Guys I Don’t Want To Optimize You If You Still Care About Genocide In Gaza .

im just not convinced humans were ever meant to be this busy

hi, i’m your local laid off discord employee, here to talk about exactly how safe it may or may not be to talk about Political Activism on discord. my credentials here are that i was a senior member of discord’s trust & safety team, which is the team that handles bans, legal investigations, and legal compliance. (my speciality was in child safety, anti-grooming, and taking down CSAM, but i also worked occasionally in low level terrorism issues and assisted that team in investigations.) i also know most of the people still working there in these capacities.

the tldr and most important thing to know is: i do not recommend you plan, discuss plans, or use any kind of hyperbolic (or not) language about violence to government officials or anyone in that vicinity on discord. please use signal instead.

a discord trust & safety employee is technically able to see any message you’ve sent under your account, going all the way back to the beginning of your account. unless you have manually deleted a message, it is viewable to a tns employee. now: it is a tremendous part of being on a tns team that we did NOT invade user privacy without cause. cause was usually: another user reported something you said, and we thought the reported message indicated you might be doing something elsewhere that was illegal (for example: a user says “i’m talking to this girl but she’s in high school lol.” i would then try to find evidence as to whether or not there was a child safety issue there. in this example, we’d require clear admission of age from both the user and the alleged high school girl, and then clear evidence of sexual talk between them, and go from there.) finding evidence required looking though all of that user’s messages.

most of the tns team, as i know them, are pretty resolute about not going further in looking than would be needed for action. most of the tns team that i still speak to is very much on the side of blue. your general conversations are probably perfectly safe, and we were very good at figuring out quickly if someone has reported you maliciously. i don’t believe you need to worry too much about your porn and fanfic and all that.

HOWEVER: reported content must be investigated, and discord can, and has been, legally subpoenaed to turn over user information. again, this has nominally been in Very Evil cases (CSAM and grooming, school shooting threats, murder admissions, etc.) but that could change, either at the federal level, or at the discord policy level. discord, like any social media company, could easily be pressured or forced into taking on different internal policies that could get you in serious trouble if you are organizing violent or “illegal” resistance. if that happens, there is a scenario where this incoming administration is given access to your messages.

again: please do not organize your political or social resistance on discord from now on. please use signal to ensure your maximum safety. do not panic if you have already talks about things on discord: you can easily delete your messages, and that WILL remove from an employee’s view. do that and use signal from now on.

stay safe. i love you. 💕

I hope you are safe my friend 🌹

I am sorry to ask for help, but we are all hoping for your generosity and kindness with us. The war has returned again and the high prices have returned again💔😓. There is no food in the house and my children are dying of hunger.😭😭 Consider them your children or your siblings. Please donate €25to us. Your donation is enough. Be with us. Please, I need your humanity and your feeling for us today. May God bless you and give you double your donation. My children send you greetings.

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Israel returned to war again. The bombing is everywhere. We are being exterminated here and the whole world is silent.

In a moment, 400 people were killed, most of them children and women.

There is no food, no drink, and no way out of this hell.

We are dying before your eyes please, don’t leave us alone! Save us, do something protest, donate, participate.

I don’t want to die! Please support me with any amount that will promise me to buy food, drink, medicine and survive me and my family

I didn't ask if it made sense to keep going. I said I'm going to kick your twisted evil ass.

I loveeeeeeeee your art <3 it's my daily Serotonin at this point.

Also what what other fandoms are you currently interested in?

Hshhshdhs thank you <3

I am a little bit into Transformers still and Skyrim a lot (which is another reason why I don't draw that much rn lmao)

I just found out two local gay artists were found murdered in their home. fuck. jesus. I knew these guys. I own their art. I've attended so many gallery openings at their shop. they've meant so much to the community here. and they're just fucking gone? just like that?

and of course the cops are claiming it's not a hate crime.

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🍉🍉Please don't ignore our suffering and leave us alone My name is Masa Halas from the Gaza Strip. I was displaced from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south of the Strip and the family was scattered in tents.

Winter is approaching and our tent can't withstand. We sleep in cold, fear and hunger every day.

Donate to us so we can change a little of the reality.

Or share our story so it reaches those who donate to us.🍉🍉🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏🙏

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