#protect yourself

The more you know 🌠

How to decide whether to report

I won’t share it publicly like this but if you come off anon and send me an ask, I will answer privately.

I will add, though, please don’t go after this person with more hate. That’s not what I want. I just want to forget them and hopefully they’ll forget me. I blocked this person because they’re hostile and I don’t need that toxicity in my life, especially given my recent surgery and recovery. I encourage you to scroll their tumblr and make your own judgement.

On that note, I received an ask saying something along the lines of “blocking someone because you disagree is mean.” It’s not that they disagreed—it’s that they used such foul, hateful language and did it in a space that’s supposed to be protected. If they did this in their own space I wouldn’t care. But they did it where I could see it, so I left that space and blocked them to protect myself. It’s about me cultivating MY online experience. It’s about me controlling what I see or don’t see on this site, which is entirely healthy and everyone should do. This is not a popularity contest, use that block button to excess if you need it!

If you have an Apple product you need to hear this,

In the latest update Apple has added and insidious Ai to every single one of your apps

You will need to manually turn this off to stop Ai from using your apps as a learning base

First:

Head to settings and find the Apple Intelligence & Siri tab

Second:

if you scroll to the bottom of that tab you should find an option to see your apps and a separate option to see apps clips (these can be done in either order but I’ll explain clips first)

Third:

You should come to this screen with an option of “Learn from Apps Clips”, make sure to turn that off (if it’s green it’s still on)

Fourth:

Head back and click onto the apps section, this should bring you to a screen with all your apps

You’re going to have to click on every single one of your apps and turn it off manually (Apple has deliberately made it as tedious as possible in a way to discourage people doing this)

Fifth:

SHARE THIS INFORMATION!! either via my post or making your own,

Every uninformed person is another source of content for Ai to steal from, don’t let this undermine us

As far as I’m aware that’s everything, but there may be more

This is absolutely unacceptable, and not necessary at all for their app.

As much as I love my Nitro and Boosting Servers, I have cancelled everything, and I recommend everyone else does too. Also post wherever you can and tell them directly that this is why. (They don't ask you why you're canceling, just beg you to stay, show you all the cool stuff you're gonna lose, and ask if you're sure. Then offer you a discount if you resub right away.)

This hurts everyone in the long run, and absolutely hurts the Queer Community; piling on to many other hurts we've been dealing with. Discord also just dealt with a data breach last year, and now they want us to give them government IDs and a facial scan? I refuse. I'm keeping myself as safe as I can.

A reminder: *Biometrics are not legally protected.*

Consider alternatives like LINE, Stout, Teamspeak, Mumble...

...hey, is Ventrilo still around after all this time? I'll have to look into that one.

"For the children" reasoning has never actually been about protecting children. They've shown us this time and time again. Push back where you can and however you can.

Little cracks break big ships.

Listen. To. Your. Instincts!!

Be. Rude!!

Say. No!!