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Like worstie, I can barely promote my own published book without wanting to curl up and die.

They’re just not disclosing it as ads, which they are supposed to do, and instead it's marketed in a very Tumblr-esque way which can be summed up as “omg guys look how CUTE this is” followed by a different account underneath going “omg found it!!” and it links to a drop ship site with the item(s).

And the link usually has an affiliate tracker in it, which you may or may not be able to spot unless you’re familiar with them, which is also something you are legally supposed to disclose.

I used to get a lot of offers from around 2016-2020 to sell “moon lamps” on here, y’know those orb lights that look like a moon? Yeah. I was offered a higher kickback to make it look like I wasnt posting an add because these sellers know Tumblrites don’t like ads.

They wanted it to look as organic and hyped up as possible and then I’d just so happen to be like “omg you guys it's on sale” and post a link. Which is skeevy as shit and also illegal af in the US.

It’s like the insta/tiktok girlies saying “link in bio” to get around saying “here’s a product I make money on if you buy it” because they want to sound like your friend because people are more likely to impulse buy stuff if a “friend” is recommending something.

They’re also trusting that everyone knows “link in bio” means “affiliate link” which is technically not enough of a disclosure but whatever.

This is why I tag all my own book promos with “affiliate links” because depending on which storefront you buy Hunger Pangs from, I may get a kickback from the vender which I do to help mediate the fees I lose from distribution. It’s not much—literal pennies in some cases—but I’m still legally required to state it.

It’s also why when I do post products I use or like, I make a point of letting people know I’m not an affiliate and not sponsored because despite the legal ramifications these people are flirting with by not disclosing their affiliate status, I want to be fully transparent with my followers when it comes to me trying to sell them things.

Y’all keep my lights on by reading my work and through my ko-fi and patreon. I am not about to risk that trust for the sake of some shitty vibrator sales from a sketch-ass drop shipper who wants me to pretend I’m not selling you things.

So, yeah. People do successfully sell stuff on here. A lot of us small indie creators sell our own work all the time.

This was a cold open to a youtube video and I am crying LOL

Because it's actually so important to me that Iron Lung and Project Hail Mary were released together and its actually so important that they were released now

Because how much are you willing to do? How much are you willing to pay for the sake of everyone? Are you willing to trade yourself in for all the people you love? Are you willing to trade yourself in for all the people you hate? For all the people you will never know? That will never know you?

You've done bad things. They've done bad things. Nobody here is a saint, everyone has blood on their hands

But humanity still deserves to live, no? It still deserves to be saved. Because it's....good. Yes it's war and death and crimes that we ourselves had to invent names for to properly describe their horror

But it's also thinking of the kids. It's cradling your dead comrades and commending them to the stars even when you barely remember your own name. It's wrapping a black box in the only available lifejacket. It's asking your mom to protect it because it can help so many more people than just yourself. It's turning around because and abandoning your chance at going back home for the sake of saving your friend and his people. It's choosing the greater good even at the price of your own fate

And is that not in itself humanity? Is that not what we're supposed to be??

Can you find me? 🌑🩸

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