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call me (levi ackerman)

↯ pairing: levi ackerman x (fem) reader

↯ genres and warnings: fluff, humor? you can be the judge of that i suppose, levi is quiet and often practical, but you cannot convince that there’s not a small part of him that doesn’t enjoy having shit to hold over people lol

↯ notes: this is also cross-posted from another blog, but i tweaked it a bit to fit levi and rewrote/edited parts i wish the world had never seen </3 also i’m reposting bc i was an idiot who accidentally deleted it on mobile rip

↯ word count: 1.3k

↯ summary: drunk you is not amused by the man who keeps trying to coerce you into his apartment; even if that man is your boyfriend and that apartment is his apartment.

“Alright mister, I’m trusting you for now because you’re Erwinnie’s friend, and Erwinnie is my best friend,” you hiccup, wagging your pointer finger as threateningly as you can in your current state, “So if he says you’re a good person, you’re probably a good person. Or good enough.”

Levi holds back a knowing smirk, and loops his arm through yours to steady your balance. He doesn’t know how or why Erwin let you get this drunk, but he’s at least glad the blonde was sober enough to call him to pick you up instead of letting you get in a cab; or worse, attempt to take the bus.

“I’m so very glad you trust me,” he says, voice flat as your wrap your other arm around his bicep. You hum back, a little spacey and like you maybe didn’t hear what he said.

You’re honestly pretty cute when you’re drunk. It’s not something he gets to see often, as you don’t allow yourself to let go frequently; nor do you usually have the time to. And it’s not that he particularly wishes for you to be drunk to the point where you can barely stand, or remember his name, but all things considered, Levi is happy that your general drunk disposition is happy, too.

He waves Mike goodbye as he wrangles Erwin into his car, not holding back his smile this time as you wave over-excitedly at the blonde in the passenger seat, calling his name loudly to tell him goodnight and that you’ll miss him, like you hadn’t already told him goodnight three minutes ago, or spent the last three hours with him drinking. Yeah, you’re cute.

Thankfully, Levi doesn’t live too far from the restaurant you and Erwin were at, so the both of you are home after a twenty minute walk—what should have been fifteen minutes, but was prolonged by your drunken fascination with a squirrel on a public bench.

You start to wobble more when Levi unlaces your arms to get his keys out of his pocket, and he moves his right hand to rest against the small of your back so you don’t fall. However, drunk you is not so entertained by the idea of his hands anywhere near your waist as sober you would have been.

“Hey, hey, hey—hold it right there, mister!” you stutter, words a bit too loud for the confined space of Levi’s hallway at three in the morning, “I am not going in—into that suspicious apartment with you.”

You stumble as you try to remove Levi’s hand from your waist, and he tries to steady your balance again, but push him away more forcefully, staggering into the wall behind you.

“Ah, bitch,” you curse, holding your head and groaning. The pain clearly isn’t enough to stop your accusations against Levi, as you’re back to wagging your finger at him, even hunched over from your drunken stupor, “See, this is your fault.”

Levi sighs. He doesn’t know why you’re holding your head, because you hit your back, and from what he can tell, you shouldn’t have hurt yourself that badly. He’ll take a closer look at you once you’re inside. That’s if he could get you inside to begin with.

He can’t wrangle you and open the door at the same time, so he goes for the latter, finally pulling his keys from his pocket to unlock his apartment door, then attempts to move you inside. Keyword: attempts; because anytime he puts his hands remotely near you, you slap them away.

“Come on, we have to go inside,” he grunts, trying again to get a hold of your arm, but you whack him away harshly. For a drunk person, you seem to have the strength and dexterity of a pro-athlete all of a sudden. Where was all this coordination when he was trying to get you up the stairs five minutes ago?

“No!” you growl—once again, too loudly for the time and place. “Haven’t you heard of the saying no means no, mister? I might be drunk, but this is not my apartment, and I am not going in there to have sex with you!”

“I’m trying to help you go to bed. I’m not going to try and have sex with you.” Levi takes a deep breath. This could sound really bad if anyone else woke up and heard the two of you.

But you’re not having it, crossing your arms and turning your body so that you’re now facing the wall, your back towards a less-than-impressed Levi. “Well, I don’t believe you. I’m going to call Erwinnie tell him you’re being a bad friend, and then Erwinnie is going to call my boyfriend and he’s going to come and pick me up.”

“Oh yeah?” Levi drawls, leaning against his door frame, watching your silhouette as you clumsily search for your phone in your pockets, “Why don’t you just call your boyfriend then?”

You turn on your heels as best you can, and muster up your most menacing glare. It’s not menacing in the slightest, and it actually makes Levi crack a smile, which you do not take lightly; but that only makes him smile further, because sober you doesn’t like it when he’s not fazed by your self-proclaimed intimidation tactics, either.

“Fine,” you huff, finally putting your phone to your ear, “But you’re going to be sorry, because Levi is going to come here and kick your ass.”

Levi chuckles, feeling his own phone ring in his back pocket, “I bet he is.”

“He is,” you insist, stomping your foot for dramatic effect, “He might not be that tall, but he’s strong as hell, plus he’s handsome, and he doesn’t let people fuck around with me, so say your prayers, mister.”

The following afternoon is far less than pleasant. You feel groggy, tired, and like everything is moving in slow motion. Piece by piece, your memories of your night out with Erwin start to come back to you, but you can’t seem to recall anything beyond your fifth margarita.

“Good morning, sunshine,” Levi calls, sarcastically, upon entering the bedroom.

His voice and presence surprises you, but then the realization washes over you that you’re in his apartment and not your own. You’re not sure why yet, but you could probably take a guess.

“Did you take me home last night?”

Levi hums in acknowledgement, nodding his head towards the bedside table, where you find a bottle of water. Levi watches you as you move to hang your legs off the side of the bed and reach for the bottle, groaning in the process. He mentally notes that he should make you breakfast—or, well, at this point, brunch—after you go shower, so that you can take an Advil for the pain.

He moves across the room to sit beside you on the bed, careful to not disrupt too much as to make you spill the water on the sheets. “You know, for someone who’s so happy-go-lucky when they’re drunk, you put up quite the fight yesterday.”

“I did?” you turn to him, capping the bottle, eyes wide with surprise, “You were probably sleeping and you had wake up and come deal with me, I’m sorry, Levi.”

“Don’t worry about it,” he assures you, an almost uncharacteristic and sly smile playing on his lips, “You always say something interesting that keeps me entertained. It makes up for it.”

“Dear god, what was it this time?” you groan, throwing your head back, “I didn’t confess my feelings for you again did I? This is, what, like the sixth time since we’ve been dating? I’m such an embarrassing drunk.”

“Not a confession this time,” he chuckles, “The opposite. Maybe worse.”

Levi fishes his phone from his pocket, and pulls up his voicemails before handing it to you. Curious—and a little bit scared—to find out what could possibly be worse than confessing to your boyfriend of almost four years that you’re in love with him and sad that you’re not dating him? You’re not sure that it could get more embarrassing than that until you click on Levi’s most recent voicemail and hear your own voice crackling through the speaker of his phone.

“—What, hey, fuck off, mister! I don’t want to go into your scrubby apartment! I am happily dating Levi Ackerman, and when he gets here he is going to grand slam your sorry ass into the ground!”

#aot x reader #snk x reader #levi x reader #levi ackerman x reader #aot fanfiction #snk fanfiction #aot imagines #snk imagines #levi ackerman fluff #levi ackerman smut #eren x reader

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antichristsxbox · 5 years

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We Don’t Play - Part Three

Weird story: I tried editing this from mobile and it deleted the entire body of this post, but it kept the actual post itself! What the heck? This is the fic again but sorry if there’s any weird typos or anything else messed up/not from the original version I posted, I just copied and pasted this from the folder where I save all my writing. That was so strange, I guess I’m never editing on mobile again!

Summary: Part three to Hawthorne!Michael x Cheerleader!Reader fic! Find parts one and two on my masterlist.

From the writer: In case you don’t know what a toe touch is (a jump mentioned in this fic) here’s a picture of me doing one! :)

Word count: 1,524

A soft rustling noise is what rouses you from your deep slumber. Michael is sitting up on the edge of the bed, phone in hand. It’s only seven o’clock, according to your watch, but class starts in an hour and you need to get ready. Spending the night over at Michael’s was nice, but it’s back to reality now. You reach over to feel for your phone, only find Michael’s.

“What are you doing, Babe?” you say, sitting up and shifting to be next to him. He’s staring at your lock screen, empty except for a notification from Kyle that reads ‘see you tonight,’ with a red heart emoji. It also doesn’t help that there’s a blue heart emoji next to his name in your contacts.

“Why are you seeing him tonight?” Michael says, looking up with sad, puppy dog eyes. His voice is hushed. There’s no note of anger or defiance in his tone as he hands you back your phone. He seems defeated, although you wish you could convey how you feel Michael is superior to anybody you’ve been interested in, period. He stands up and takes a sip from his water on the bedside table, setting the glass down with a soft clink!

“We have a game tonight,” you say, standing up and coming behind him to wrap your arms around his waist and pull him close. It’s nothing. It really is at this point, although you know saying that would not help Michael feel any batter, and would possibly make him feel worse about the situation. Still, there must be a way to keep Michael happy as well as your spirit buddy.

“Just go in and delete the heart from his name, and add one to yours while you’re at it,” you say, handing him back your phone before standing on your toes to place a soft kiss on his cheek. There’s nothing in your phone you’d be uncomfortable with him seeing, so there’s no hesitation when the phone is released from your grasp and entrusted to Michael’s firm grasp. You hope that Michael could sense that you trust him. It still may be too early to make things official, but if things are looking up, Michael may mention it before you do.

The familiar brisk air of opening the doors to the court— it wraps around you and sends shivers down your spine. Today is a big game. A team from Los Angeles took a trip up here to play the Locks, and they brought a fan bus with them too. There’s a good crowd for both teams, but the opposing team has many rowdy people in the bleachers already, and the boys are only warming up. Michael isn’t here yet, but he’ll most likely be here soon.

Kyle is ready to take the pre-game hype pictures, and you’re checking to make sure Michael isn’t here to witness you with his one-sided rival. Kyle picks you up bridal style and you wrap your arm around his neck and smile for his Snap story. Leg popped in the air, poms in hand, and gleaming smile. Only the best for your boys that dunk.

“I’m having a little party in my room tonight, do you think you’d wanna come over?” he asks as he gently puts you down.

That sounds fun, and you immediately accept his invite. It’s for the rest of the senior players and cheerleaders, which are all a really nice crowd. Hopefully Michael won’t be too upset you won’t see him for long tonight.

Players flood the court, and the game starts off smoothly. The boys already have a score of 20-5 by the time the first quarter is over. Those Los Angeles boys should have just stayed home.

“You traveled! You walked! You took too many steps! The next time you walk will be to the B-U-S!” you cheer, beckoning your poms towards the door. It’s a penalty on the opposing side, so you make your way to the edge of the court and do a toe touch while Kyle shoots his free throw. As you land and look up, you see Michael sitting on the top row bleachers. He gives a nod of approval and smiles, so you take a small step forward and wave with your poms.

As the game comes to a close in the fourth quarter, the boys have an overwhelming score of 72-16. Los Angeles got absolutely demolished. Freaking crushed. Why didn’t they forfeit earlier? Anyways, you spring up from your seat and make your way towards the door to cheer for the players as they exit. When Kyle passes by, he gives you a firm hug and soft smile. As the last player exits, you make your way to the cheer room and grab your belongings before heading for your dorm.

“Hey, Babe,” Michael says, and you turn around to greet him. His blonde curls frame his face perfectly, although they look a bit astray and wild— that’s what makes it perfect, though. Your cute, bed-headed Antichrist-warlock-boytoy.

“I can’t stay for long, I’ve got to go to a party,” you say, pulling your hand away and motioning towards your dorm room. You’ve got to change out of your uniform and into something more comfortable.

“Can I come with? It’ll be fun,” he says, catching up with you as you walk. Although you’d like him to come with, drama would likely ensue if he realized it was a part thrown by Kyle, and in his room no less.

“It’s invite-only, Babe, I wish though,” you say, giving a little frown face as you turn around and and continue on-course to your room.

The music is already bumping, and the door is propped open with a sideways-turned can of Four Loko. No chill, apparently. There would be hell to pay if an administrator walked by, so you quickly pick up the Four and replace the door jam with a lone shoe. There’s nothing worse than a warm Four Loko, so you down a shot of Tito’s poured from an Evian bottle. Although alcohol is strictly prohibited here, off-campus lunch allows for people to sneak around and buy some to bring back to campus. It’s a Friday night, and you’re going to live it up like any other normal teenager would, boarding school or not.

As you walk over to the dorm desk turned mini bar to reach for a chaser, a hand moves the bottle of cranberry juice out of your reach. You look up to taunt whoever it was, but you quickly see that it’s Michael.

“I wouldn’t do that, if I were you,” he says, raising an eyebrow and clicking his tongue.

“You, outside, now,” you say, taking his hand and pulling him past the many other people that were now in this tiny room.

“Why do you do this to me? Saying it’s just a party and ending up in his room?” he says, a stern look on his face as he looks down at you. He is so possessive. It is so unwarranted, especially because you two aren’t official yet. Something in you snaps, and you’re tired of him being so overbearing.

“I am not your fucking girlfriend! Snap-maps tracking my ass down, finding out where I am because you can’t stand to be alone, fuck off!”

A wave of your hand and a stomp on your foot is all you leave him with before kicking the door jam sneaker inside and slamming the door in his face.

“Who was that?” Kyle says, pushing through the crowd of people and placing a hand on your shoulder.

“Nobody,” you say, turning around to face the now-quiet room of people. The music had stopped as you slammed the door shut. The music resumes as Kyle steps back forward in the room of people, and you follow as approach the desk again to mix your chaser with another shot.

As two shots turned into three, you realized it was now getting late, and you should be heading back to your room for some rest. Although you never tended to accomplish much on Saturdays, keeping a somewhat regular sleep schedule has always proven to be a good idea. Your feet stumble under you as you exit Kyle’s room, and a quick goodnight is all you could muster before closing the door behind you. Before you graduate, you vow to learn to handle your liquor a little better than you have recently.

The soft, blue glow from your phone lights up as a notification from Michael comes through.

“Text me when you’re up, we can go to breakfast,” his message reads.

It takes a solid minute to think of a good reply to this, so you settle on the pink heart emoji before finishing your journey to your room and going to bed, fully clothed in what you’re wearing now, shoes and all. Having a party after a long game like that is really too tiring— that won’t be happening again anytime soon.

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cg29 · 5 years

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40 Questions — Meme for Fic Writers.

Thank you to @soniabigcheese @gumnut-logic @onereyofstarlight and Anon for the ASKS you sent my way. Since I wanted to answer in detail, I’ve had more than 1 question, and I’ve not had a lot of spare time today I thought I’d answer all in this one post…

So first up @soniabigcheese sent me: ‘How about ... 9 ... 15 and 19? Please.’

9: Which fic has been the hardest to write?

All have been challenging in their own individual ways. Yet, really thinking about it I’d have to say GONE. For various reasons – It was my first Thunderbirds Fanfic, the longest story I had ever written, at this point the one I’ve had to do the most planning and research, and finally because of the emotions that needed portraying. However, the elation at finally finishing the story was amazing and has certainly inspired me to continue.

15: If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

Oh my God, that would be amazing! I would definitely have to go for Bad Day (Virgil’s day keeps repeating. What will it take for it to end and a new one to begin?) I had so much fun writing this, it’s one that I’ve reread a few times since competing, and it still makes me giggle. I’m sure I’d be in stitches if I got to watch it on the big screen. Although due to some of the contents towards the final chapters it would definitely need a UK PG or 12A rating.

19: Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?

For Thunderbirds fanfiction my muse is definitely Virgil, The-Virg, It’s definitely his creativity and those eyes, plus that mouth, also those eyebrows, and his muscles… Sorry getting distracted – Actually, thinking about it, Virgil’s more of a distraction than a muse. Especially with my new mobile screensaver which I keep staring at.

Okay, back to the question. I don’t think I’ve got a muse – just a little voice in my head that won’t shut up when I have a story idea until I’ve written it down.

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Next we have @gumnut-logic who asked: ‘Writer meme question thingy - 1 & 12.’

1: Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

I always seem to revert to the family dynamics rather than a full-on rescue story (which is probably why I’m struggling with two of my fics which need to have rescue bits written in) Basically, I love to go deeper into the descriptions of the physical/emotional whump, and how the family deal with the situation (hidden feelings, tempers, how they bond) during and afterwards.

12: Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

Yes, for both TOS and TAG.

The original series: There’s a few – Terror In New York City (Yep, the beginning in particular) The Perils of Penelope, Sun Probe, The Uninvited, Edge Of Impact. After thinking long and hard to narrow it down I’d have to say that while Terror In New York’s my favourite. The Perils of Penelope inspired my naughty fic The Night of Anderbad (Penelope & Virgil pairing) plus the idea of Virgil having a secret crush on her in later chapters of The Tracy Family and a few other one of fics.

TAG: There are a few earlier ones which have inspired fics – Grandma Tourismo, Flame Out, Hyperspeed, SOS pt. 2, Signals pt. 1, Upside Down. There are probably others and these last few episodes have been really inspiring. However, I think I would definitely have to go for the more recent SOS Pt 1 & 2 and Signals Pt 1 & 2. (I’m sure the finale of Season 3 may change this answer)

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Third we have @onereyofstarlight who asked: ‘2 and 37 for the ask meme.’

2: Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

Yes, I would like to have a go at Were Virgil at some point. Also, would like to try doing the boys ages differently to see how the dynamics changed – Alan as the eldest, next in line is Gordon, then Scott in the middle with John then Virgil as the youngest.

37: Talk about your current wips.

Lol, I have a few so this could take a while :D

I will start with ones that I’ve posted on FF.Net & A03 (Probably also shared them here at some point.

1. Avalanche: TAG.

This story began as a prompt that suggested a story that begins and ends with the same line but the meaning/feeling of the line changes. I started it with the intention of writing just 1 chapter …hahaha… of course I ended the story on a cliff-hanger and couldn’t leave it there, so it’s been continued and I’m so glad I did because I personally feel it is nearing the top of my best written list. The story itself is set when the boys are just children and focuses on the tragedy of the Avalanche and the emotional repercussions. I’ve just reached chapter 14, and probably have another 2-4 chapters left.

2. Lucille: TAG

Synopsis - A story about the unseen woman who watches over International Rescue."I am a wife, I am a mother, and I am the one who watches over International Rescue, making sure I am there to catch them whenever they fall. My name is Lucille Tracy and this, well this is my story!"

A story told through the eyes of the boy’s mother. This is one that I keep stopping and starting, most likely because I hadn’t planned it out. It’s currently on-hold until I finish some others, but I will complete it.

3. The Games: AU - Thunderbirds Are Go mixed with the concept of the Hunger Games. (Although, only Thunderbirds characters will make an appearance)

Here’s my synopsis - Climate change, famine, war. In the end another major war lead to the richest creating the Global Defence Force and 'order' was restored. To celebrate and keep control the Hunger Games were created. This was the 100th games.

The fic started from the Whumptober Prompts and I decided to continue it, wrote half of the 2nd chapter then promptly forgot about it. I’ve recently been looking at this again and have started to reread The Hunger Games for inspiration. However, like Lucille this fic is currently on hold.

4. Virgil Drabbles: TAG.

Started out as a challenge to see how much I could get across in just 100 words. All chapters are based around the lovely Virgil - TAG (but with him being the middle child – started before the Grandma Tourismo episode and apart from a few fics where I write it the other way around I prefer it this way)

The story starts from Virgil’s birth and I’ve now got him attending Denver. I still have a fair few chapters to write but the rest is now all planned out.

5. Reflections: TOS.

Set after Virgil's crash during the Season 1 episode 4 of 'Terror in New York City.' Short reflections from each of the family on nearly losing a brother and son. (Previously Titled, Fallen Brother)

I had always wanted to write something based on my favourite TOS episode. Then Shane Rimmer passed away and this was inspired. Slow updates on this one but I’ve finished telling myself the story just need to edit/rewrite that into something coherent.

And now we’re onto the ones that I may have posted snippets for or just 1 section for on here, but nothing officially posted as yet.

1. Two Untitled Prompts: TAG.

Both prompts were given to me at the end of November and I actually wrote out both (Plotting, thoughts, and telling myself bits of the story) Then December knocked me sideways and my writing suffered. Back to working on these 2 again now and really enjoying them. Without giving to much away, the one features a heart-broken Alan and the other (which with Avalanche is at the top of my pile) features Virgil having a day from hell with added whump.

2. Two Whumptober Fics: TAG.

Posted 1 or 2 chapters for each of these back in October and decided that they could possibly be extended/completed before posting. (All short fics)

The first one is titled Coffee Shot: Virgil gets shot in a café and emotions will run high. Fully planned out but decided to finish some others before I continue working on this.

The second is currently titled Ransom and is set when the guys are children. Scott and Virgil get kidnapped – Only done some basic plotting for this and it’s currently towards the bottom of my WIP pile.

The third is untitled and at the moment my word file is saved under the imaginative title of ‘Virgil Whump’ (Posted 1 snippet that I wrote in 15 mins at the beginning of October then left it because of other projects) In this one the guys are all extremely busy with call-outs and Virgil needs to go to a rescue on his own that involves Fischler. Unfortunately he ends up getting trapped, injured, and because its Fischler left on his own. Fully planned out.

3. Working Title – Shattered Hope. TAG

A story idea that came to me over a year ago, written some short bits, planned out most of the story but because of one small element I need to wait until TAG Season 3 finishes.

Here’s a bit from it that did get shared to Tumblr…

‘How had it come to this?’

Just a short time ago they’d been happy, enjoying some rare downtime in the sun, five brothers together. It shouldn’t be like this… With him cradling one brother who was bleeding from a bullet wound after saving the youngest from certain death. The other two close-by. One with a dislocated shoulder, the other with a broken leg, he himself had a stab wound to his arm... All of them with numerous other injuries… Beaten, bloodied, bruised… And praying that someone would rescue them!

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Fourth we have anonymous who asked for ’35, 38 and 39.’

35: Would you ever kill off a canon character?

I’ve killed poor Scott off a few times HERE ... HERE and another time as an old man where Virgil also got killed off. (The fic scarred me – But, at the same time I think it’s the best short I’ve written - It’s called White Light if you want to give it a read)

I’ve not killed any of the others yet, and I keep telling myself that I won’t do it again, but it will probably happen again at some point…

39: Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?

I’ve had a couple, but they are usually anonymous ones. I normally just delete them and move on because people like that have nothing better to do and are not worth any upset. But if it does affect my confidence then I’ll reread a couple of nicer comments, then when I’m ready I’ll continue writing. I think there was only one that really knocked me for six and that was an anonymous rant on my Bad Day fic because I’d dared to pair up Virgil and Brains. (I’m sure you can imagine the content)

38: Talk about a review that made your day.

Even though 38 comes before 39 I wanted to save this one for last.

Every single comment I’ve ever got. No matter how short or detailed has brought a smile to my face and helped inspire me to continue writing – If I had to single out one then it would actually be a private message that was sent to my Fanfiction.Net inbox. It was over 2 years ago and unfortunately I can’t find the message now but whoever sent it to me said that they’d loved my Fics, in particular Gone which they had read several times and that I was their favourite writer. I was beaming for weeks afterwards.

So, whoever you were thank you - and to all who comment, re-blog, like or kudos my stories. Thank you from the bottom of my heart… Seriously you all make this fandom such a lovely place to be!

All my current posted fics and their status can be found via my: Thunderbirds Fanfiction Masterlist

#40 questions #Ask Meme #send me questions #Question and Answer #Thunderbirds Are Go Fanfiction #Thunderbirds Are Go Fandom #Thunderbirds Original Series #Thunderbirds Are Go #Thunderbirds

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magzoso-tech · 5 years

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How to Deactivate or Delete Your Instagram Account: Easy Steps

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If you want to delete your Instagram account permanently, you need to follow the steps provided below. It is important to note that once you delete your account, you can’t sign up again using the same username or add that username to another account. Instagram also can’t reactivate any deleted accounts.

To permanently delete your Instagram account, go to the Delete Your Account page after logging into Instagram on the Web.

Now, you’ll be required to select an option from the drop-down menu next to Why are you deleting your account? There are options such as Too many ads, Privacy concerns, Concerned about my data, Created a second account, Trouble getting started, Want to remove something, and Can’t find people to follow. Instagram will provide with the links to some of the articles in its Help Center related to your reason. You can also choose the option titled Something else from the drop-down menu if your particular reason for deletion isn’t in the list.

You’ll now have to re-enter your password.

Click or tap the Permanently delete my account button.

Once you click or tap the Permanently delete my account button, your photos, comments, likes, and followers on Instagram will be removed permanently and won’t be recoverable. Also, as mentioned above, you won’t be able to sign up using the same username again in the future.

If you have a separate account that you’d like to delete permanently, click the username of that account from the top-right corner of the Delete Your Account page, tap or click on the settings gear option next to the username and then select Log Out. You’ll now need to log in with the account that you want to delete and then follow the aforementioned steps.

You can also switch to the temporarily deactivation page directly from the Delete Your Account page if you don’t want to delete your Instagram account permanently.

Just like temporarily deactivating, deletion of an Instagram account works only through the Web browsers and isn’t provided through an option in the Instagram apps.

In the near past, Instagram has tried to reduce the number of deactivation and deletion of accounts by making certain changes. The Facebook-owned platform rolled out a ‘Restrict’ option to let users stop people who bully them by posting offensive content and passing abusive comments. It also added a ‘Caption Warning’ feature to flag objectionable captions.

Instagram in August introduced a fact-checking programme in the US that enabled users to flag fake news on the platform. However, the initiative was found to have a limited scope to remove disinformation. Instagram also recently announced that in order to fight against misinformation, it is partnering with fact-checkers around the world. The platform already started working with third-party allies in the US to help identify, review, and label posts spreading bogus content to the public.

Last month, Instagram started requiring birthdates from all new users to expand the audience for ads on age-restricted products and bring new safety measures for young users who are at least 13 years old. The platform, however, doesn’t ask for a proof to verify birthdates and would rely on artificial intelligence to verify the facts provided by its users.

Instagram has over a billion monthly active users across the globe. The Stories feature on Instagram is touted to be used by over 500 million users on a daily basis. Moreover, Instagram completes strongly against Snapchat that has over 210 million daily active users.

#Miscellaneous

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pllsetskyonice · 7 years

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plisetsky answered:

Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

2.3K

In which Yuri finds out that Otabek has a tumblr.

AO3 link

We recently found out that Otabek is “well versed in all kinds of social media” and I am SHOOK. Somewhat inspired by the ask that altisetsky replied to, here’s the fic that no one asked for, but you’re all getting anyway.

cc: @otayuriwriterscollective

He doesn’t mean to pry.

Really, he doesn’t. But Otabek’s left his laptop open on the kitchen counter and it’s unlocked. Otabek is in the shower, so Yuri won’t be disturbed. It’s not like he’s going to go through his personal files or anything, but that’s unmistakably a tumblr dashboard, and Yuri is intrigued. The thought of Otabek having a tumblr is almost of ludicrous as Otabek DJing in his spare time, and – well. Now everyone and their mother has Otabek’s tracks downloaded on their Spotify or iTunes.

So he crosses the room and investigates.

Account LOG OUT

Likes 10,234

Following 673

Settings

Help

TUMBLRS + New

plisetsky

Ice Tiger of Russia

Posts 20,421

Followers 26,342

Activity _/¯¯¯

Drafts 3

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“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Yuri mutters as he opens the blog in a new webpage and begins to scroll through the posts. It’s all him, all of it. There’s posts from his Instagram, official photos from competitions and aesthetic edits interspaced between countless answered asks. How hasn’t he come across it before, this blog that that seems to be the one stop shop for anything Yuri Plisetsky related? Admittedly it’s not like he frequents the fandom side of tumblr often, his own blog is mostly bands and aesthetic and cats, but still – how hasn’t he come across the blog that has his last name for its URL?

He can’t risk following it. However, Otabek has anonymous enabled on his ask box, so Yuri can still ask him stuff. This is going to be fun.

Anonymous asked:

Holy shit I’ve only just come across your blog and I AM IN LOVE

plisetsky answered:

Haha thank you! I hope you enjoy your stay :)

3 notes #ask #anon

Anonymous asked:

How long have you been a fan of Yuri/been on tumblr? I’m curious!

plisetsky answered:

I’ve been a fan of Yuri ever since I was around 12 years old, and I started the blog when I was 13. I’ve been here a while – seen a lot of changes in that time and I even made the mistake of being online when the Mishapocalypse happened.

5 notes #ask #anon #i’ve seen some shit in my time let me tell you

Anonymous asked:

You were on tumblr when the mishapocalypse happened? You have been here a long time!

plisetsky answered:

Haha yes, those were dark times

3 notes #ask #anon

Anonymous asked:

Who did you kill for your URL like seriously HOW DID YOU GET IT??

plisetsky answered:

Taken from Q4 of my FAQ: How did you get this URL? I was simply lucky. I set this tumblr up in 2011, and was fortunate enough to find ‘plisetsky’ available at the time.

4 notes #ask #anon #check the faq please

Anonymous asked:

I’m on mobile can you link me to your FAQ please?

plisetsky answered:

plisetsky.tumblr.com/faq

2 notes #ask #anon

plisetsky’s FAQ

Q1: What name/pronouns should we use to address you?

You can call me B. He/him.

Q2: Where are you from? What languages do you speak?

I’m from Kazakhstan, and can fluently speak Kazakh, Russian and English.

Q3: How old are you?

Q4: How did you get this URL?

I was simply lucky. I set this tumblr up in 2011, and was fortunate enough to find ‘plisetsky’ available at the time.

Q5: How many followers do you have?

26.3k

Q6: Do you skate yourself, or are you just a fan?

I do skate myself, but I’m also a huge fan of the sport. And Yuri.

Q7: Does Yuri follow you?

Sadly not.

Q8: Do you have any other social media?

Not that I’m willing to share with you all, sorry.

Q9: Post a selfie?

No.

Q10: Are you single?

No, I have a boyfriend.

Anonymous asked:

So you’re 21, from Kazakhstan, you have a boyfriend and you skate, are you sure you’re not secretly Otabek Altin?

plisetsky answered:

OH NO MY TRUE IDENTITY HAS BEEN REVEALED WHAT DO I DO

8 notes #ask #anon #lmao I joke

icetiger + phichit-chu ··· ↘ X

icetiger

PHICHIT

I HAVE NEWS

phichit-chu

OOOOH WHAT IS IT?????

icetiger

Have you heard of the tumblr plisetsky?

phichit-chu

Yeah, I’m following it! Why?

icetiger

Well you’re not going to believe this

But

It’s OTABEK’S

phichit-chu

…WHAT

YOU’RE JOKING RIGHT?

YOU’VE GOT TO BE

icetiger

He left his laptop open on the kitchen counter and it was open onto tumblr and I don’t know what to do with this information

phichit-chu

I’M SHOOK

icetiger

ME TOO

phichit-chu

Wait.

I have an idea…

icetiger

Phichit no

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

Phichit

PHICHIT

FFS CHULANONT ANSWER YOUR FUCKING MESSAGES

phichit-chu

On How an FAQ Hides an Identity (OR: plisetsky is Otabek Altin and I’m going to prove it to you)

So I’m sure that anyone who’s spent a certain degree of time in the Figure Skating corner of tumblr has come across the blog plisetsky at some point. For those unfamiliar, it’s a Yuri Plisetsky appreciation blog run by some mysterious guy in Kazakhstan that never reveals much about his identity. However, I’m going to delve into the blog’s archives and dissect their FAQ to prove to you that this Mysterious Kazakh Guy that we all know and love is, in fact, none other than the world-renowned skater Otabek Altin.

After months of hiding their relationship behind closed doors, Otabek and Yuri finally told the truth about their relationship when Yuri posted this photo to Instagram last May. This was also the same time plisetsky posted a post titled Life Update: I have a boyfriend. His FAQ was also updated at the same time. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

Question 1 of his FAQ says that we can call him “B”. Those close to Otabek call him Beka (Yuri is especially fond of the nickname) so it’s not unreasonable to suggest that “B” is a nickname of a nickname, so to speak.

He also states that he’s 21 in his FAQ. That’s the same age as Otabek.

He’s FROM KAZAKHSTAN and can fluently speak Kazakh, Russian and English (just like Otabek). I rest my case.

He skates, and once stated in an ask that he’s not overly fond of ballet. Sound familiar?

He’s a massive fan of Yuri.

He’s never posted a selfie, and refuses to whenever asked.

Likewise, he won’t share any of his other social media accounts. Otabek has an active presence on Instagram and Twitter and so on, and although it’s not unusual to keep your tumblr separate from the rest of the rest of your online presence (looking at you, fandom blogs), he’s always flat out refused to share any of his other social media accounts. For someone with over 26k followers, you’d think that creating another Snapchat or Twitter for online tumblr friends to follow you on wouldn’t be too much to ask: you’d be wrong. Whenever asked, he’s always said that he’s “too busy” or “can’t deal with the hassle” of creating other accounts. Or he’s too busy with training and even if he did create other social media accounts, his true identity would soon be revealed. Either or.

In response to ask, he said that he’s got two siblings. I’m not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but IRL, Otabek has two sisters. #otabekfactoftheday

Once, way back in 2014, he posted a photoset of some DJ decks with the caption “today’s work”. It mostly went unnoticed as the World Juniors happened later that day and the post was buried underneath photos of Yuri’s skating. That might have been deliberate, I don’t know, but either way, we all know that Otabek likes to DJ in his spare time.

Our online presences are strange in a way the world hasn’t seen before. You can make a Twitter account, call yourself Charlie and say you’re from LA when in reality you’re Alex from Luxembourg. Our online personas take years to perfect as we craft them into the best versions of ourselves, showcased through Facebook status updates, Snapchat stories and photos posted to Instagram. You can be whoever you want to be online, and whether it’s good or bad, the vast majority of your audience won’t be any the wiser. I could be reading into this far too much, but the possibility of plisetsky actually being run by Otabek is there and is a reality.

4,521 notes #otabek altin #figure skating #conspiracy theory #please don’t take this too seriously lmao

otabekaltinn reblogged phichit-chu and added:

HOLY SHIT THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING WHY DID I NEVER THINK OF THIS BEFORE

4,527 notes #FUCK ME #IF THIS IS REAL

katsukki reblogged otabekaltinn and added:

I CAN SEE IT I CAN SEE IT I WANT TO BELIEVE

4,538 notes #this actually kinda makes sense tho ngl

plstsky reblogged katsukki and added:

@plisetsky you seen this?

4,547 notes #b tell me this ain’t true #it can’t be #i can’t have been talking to otabek altin for months life is not that good

nikiforovik reblogged plstsky and added:

…no

what

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS GARBAGE

4,556 notes #phichit I love you #but no #just no

icetiger + phichit-chu ··· ↘ X

icetiger

what have you done?

phichit-chu

a service :)

“So,” Yuri says as casually as he can as they have lunch, “I hear tumblr’s going a bit crazy at the moment. Something about some Yuri Plisetsky appreciation blog secretly being run by you?”

Otabek pauses with a piece of bread halfway to his mouth, his usual calm expression replaced by a mildly panicked one. “I left my laptop on the kitchen counter this morning, didn’t I?”

“Yes,” Yuri says, a grin spreading across his face, “you did.”

“You saw?”

“I saw.”

Otabek puts his bread down on the plate. “I’m sorry,” he says. “I understand if you find it weird. I’ll delete the blog if you want.”

“What?” Yuri asks. “I don’t want you to do that!”

“You don’t?” Otabek looks relieved, and Yuri can’t say he blames him. After all, it’s not every day that you’re told that your boyfriend has discovered the secret tumblr you’re running about how wonderful everything about him is. “Are you sure?”

“I’m sure. But I do think that you need to tell your followers the truth about who’s actually running the blog everyone seems to be following.”

You’re now following plisetsky. Want to get notifications when they post?

Post notifications are turned on for plisetsky.

plisetsky

I just updated my FAQ, I recommend that you go and check it out!

1,302 notes #housekeeping #update

phichit-chu reblogged plisetsky and added:

@ all the people saying there was no way it was otabek how does it feel to be wrong let me know

1,398 notes #i knew it was him lmao #yuri found out and told me

katsukki reblogged phichit-chu and added:

(via @phichit-chu) #i knew it was him lmao #yuri found out and told me

FUCKING WHAT

WHAT

1,413 notes #BURY ME FOR I AM DEAD #DEAD #D E A D #RIP TO JEN

otabekaltinn reblogged katsukki and added:

HERE’S THE NEW VERSION OF HIS FAQ FOR EVERYONE WHO’S ON MOBILE OR WHATEVER:

Q1: What name/pronouns should we use to address you?

My name’s Otabek Altin. He/him.

Q2: Where are you from? What languages do you speak?

I’m from Kazakhstan, and can fluently speak Kazakh, Russian and English.

Q3: How old are you?

Q4: How did you get this URL?

I was simply lucky. I set this tumblr up in 2011, and was fortunate enough to find ‘plisetsky’ available at the time.

Q5: How many followers do you have?

26.3k

Q6: Do you skate yourself, or are you just a fan?

I do skate myself. I have medals from the Grand Prix Finals, 4CC, World Championships and the Olympics.

Q7: Does Yuri follow you?

Yes, he does.

Q8: Do you have any other social media?

Facebook: facebook.com/otabekaltin

Twitter: otabek-altin

Instagram: otabek-altin

Snapchat: otabekaltin

Q9: Post a selfie?

[Selfie of Otabek which shows his tumblr open on his laptop in the background]

Q10: Are you single?

No, I have a boyfriend, Yuri Plisetsky. (icetiger on tumblr, yuri-plisetsky everywhere else)

1,426 notes #there you go folks #go wild

plstsky reblogged otabekaltinn and added:

ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TELLING ME I’VE BEEN MESSAGING OTABEK FUCKING ALTIN FOR MONTHS WHAT IS AIR

1,572 notes #W HAT THE FU CK #I THINK I’M DEAD #DEAD #MY FUNERAL IS NEXT WEEK YOU’RE ALL INVITED SEE YOU THERE #CAUSE OF DEATH: OTABEK ALTIN

phichit-chu reblogged plstsky and added:

I’m still in shock ngl

1,654 notes #it doesn’t feel real lmao

icetiger reblogged phichit-chu and added:

If you’re not following @plisetsky what r u doing with your life

1,723 notes #in case you missed the memo it’s Otabek #GO FOLLOW HIM U WON’T REGRET IT

icetiger asked:

BEKA WHAT’S FOR DINNER I’M HUNGRY

plisetsky answered:

…you’re literally sitting a metre away from me why are you asking me over tumblr

12 notes #ask #icetiger #WHY

icetiger asked:

THE INTERNET NEEDS TO SEE THE DOMESTICITY (I’m still hungry btw)

plisetsky answered:

Pretty sure the internet doesn’t need to see it but whatever we’re having pizza, I’ve already ordered and it’s on the way

14 notes #ask #icetiger #are you happy now

icetiger asked:

SO HAPPY (but I’m still hungry have we got anything else I can have in the meantime *raises eyebrows in a suggestive manner*)

plisetsky answered:

YURA STOP I HAVE MINORS FOLLOWING ME ON HERE

54 notes #ask #icetiger

icetiger reblogged plisetsky and added:

why u gotta spoil my fun like this

56 notes #i’m joking btw #...mostly

otabekaltinn reblogged icetiger and added:

…is this real life am I actually witnessing this with my own two eyes

61 notes #i cannot believe

plstsky reblogged otabekaltinn and added:

I do believe so but who knows I’m struggling to process this

65 notes #what a time to be alive #i mean this is killing me but still

phichit-chu

[photo of Otabek and Yuri dancing together at a skating banquet]

@icetiger @plisetsky cuties!

6,514 notes #yuri plisetsky #otabek altin #figure skating

plisetsky reblogged phichit-chu and added:

♥♥♥

6,523 notes #yuri #beka #both

icetiger asked:

I love you. ♥

plisetsky answered:

I love you too ♥

73 notes #ask #icetiger #♥♥♥

#otayuri #otabek altin #yuri plisetsky #otayuri fanfic #otayuriwc #fanfic #this is trash i'm sorry

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theshmaylor · 7 years

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AO3 Podfic Posting Guide

Hooray! You've made a podfic! Maybe you followed Paraka's guide, thedragongirl's guide, one of many other wonderful How To Podfic tutorials, or maybe you figured it out on your own. But now, how do you share it? Posting your audio to tumblr, youtube, or a fandom-specific community are all decent options. But chances are, if the fic you recorded is from AO3, you'll reach the largest and most receptive audience by also posting to AO3.

The archive welcomes all types of fanwork, but is really structured and built primarily for written works. Posting podfic can be confusing or complicated if you're unfamiliar with it. This guide will cover both the basic mechanics of posting podfic to AO3, as well as the typical conventions used by the podfic community so that people who want to listen can easily find your audio.

(Under a cut because it’s full of screenshots. Also posted on AO3 if tumblr is giving you any issues with the images)

Note: I'm writing this assuming you have a general familiarity with AO3 and know what the basic tags mean, but maybe have never posted there before. Don't let the long size of the guide scare you! It isn't difficult. I just made it very detailed because I was super nervous about getting something wrong when posting my first podfic, and I hope this will make others less uncertain.

It's very easy to navigate to the new post screen. While logged in click "Post" and then "New Work".

First section: Tags

The nice thing about podfic is that you're usually working off an existing text. If that text is on AO3, then the writer has done this step before, and you can just use the same inputs for Rating, Archive Warnings, Fandoms, Category, Relationships, and Characters. Most of the time I will just use the exact same inputs that the text used, but sometimes I'll disagree with the author and make a change. For example, rating can be difficult to judge and recently I made a podfic Teen when the author marked it General Audiences.

Additional Tags is the place where you really want to add things that are specific to podfic.

Definitely use the "Podfic" tag. That's going to be the easiest way for someone seeking out audio fanworks to find your post.

Other common additional tags:

- "Podfic Length: X" Select the tag that matches the length of your podfic

- "Audio Format: X" Select the tags that match the formats you're going to include.

These types of tags useful because if people are looking for a certain length or a specific way to listen it helps your podfic be more easily found

Other less common additional tags:

- "Podfic Cover Art" This tag indicates that your work comes with cover art. I don't see it used very frequently though.

- "Podfic Cover Art Welcome" This tag indicates that your work doesn't have cover art, and that if someone wanted to make you some, you would welcome it. I don't see this tag used very frequently either. (But I think it's a fabulous idea and have it on like 6 of my podfics and I live in HOPE that someone will make me cover art one day, and everyone should definitely use it)

Tags not to use:

- "Podfic Available" This tag is used on text works to indicate that there is a podfic version of that text. It doesn't belong on the podfic itself.

And then you can add any other additional tags that apply to the story. Again, I typically use the same tags as the writer. Maybe choosing to add more if they were sparse with their tagging, or maybe choosing to leave some off if the tags seem unnecessary.

Next section: Preface

Work Title

Most podficcers will indicate in the title in some way that this work is a podfic. It helps users to know at a glance that your work is audio when browsing through AO3.

I personally prefer the style: [Podfic] Title

But I've also seen:

Title [Podfic]

Title by Author [Podfic]

[Podfic] "Title" by Author

(PODFIC) Title

[Podfic of] Title / written by Author

And many other variations involving the title, the word podfic, various brackets or parentheses, quote marks, or the writer's name.

Personally, I like to use [Podfic] Title because it's straightforward. When you start adding in the writer's name, I think it starts to look cluttered and more difficult to read. But other podficcers prefer including the author name as a way to credit to the writer in a very obvious way. Feel free to decide for yourself!

Add co-authors?

Some podficcers choose to give credit to the writer by making them a co-author on the podfic. I personally do not, and would recommend against it, but again this a place where you can decide for yourself.

Pros: Gives credit to the writer in the header of your post. If the writer is well known, it can help drive more traffic to your podfic.

Cons: Can be confusing and make it seem like the writer was directly involved in making the podfic. Adds more clutter to the header. The writer then has co-control over the work and can edit, delete, etc. (The last con is why I recommend against doing this!)

Summary

Similarly to the tags, another place where you can copy and paste from the text version. Nice!

I also like to add [Podfic Version] to the end of the summary. I've seen similar additions, such as Podfic of "Title". Many podficcers don't put anything extra in the summary. Again, you can decide what you like best. For eye-catching purposes, it's more important to have the word podfic in the title than in the summary, so it's totally reasonable not to add anything here if you don't want to.

Notes

Nothing podfic specific here! Check the box if you want to put in some notes.

Next section: Associations

The two parts of this section relevant to podfic are "Gift this work to" and "This work is a remix, a translation, a podfic, or was inspired by another work"

Gift this work to

Similarly to making the writer a co-author, some podficcers will gift the work to the writer as a way of acknowledging them. When you gift a work to someone, their username appears in the header.

Personally, I have seen this practice less frequently lately and don't do it myself. I didn't make the podfic for the writer! I made it because I loved the story and wanted to record it, and wanted to listen to it, and because I hoped others would want to experience it in audio form as well. If the writer is one of the people who wants to listen, that's amazing! But if they don't, that's totally okay too. To me, posting the podfic as a 'gift' makes it seem like the writer is obligated to listen, and I don't want them to feel like they have to. Audio might not be their thing, you know?

This work is a remix, a translation, a podfic, or was inspired by another work

Definitely check this box!! This is AO3's official mechanism for crediting the writer and linking your podfic back to the original text.

You will then get a menu that looks like this:

If your podfic is of a text work posted on AO3, all you have to do is enter the URL. For works not on AO3, fill out all the boxes.

The end result is a note on your work that says "Inspired by Title by Author" (with automatic hyperlinks and everything!)

If you have more than one text work included in your podfic (for example, a story that was posted in two parts but which you're combining into one podfic), you'll need to enter the first text work, save your work as a draft, and then "edit" in order to enter the next text work.

Next section: Privacy

Nothing really podfic specific here! Decide what you want to do with those three privacy checkboxes.

The only thing I will caution is, if you made a podfic of a locked work (one of those works that has an image of a padlock next to the title), it's probably best to also lock the podfic (aka check the "only show your work to registered users" box), or to ask the author if they're okay with the podfic version being unlocked.

Last section: Work Text

Almost done! This is the real important part.

The only thing you really need to have here is a link to your audio, everything else is extra. And if the only thing you want to do is put a link, that's totally fine!

Many podficcers though, including myself, will put additional information and formatting to make the post look more appealing and to add clarity.

Here is the code I use. Feel free to take this code and copy it, or edit it to suit your needs and preferences.

<img src="ART URL" alt="STORY NAME Cover Art" width="400" height="400" /> cover art by <a href="ARTIST URL">ARTIST NAME</a>

Listen <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audioUrl=MP3 URL" src="http://podfic.com/player/audio-player.swf" width="400" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed> (or click <a href="MP3 URL">here</a> for mobile streaming)

Text: <a href="TEXT URL">STORY NAME</a>

Author: <a href="AUTHOR URL">AUTHOR NAME</a>

Reader: <a href="PODFICCER URL">PODFICCER NAME</a>

Length: LENGTH

Downloads: <a href="MP3 URL">mp3</a> | <a href="M4B URL">m4b</a> (right click to save-as)

Make sure you're in HTML mode when you paste in the code.

If you want to include a streaming player (that's what the "embed" part of the code above is for), you'll need to have a direct download link for your podfic. Audio hosting services where you have to click-through, like mediafire, won't work. For help with streaming podfic, blackglass has put together a great tutorial.

And you're done! Yay! Time to post! I highly recommend clicking "Preview" instead of "Post Without Preview" so that you can double check and make sure everything looks how you want it and that your audio links work.

I hope this helped. If you have questions, feel free to drop me an ask!

#podfic #fandom #meta #ao3

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unixcommerce · 4 years

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Dave Isbitski of Amazon: Voice Tech Knows No Generational Bounds

In 2016 I did my first presentation on Amazon Alexa and Echo, and at the time there were about 700 skills available. Today there are over 100,000. And hundreds of millions of Alexa-enabled devices. So, since most of us are spending more time than ever in our houses, I wanted to catch up again with Dave Isbitski, Amazon’s Chief Evangelist for Alexa and Echo.

In a pretty extensive chat we had on LinkedIn Live recently, Dave shares some of the stories of how people are using Alexa/Echo and smart assistants in general during the Covid-19 pandemic, why he thinks voice technology is uniting generations, and how he sees voice playing a major role in the PC (Post Covid) era.

Below is an edited transcript of a portion of our conversation. To hear the full convo click on the embedded SoundCloud player.

smallbiztrends · Dave Isbitski of Amazon – Voice is first technology my parents are as excited about as my kids

Small Business Trends: How far have things come with Alexa and Echo devices?

Dave Isbitski: In 2014, if I would say, who has an Echo? I had to explain what that even was. Now in 2020, most people know what Echo is. I mean, there’s even the Saturday Night Live skit. They get what Alexa is. They probably have multiple devices. They’re just smart assistants and AI across the board. That’s really changed as part of the vernacular. It’s part of people’s daily routines.

What people may or may not know is that you have the ability to teach these AIs. So it’s just not Alexa, it’s any of these smart assistants. What we do at Amazon is we make that free, open and available for everyone. So whether they want to have Alexa in things, so that could be automobiles, it could be car stereos, it could be your phone. Windows has Alexa built in now, or you want to teach Alexa how to have conversations about things.

And when you have a conversation about something, we call that a skill. So you’re teaching Alexa a new skill and you can have a conversation about anything. And that could be stuff like ordering your Domino’s right now, right? When we’re sitting at home in a pandemic, they deliver. You could do an easy order or it could be just pulling up games. Just go to Amazon… If people are curious, because I do hear from people that are, “Hey, my kids are driving me crazy. Are there games?” There absolutely are games. Go to amazon.com/skills. You’ll see categories up there, Brent, that we didn’t have like a while ago. So you’ll see all these categories, just like any other Amazon product, you can sort, you can say, show me four stars and above ratings. Some of these have tens and tens of thousands of ratings now.

One of the things you can do right now as an Amazon customer is you can go to blueprints.amazon.com and you can create these things visually. So I hear from parents their kids are creating their own stories.

Small Business Trends: Yeah.

Dave Isbitski: Maybe you’re taking care of someone else who’s at home. You want to remind them to do things. You want to create the ability for them to ask questions. Like what medication do I take? What time do I take it? All of those you can do and then you can assign it to their Amazon account.

I’ve done that for my parents, where I’ve set up things. And so that’s something where we’ve tried to create the process as seamless as possible for you to start teaching Alexa to be able to have conversations, to create content you want, whether you have the ability to write code or not.

Small Business Trends: Are you seeing a lot of behavioral changes and folks leveraging their speakers to do things that they just weren’t really doing before?

Dave Isbitski: Well, one of the things I hear and you’ll see this online, you may even see this come across in your Facebook feeds and Twitter is that it’s so important to connect during all this. We actually have… We try once a week to connect with my parents over video, just to see. And one of the things we consistently hear… If you go here. That’ll take you to a blog post around Alexa and devices, and what’s going on. You’ll hear us talk about some of this.

I don’t think this was available when we last talked, but a popular feature is the ability to drop in. And so you set up people in your life and then they just say, “Alexa, drop in on grandparents.” Or “Alexa drop in on mom.” Or “Alexa drop in on kids.” And it’s incredible how seamless that becomes. And especially during this pandemic is the ability to just communicate like that without needing a phone, without updating apps, right? This is an experience. It’s just there. And voice is seamless. It’s inclusive. Everybody can do it. Voice is the first technology my parents are as excited as my kids are, right? And my dad still doesn’t use a computer, but he can pull up things on-

Small Business Trends: Really?

Dave Isbitski: Yeah, I know it’s crazy, right? Both my brother and I are tech, my mom prints out emails for him. He never logs… Yeah. But I was talking about where we’ve donated these devices in the hospitals and people have the ability to just talk through at any time and connect, right? Because you’re not touching it either, which is an important thing. We’ve been giving them to hospitals where nurses have the ability to check in and talk through that, all completely hands-free.

I was just talking to the folks at Johns Hopkins. And I won’t mention his name. He’s a surgeon out in New York. And it was very heartwarming. He just said, “I just want to thank you. Two years ago, my mother, she had dementia and Alzheimer’s and we used Alexa all the time. She had the ability to call for help. She had the ability to call us at any time. And it’s the way that we were able to communicate with her.”

So a couple of things we added. One of the themes is feedback from customers about making Alexa more personal. For example, anybody at any time, you can just tell Alexa to remember things, which is the first thing I did was remember the Wi-Fi password, right? And so if we have guests over, they can be like, “What’s the wifi password?” Right. And she can tell you, or it could be things like for my parents to remember dates and birthdays and things like that.

We all have different personalities. If you go look at Myers-Briggs, if you look at NBTI and five core personality types, like I’m in INFJ. I don’t know if you’re familiar with those types. A lot of times I can’t get out of my own head, but I can juggle multiple ideas in my head. I can live in cognitive dissonance. Other people aren’t like that. And mobile and web is one size fits all. It’s like, here’s our design. And if you don’t like it tough, and then we train our brains, right? We build up these neural pathways and how to use an interface. And then if you change that interface, it’s staggering to people. If one of these social media sites changes the way their feed looks every day.

Small Business Trends: Right.

Dave Isbitski: What’s great about voice is it could be the way that you want to consume that. You can decide what type of person you want to hear. In fact, we have a service called Polly Brand and it creates voices. KFC, we worked with them and you can get the Colonel’s voice. This is my absolute favorite is right today, with the Alexa device, you can say, “Ask Sam.” So Samuel L. Jackson, and he’ll tell you weather and jokes. And all of that is using a technology called Neural TTS (text to speech), right?

There was a breakthrough using neural nets in order to reproduce sound. So now through Neural TTS, if you use a computer and you’ll look at it that it’s computer generated, but to the human ear, it sounds like a human being and you can change inflection. You can make it excited. We’ve done that with Alexa where, when you’re creating these experiences, I mean, you choose what the voice sounds like. You can make her sound excited. We added the thing for customers where we’re hearing like we’ve got little ones and I go play a lullaby or I shut the lights off at night, right? Because a lot of people that are using Alexa with smart home, they’ll be like, “Turn off the lights.” And she’s super loud and wakes the baby, right? Like never wake the baby.

So you can whisper to Alexa and then she’ll be like, “Oh, it sounds like you’re whispering. Would you like me to whisper back?” And you say, “Yes, it’s whisper mode.” And so you’ll be like, “Turn off the lights.” And she’ll be like, “Okay, I’ll turn off the lights.” Right? But it’s very human. Another area you can say is, “You know what, talk faster, talk slower, slow down.” And so she’ll say things slower, or she’ll say things faster.

We have the ability to detect tone, right? So it’s very different. If I say, “Alexa, shut up.” Versus, “Alexa, thank you. Stop.” And we have all sorts of things. Like we’ve always had the ability… I think we talked about this on your last show. Since day one, since we launched, you had the ability to delete everything you’ve ever said to Alexa. You had the ability to go in and see things. And if you didn’t want to deal with technology, you can just call up Amazon, have it done. But people wanted to hear and have the ability on the fly. So we’ve opened that up and you can say things like, “Alexa, delete what you just heard.” You could say, “Alexa, what did you just hear?” And then she’ll repeat it back. You could say, “Alexa, delete everything you’ve heard today.”

And it’s interesting. You can even say things like, “Alexa, why did you do that?” And she’ll be like, “Well, this is what I heard and this is why I did that.” And so it’s very empowering because it helps people understand, because even as human beings, I’ll say one thing, but it’s not necessarily what you heard or processed the same way, right? And so giving people that ability, they’re like, “Oh, she keeps hearing this word. Or maybe I’m saying this way.” It’s very empowering in an open set up.

Some of the other things is bilingual. So you can switch between English and Spanish in the US on the fly and behind the scenes, we’re taking that, putting it into a lexicon. And so that both language models are working and you can switch between same thing with… In Canada, French Canadian, Hindi and English in India. Because that’s how we speak as human beings. If you’ve grown up in a bilingual family, just moving back and forth between words and languages and she’ll be able to do that.

And so it’s those types of things because nothing’s faster than just being able to ask for it. And so that’s where I would say, we’re evolving like in present day, that’s where we are and we can talk about future looking.

Small Business Trends: Are you seeing some of the interactions that typically would have taken place with your phone starting to take place with your voice devices?

Dave Isbitski: Well, I look at it this way. The mission of our group has always been Alexa anywhere that you want it to be. And so right now that’s in the house. But if you go for a drive, you should be able to say, “Alexa, read my book.” And it was the audio book maybe you were just listening to in your den, right? It’s just, it’s seamless. I’ve been quoted saying this before, and I think it’s still the best analogy, is that voice is the new HTML.

So think about when the web first came out and the internet first came out. How did you contact companies? Right? It was like, you wrote a letter, you walked into their lobby or a phone call. And suddenly through HTML, right? And I didn’t want to say voice is the new web, because web is so encompassing with social and everything too. Because it’s the interface. So HTML suddenly became the interface to connect with anybody, anywhere in the world, any brand in the world to learn, right? To ask questions about anything. It was really how HTML brought the web together. And that’s the way you should look at voice. It’s the HTML for everything.

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Small Business Trends: How far have things come with Alexa and Echo devices?

Small Business Trends: Yeah.

Small Business Trends: Are you seeing a lot of behavioral changes and folks leveraging their speakers to do things that they just weren’t really doing before?

Small Business Trends: Really?

Small Business Trends: Right.

Small Business Trends: Are you seeing some of the interactions that typically would have taken place with your phone starting to take place with your voice devices?

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The Technical SEO Audit Process Anyone Can Follow [+ Checklist]

Search Engine Optimization is constantly changing. In fact, it changes nearly 600 times every single year.

SEO audits are a great way to keep up with changing ranking signals to keep your site up to date.

But most technical SEO audits are way too technical.

So technical that you find yourself researching dozens of new topics and weeks of time before you even think about starting one.

That’s why we built the technical SEO audit process that anyone can follow and implement.

And we condensed it into a checklist format so you can download it, send it, print it, or frame it.

Let’s get started.

Feel free to jump to a section:

What is an SEO Audit?

SEO audits are pretty simple in nature:

You are taking a hard look at your current SEO strategy and technical implementations to see if there is room for improvements, updates, fixes, or adding entirely new tactics to the playbook.

In an SEO audit, you will do a deep look at your current website for multiple factors from meta descriptions to website speed and anything in between.

The goal of an SEO audit is to improve your technical SEO going forward so that you can continue to rank well on Google (or improve your chances).

When Should You Perform an SEO Audit?

Audits can be one of the best ways to improve SEO performance. But are they fit for everyone?

When is a good time to perform an audit?

Let’s simplify it. If you meet any of the following criteria, it’s time for an audit:

You haven’t done an audit, ever.

You haven’t done an audit in the last few months.

You haven’t done an audit since the latest Google algorithm updates

You haven’t done an audit in the last month.

Your SEO performance has slowed down or become stagnated

Organic traffic is declining

Performance is overall becoming worse, or you are losing rankings.

Essentially, there is never a bad time to perform an audit, unless you just did one yesterday.

Regular audits are critical for staying up to date with not only your own SEO success, but with SEO news.

Doing audits requires you to stay up-to-date with the latest algorithm news. If you haven’t done an audit in years, you could be vastly behind what the current standard of SEO demands.

Without further ado, it’s audit time.

The 9-Point Technical SEO Audit Process Anyone Can Do

Speed up Your Mobile (And Desktop) Site

Website speed is a bona fide ranking factor in 2018, according to Search Engine Land:

Both for desktop and mobile, speed is critical to success.

Not only is it a ranking factor directly for mobile search results, but it can hugely impact your bounce rates:

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Just a few seconds longer to load your website will lead to massive bounce rates.

And according to Google latest benchmarks, most websites are still too slow for mobile browsers:

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While the numbers have improved since last year, the best practice is still not the average.

And with 60% of Google searches being conducted on mobile devices, you can’t wait any longer.

The quickest and easiest process to speeding up your mobile site is first running your website through Google’s Test My Site tool:

This mobile-focused tool will scan your entire mobile site, run a few tests, and spit out direct steps to help you get speed up to the best practice:

While some of this gets pretty technical, Google offers direct steps to improving each of their suggestions by clicking “See how” under each tab.

Here are a few ways to reduce mobile load times that anyone can conduct without your web developer:

Compress all images: before uploading, compress images with a free tool, like Compress JPEG.

Remove unnecessary page elements: sliders, carousels, big galleries, any element that is a big drain on resources.

I.S.S: keep it simple, stupid. On your mobile site, keep it simple. Don’t use heavy transitions, large videos, etc. The less you have, the faster it will load.

For your desktop site, you can run it through Google’s Pagespeed Insights and repeat the simplified steps above!

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Secure Your Site with HTTPS

In 2014, Google confirmed that HTTPS was a ranking signal.

In 2017, half of the search results on page one of a given SERP on Google were website secured with HTTPS.

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Now, 50% of the top one million sites are secure with HTTPS.

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Adding HTTPS to your site is a no-brainer.

If you don’t already have your site secured with HTTPS, now is the time.

There are many different companies and ways to acquire HTTPS certificates.

Depending on what hosting provider you have, you can contact them and proceed through them, or locate a provider on your own.

Either way, you don’t have to do any of the work. Just let your host take care of it.

Secure your site with HTTPS

Disavow Bad Backlinks and Campaign for More Good Links

Link building is one of the most important factors for SEO success. And that’s directly from Google:

“I can tell you what they are. It is content. And it’s links pointing to your site.”

Andrey Lipattsev, Search Quality Senior Strategist at Google

Latest data proves the power of links, showing that top ranking content on any given SERP dominates with backlinks:

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Acquiring links is great, but you don’t want links from just any website on the internet.

In fact, spammy links from spammy sites will do the opposite for your rankings: tank them.

If your backlink profile is filled with links from low authority spam sites, you need to disavow them ASAP.

To analyze your backlink profile, fire up a tool like Moz’s Link Explorer and plug in your site:

Here you can analyze two key sections:

Inbound links: how many total backlinks your root domain has

Discovered and lost linking domains: a recent snapshot of how many links you are acquiring and losing

To locate bad links, scroll down to your inbound link report and filter via spam scores:

If you have a few, that’s totally normal. Every site will have a few links that won’t be a problem.

But if you notice hundreds or thousands of links for spammy, potentially dangerous sites, disavowing them is a good idea.

Once you locate these links, fire up Google’s Link Disavow Tool in Search Console and input your list of links to disavow.

It’s that easy!

After disavowing, you can re-sort your inbound links by DA (domain authority) to locate your highest quality links:

Use these to help campaign for more links by reaching out to those sites for guest posting, native advertising, and more.

Use a tool like Link Explorer to locate bad quality links

Compile a list of bad links and disavow them in Google Search Console

Find good links and campaign for more

Replace Broken Links on Your Site

While links themselves on your website or within a blog post aren’t direct rankings, they can dramatically impact user behavior on your site.

Rest assured, Google will be taking notes if bounce rates are sky high.

Broken links negatively affect the user experience.

Imagine reading an article, clicking on what appears to be a valuable link, only to get directed to a 404 error page.

Chances are, that reader isn’t coming back to your site.

Thankfully, these are an easy fix.

Using a debugging tool like Screaming Frog’s SEO Spider, crawl your entire website and look for 404 errors:

These are indications of broken links.

The Screaming Frog tool will show what pages contain broken links and what the link is, giving you an easy way to fix it!

Now just head back into your post, edit or replace the broken link and you are good to go.

Download a debugging SEO tool for free, like Screaming Frog

Scan for 404 errors (broken links) and replace or fix them

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Run an Index Status Report on Google Search Console

Google indexes each page on your website so that it can show in organic search results.

But oftentimes, pages fail to index, meaning they aren’t showing in organic results.

This is clearly a problem for both SEO and your organic traffic potential.

In the Google Search Console, fire up the Index Status report and look for any pages blocked by robots.

To fix these, you will have to edit your Robots.txt file to “allow” Google to index. This will be marked with “disallow” if pages aren’t allowed to index.

Another way to do this is via Screaming Frog’s “SEO Elements” report:

Locate the “Blocked by Robots.txt” report and see what pages are currently blocked.

If any don’t make sense, fix them ASAP!

Run an index status report on Google Search Console

As a backup, run a Screaming Frog scan for blocked access via Robots.txt

Remove any “disallow” codes to pages you want indexed on your Robots.txt

Fix Duplicate Content

Within Screaming Frog, you can also scan your website for duplicate content.

Duplicate content, title tags, or duplicate meta descriptions can be a huge negative impact on your technical SEO success.

Run Screaming Frog and check for missing or duplicate content.

Based on what you find, rewrite meta descriptions, title tags, and redirect duplicate blog posts or landing pages.

Run Screaming Frog to locate duplicate content

Either write new content, delete duplicates, or redirect duplicate pages

Redirect Multiple Site Versions

Depending on how your website was set up, you could have multiple versions of your site being indexed and scanned by Google.

This is not ideal, as changes won’t necessarily reflect on all sites, and visiting an unsecure site is never good (see: section on HTTPS).

An easy way to test if Google is just scanning one version of your website, type in the following versions and see if Google redirects to the HTTPS version:

http://www.inserturlhere.com

http://inserturlhere.com

https://www.inserturlhere.com

https://inserturlhere.com

These should all redirect to:

https://inserturlhere.com

If they don’t you can easily fix this using 301 redirects. Follow our guide here on how to redirect if your links are loading separate pages.

301 redirect your site links to https://inserturlhere.com

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Assess Your Content Marketing Efforts

Content marketing fuels search engine optimization.

But not just any content will drive results. Sub-par content will net you sub-par results.

Start by assessing your current content marketing efforts in relation to best practices:

Content Frequency: Post More Often

How often are you posting on your website blog? How often are you creating new, fresh, and impactful content?

According to HubSpot, 16+ times per month will net you the most organic traffic.

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OrbitMedia’s 2018 data backs this up, showing that posting more often generates stronger organic traffic results:

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But remember: these have to be high quality posts. Quality is just as important as quantity.

Post at least 16 times per month

Length / Topic Depth: Increase Word Count With More Detailed Topics

The latest studies show that content near or beyond the 2,000 word mark produces the best results:

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But adding word count for the sake of word count isn’t what produces strong results. Word count isn’t a ranking factor.

Instead, higher word counts often mean that the blog post ecompasses more relevant information.

To expand your word count with ease, try some of the following strategies:

Create New Sections For Semantically Related Keywords: for instance, if your target keyword is “SEO tools,” cover other related topics like “SEO page speed tool” as their own subsection.

Show and Tell: Start by describing the topic, the pain point, and the problem. Then, deliver the solution in a tutorial fashion.

Produce Ultimate Guides: guides are in-depth pieces of content on a broad subject, like an SEO guide.

Content Quality: Utilize Tutorials, Multimedia, and Structure to Improve Quality

Content quality is just as important as frequency. According to OrbitMedia’s 2018 data, investing more time, money, and effort into each post nets stronger results:

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To improve content quality, assess the following steps in your current content and see where you can improve:

Increase word count to 2,000+ per post

Publish more often (multiple times per week)

Use professional editors

Improve posts with more tutorials, original images, and video content

Develop original research pieces and case studies

Use H2s, H3s, and keywords in your title and headers

Dominate On-Page SEO With a Few Simple Steps

On-page SEO is critical for content and traffic success.

But if you have a massive site, optimizing it isn’t easy.

Instead of trying to tackle your whole site first, prioritize what you can do on your own!

Did you recently publish a massive guide that will be the center of your content promotion strategy for months to come?

Focus on that.

If not, fire up Google Analytics, locate your top performing pages, and start with them:

Top performing pages can be found in the All Pages behavior report. Segment the results by organic traffic and you will have a list of your top organic pages. Start from the top of the list!

Keyword density: naturally mention the page keyword focus 3-5 times per 2,000 words and once within the first 100 words.

Internal Links: include 3-5 internal links per blog post.

External Links: include 3-5 external links per blog post.

Semantic Keywords: cover keywords related to your target / focus keyword

Meta Description: optimize your meta description with your page’s target keyword.

Title Tag: Include the target keyword first in your title tag if possible

Next Steps / Download Your Audit Checklist!

Audits are extremely useful for uncovering potential gaps in your SEO.

While most are too technical and hard to follow without years of coding and technical experience, ours isn’t.

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