Man I can't believe Luz really said
[All you can remember is the look they gave you as you ran out.]
[It wasn't the look a human could give.]
Could we crash tumblr if we all posted the word "crash" on the 1st of april 2022, 12:35 EST?
https://twitter.com/DeviantArt/status/1591113199218487300?s=20&t=4k4OiBqcoEj0GgFm5_zKDg
DeviantArt have just announced that they're launching their own ai art generator, and every deviation that has ever been posted has been automatically opted in - I've checked this for myself and every one of my own artworks now needs to be manually changed in the settings of every single deviation otherwise they'll be used.
To have your artist username exempted from prompts you have to fill in a Google form to be approved by a human, and you must prove that you operate under your respective alias to ask them not to use it - read more here
Suffice to say I'm livid, I've been on DeviantArt for a decade and I'm going to shut down my account once I've manually opted out my hundreds of deviations. On their promotion page for the new tool they'll emphasize that it's *totally within the control of the artists* showing an image of the checked box that opts you out, while not mentioning that all of your previous deviations are already opted in by default.
I would recommend that anyone who has similar plans as me and wants to leave the site should manually opt-out for every deviation before shutting down your account, just to be on the safe side because I'm not sure if just deactivating your account would count as opting out.
I'll try to keep this post updated with accurate and up-to-date information since AI related stuff can quickly cause a frenzy online - don't hesitate to DM me with any new information and I'll update it here!
And from then on, Cleff has had no shortage of time to torment our dear Doctor...
Heyooo! Meant to post more scp related stuff but, if you know me, you know how busy and tired I tend to be so as recompense, here's Redacre and Cleff's first time meeting! He's very direct when it comes to matters involving his little deerling, and Reddy is unfortunately no exception. He'll be keeping all three of his eyes on her for as long as he can.
Marcy, however, isn't easily intimidated by someone of the likes of him so any threat he may make will fall on deaf ears. She's got better things to do! Like think of what she'll teach Gaea when she next sees the gal, Cleff is small potatoes compared to something that important.
OKAY So ever since the Tumblr announcement over Apple's TOS for the app staying on the AppStore, I've been seeing so many posts spreading so much information AND misinformation.
If you haven't seen the post, click here, but basically it boils down to Apple's TOS for what Apps can and can't exist on the AppStore are pretty damn draconian. Famously Discord had to disallow ios app users from entering Not Safe For Work/Mature servers. Discord also put in a work-around to this but I'll get to that. Anyway, those TOS Apple's put in place are now affecting tumblr.
Misinfo #1: Tumblr is deliberately making the app experience unusable - False
Tumblr is doing what Apple is telling them to do. Apple is the one making the iOS version of the app unusable. Not tumblr. Although their enforcement of Apple's wants is rather obnoxious this isn't tumblr's fault. It's Apple's. Direct your ire to Apple, not tumblr, because this is directly their doing.
Misinfo #2: Tags have been ganked. - Well yes, but actually no.
It's true tags are borped on the iOs app BUT!!! "Banned tags" work just fine in the web version of tumblr, or the Android app. All the tags I've seen in the "banned tags" lists going around work just fine on my phone (I have android) or on my laptop. THE TAGS ALSO WORK FINE ON THE BROWSER ON MY IPAD. That's right, easy way to get around iOS shennangannery? Use the Tumblr website. It looks (and runs) just like the app. There are even other features on the website that aren't on the app. So if you're an iOS user frustrated by how the tumblr app now works, log in on Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, literally any internet web browser, and boom bam. Your original tumblr experience is back. Original bugs and all. Screenshot below of my android phone, and the tumblr website being able to access "banned tags." Also a screenshot of the post from the wip tumblr saying that experiences on Android and the website will not be affected.
Misinfo #3: Tumblr's doing nothing to combat the ultra-censorship on their iOS app - Maybe
In their post, staff said they're working on a work-around. They left details pretty vague, as is staff's wont, but they aren't exactly out of options. This is where I get back to what Discord did when Apple did the same thing to them. Essentially you would have to go onto Discord on your laptop and allow access to not safe for work servers on iOS. It's a setting only found in the laptop/desktop version of discord. (see screenshot for proof) I believe Tumblr is probably working on something similar. To allow users to have the original experience by going through the website. For now you still have the browsers on your phone. Also screenshotted, where staff said in their post they're working on a workaround.
All this to say, you guys need to stop freaking out. Yes, tumblr is broken, tumblr's been broken for a hot minute, but you know what? This latest censorship dirge is not tumblr's fault. It's apples. And there are workarounds, pretty piss easy workarounds like using your browser instead of your app. It's not even that much more difficult. I know this is frustrating, but being reactionary and spreading misinformation isn't going to do anything but harm people who are looking for solutions.
This may be late, but I figured I'd share all the attacks I made for artfight this year because I'm really proud at how they all turned out! In order they are:
@galaxystreak's Zira Callisto
Leygo's Trail
Estelar3XD's Astro and Rixie
Fl4m0ss's MossSona
@nightmun's Haniel and Kit (as well as the fading image of my own lovely Redacre)
Sunrayy's Inara
And @pokeblog123's Starlight StarBright
Thank you all for such a lovely year of brutal art attacking! Here's to next year!
Neil banging out the tunes April 13th 2006
Lola here. Creator of AskJoshuaFreeman and all of its OCs. She/Her | 24 | Writer and Artist | Fan of Half Life, Portal, Hlvrai, SCP, Murder Drones, and a good few others I can't recall at the moment lolol
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