been brought to our attention that new accounts and users who are logging in for the first time in a long while (hello by the way! we are glad you are back!) are still receiving the 2023 End of Year Fundraiser Pop-up. It looks like this:

This is old and outdated information! In fact, thanks to our community we were able to meet the 2023 end of year fundraiser goal. We are still here and are hopeful to remain online past Jan 2025 with your support. If you want new funding information check out the Sept 2024 Funding Update. 

Our Developers will be disabling this pop up as soon as possible!

[dunmeshbigbang]

Sign Ups- July 14-28 First Author Check-ins- August 9th Artist Claims List Release- August 9th Artist Claims Start- August 12th First Group Check-ins- August 25th Second Group Check-ins- September 22nd Third Group Check-ins- October 20th Last Check-in- November 17th Posting Begins- December 8th

**All dates begin 00:00 AM UTC−06:00

[maiabreathesmarvel]

I know that I’m not the person for this, but I want to get the fandom together to get aziraphale and Crowley funko pops.

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

BREAKING NEWS: Israeli forces bombed a United Nations-linked school in central Gaza, killing at least 39 displaced Palestinians - final numbers are yet to be disclosed - and injuring dozens more.

The attack on the school sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp comes amid an "insane escalation of violence" in central Gaza that has overwhelmed hospitals.