Insatiable Curiousity

I'm not saying cc creators can't/shouldn't make money from their services/content. They put in hours of effort for us to enjoy and I never want to undersell just how much I appreciate that effort and how much it has improved my game and life.

BUT

Hobbies are hobbies, Passion is passion. When we monetize everything, we lose the social contracts that once ruled fan communities. "Be thankful for the gift and move on your way." If paid for, CC is no longer a nice addition to the game, it is a product. Now people have the right to complain, to report, to accuse and to demand a certain quality. Creators are no longer internet acquaintances who are creating because they love it, because they have a idea they can't escape or as a favor, they are a part of a million dollar business. No amount of good will that these creators have generated over years of fandom activity can obscure the monster they are covering for. EA see's how little people buy kits, how we say "why would I buy this if I could download CC for free?" and they are using our community members against us. They saw all of us subscribe to patreons and throw a few bucks at a Kofi and were jealous, they want our time, passion and money. They promise exposure and increased downloads, but slip in the 70% fee and total reputation ruin. And remember, they could have made this marketplace free, that's was what Curseforge was meant to be wasn't it? A place for console players to find CC and for everyone to feel confident in the safety of the downloads.

But now I'm wondering if It was all a ploy.

Convincing us that downloading CC was dangerous, when I've only seen 3 instances of malicious content in the 10 years I've been downloading and participating. Manipulating players to distrust peer to peer creation and downloading, telling them that only EA can make sure our CC is safe. Now even curseforge is too "risky" the only place you can trust is EA's own marketplace.

American girl dolls with their protest signs 🎀✨

always important, but i feel like especially recently. particularly stuff that’s a bit more than just the usual “don’t post personal info”

feel free to share this post on twitter or anywhere else, staying safe is important

justdeleteme.xyz - direct links to delete accounts

how a photo’s hidden exif data exposes your personal information

have i been pwned? - check if your accounts have been compromised in a data breach. CHANGE ANY ACCOUNT THAT USES THE SAME EMAIL AND PASSWORD

online harassment field manual

form for removing personal information from google (for the eu), see also: “remove your personal information from google”

extreme privacy: what it takes to disappear (personal data removal workbook)

filter lists for ublock origin, and more

restore privacy - online privacy resources center

privacytools.io

online spyware watchdog

how secure is your password?

defensive computing checklist

cloudflare dns

non-technical tips on staying anonymous

webrtc leak shield - chrome, firefox

web safety tutorials by the electronic frontier foundation

you know how simmers always say that colorful makeup loses its vibrant colors on dark skins? i seem to have found something related to it. see how high the makeup opacity is set for the lightest skin tone, and how low it is for the dark, almost six times lower.

i don't know what to make of it yet, but i'll tinker with it, make a few copies of the same dark color and check what it'll do for the makeup

to be fair, makeup from recent packs apparently uses different composition method and looks equally colorful, but older makeup is a disaster

i've made a few copies of the same dark skin, raising the makeup opacity setting from default maxis level (0.1) to maxis level set for light skins (0.7) and i tried this colorful eyeshadow on them

and how is looks with maxis default dark skin setting vs maxis light skin setting

anyway if you're a simmer, please don't attack makeup creators if their cc looks differently on dark skins, it's not entirely their fault, and if you're a skintone maker, don't forget to tweak this setting (i'd recommend 0,55-0,6) :)

Fairy Tale Canopy Single Bed | TS4

Single Bed

Base Game

14 color combinations

that's it that's the PSA. if you pirate something, don't talk about it publicly. do NOT talk about how/where you're doing it publicly. you're going to blow it for everyone else. shut up.

LDF (legal defense fund)

the aclu

democracy forward

immigrant legal resource center

the sameer project

palestine children’s relief fund