heads up before you spend $$ on pillowfort, especially note the paypal thing. the io domain concern does not seem carefully enforced but is in the TOS so 🤷
These are valid concerns but like. Have we tried not making a call out post to promote hate against a brand new company made by fandom for fandom? This is the same shit that has been pulled on AO3 this year. Contact them and ask them to clarify their content moderation. Ask them about their concerns about Paypal – they’ve already mentioned on their Twitter that they’re changing domains because of the adult content ban on .io domains. They’ve been nothing but open and honest about everything since they were first announced and far more patient than is reasonable with the amount of questions they receive. And the site was down because it was fixing security issues in order to make the site safer for users. They’ve been absolutely transparent about this issue, which is unheard of these days.
Pillowfort will only survive if we support it. We need our own space that isn’t going to get sold out. Do you think Twitter is gonna allow NSFW content forever? Instagram doesn’t give a shit about fandom. And while Dreamwidth would be great, it would be a total culture shock to a lot of people – they have a 500mb cap for images, a tag limit, and communities decentralize fandom unlike Tumblr’s ability to just look at all of the posts under a single tag.
I’ve been looking into Pillowfort a lot. Obviously, there have been lots of tumblr-adjacent projects that haven’t worked out in the past, so it’s reasonable to be cautious. However;
Pillowfort has existed in beta for months now, with a fairly small user base. They created, funded, and closed their kickstarter over 3 months ago- you can check, it’s dated. They earned $57k, reasonable to get started, but not enough to create a fully operational social media site in 3 months. And unless they’re psychic, their site was clearly NOT created to take advantage of users fleeing tumblr, but rather out of genuine desire to create a platform that addressed the concerns of tumblr users.
With the money they earned, they have been working on the site, and the site being down was SCHEDULED (posted about before and while it was happening, keeping registered users updated on why it was taking so long and when it would be up again) maintenance to, you know, work on the site like they promised they were going to. It is literally in beta.
Again, unless they’re psychic, they had no idea tumblr was going to drop this bombshell while they were doing their maintenance (and again it’s in beta, ie the time when the site is SUPPOSED to be under maintenance!!)
They address the .io domain on their twitter (plan to change) and their FAQ addresses their business plan and how they plan to implement it. Plans to on board moderators are discussed on their FAQ.
So yeah, I get being cautious, but you should actually DO the research on this instead of knee-jerk reaction deciding it’s a scam. I’m not saying it IS going to turn out like everyone is hoping, but I have scoured all the info on their kickstarter, social media, and website; i have checked out the demo version of the site; I like what I see and so far everything checks out. So yeah I’m willing to bet a whole $5 on this site.
This February, I am due for surgery. No, it is not life threatening,
but it is something that will significantly improve my health and well
being. I’m really excited for it, actually! My insurance is going to pay
for the procedure, and I should be able to provide my own
transportation there and back.
The problem is that my work only offers a few hours of sick pay every year.
I will be out of work for two weeks after the surgery and will have to
deal with reduced hours once I return, because the recovery process will
limit how active I can be.
I was saving up to support myself during this time, but a recent
family emergency drained my finances almost completely. Between that,
the holidays, and my pets currently in need of vet care, I am left
wondering how I am going to support myself while I’m recovering.
I’m only asking for the bare minimum. Enough to support myself for one month. There’s an exact breakdown of the funds in the link.
Times are hard for all of us, especially with the holidays around the
corner. There are certainly causes more deserving than mine and people
who need the money more. And make no mistake – YOU need your money far
more than I do. I won’t withhold any tumblr content based off of whether
or not you donate. I’m just asking, if you have a few spare dollars and
you want to help me out, it would mean the world to me. If you can’t
donate, perhaps you can share. Even if you can do neither, thank you for reading and listening. Your support and friendship mean the world to me. ❤
Title from “The Ashmole Bestiary” via the Bodleian Libraries; France, 950 from “De medicamentis ex animalibus” via Museum Meermanno; Spain, 1000 from a Madrid fresco via UC San Diego; England, 1200 from “Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc” via Trinity College Library; Netherlands, 1200 from “Der Naturen Bloeme” via Koninklijke Bibliotheek; England, 1230 from “Bestiary” via the British Library; Italy, 1440 from “Herbal” via the British Library;
So I heard some of y’all think Nautica is Pipes’ dream bot,… bUT!! MY CHARTS CLEARLYDISAGREE!! As you can see in the 3rd column, an even better candidate exists in the Transformers universe… whom I will reveal shortly (lmao get it?… you’ll get it in a sec..)
And, as shown, Nautica doesn’t even satisfy more than half of Pipes’ aesthetic criteria, let alone the chemistry.
SO WHO IS THIS DEBONAIR MYSTERY MECH RANKING IN AT 0.78 ON THE PIPES SOULMATE SCALE???
Tumblr doubling down on Truth being “sensitive content” might just be the gold star on this dumpster fire.
The Truth is always sensitive content
ha bloody ha.
And the human reviewer should’ve allowed it at least because it’s classical art, but of course didn’t – hypocrites.
“Certain types of artistic, educational, newsworthy, or political content featuring nudity are fine.”
Ah, yes, they did say “certain”
@ all the people saying art and traditional art is safe. No it is not
There’s been some buzz that the “human reviewers” might be a lie, that instead there coild be just a second bot with a narrower preset. Evidence supporting this includes that basket of mushrooms that failed the second check. Verizon in general has apparently been putting basically zero money into tumblr since buying yahoo, not even hiring enough coders to replacing outgoing engineers, leaving timblr with insufficient staff to maintain itself, let along effectively implement major changes. The idea that they would pay for enough extra people to handle the reevaluation requests as quickly as they’ve been coming back does seem rather dubious.
Today youtube recommended a video of someone complaining about animation errors in She-Ra, which is funny because I’ve never used youtube for anything She-Ra related.
This tells me two things: first, that the dark turn has already begun, and second, that I need to look up more crocodile videos to stem the tide of bad cartoon hot takes.
The only one I’d worry about is her having her sword in a next scene after being shown dropping it in an earlier one.
And I’m not certain the sword isn’t just clingy moving when she’s not looking…
Monsters and Stuff 
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