Sorry to break it to y'all but believing in anything, participating in anything, has the capacity to harm people. There’s no perfect system of belief that exempts you from having to continually work to not be an asshole.
Like, it never stops. It’s not like you’re gonna read the right book of philosophy or religion or magic and be like “I’ve found it! The perfect idealogical framework! Now all of my actions for the rest of my life will finally be perfectly moral and impossible to criticize!”
an actual post i saw from a real staff member on here in response was that we “aren’t giving them enough money” to afford moderation that isn’t completely automate
yeah dude, even facebook can barely afford non-automated moderation, how do you think this hellsite could
I feel like we have this thread every week but somehow the majority view on this site is moderation as a switch you can flip that companies are just choosing to ignore
thing that drives me nuts about this is people notice demographic bias in who gets hit and assume that tumblr staff is specifically targeting black or trans (or whatever) users for moderation and it’s like, yes we can talk a bit about algorithmic bias and cultural sensitivity trading, but most often this phenomenon is largely due to report brigading, because that’s most determining factor in dictating whether or not something gets hit. It’s impossible for any site that allows reporting not to privilege report brigading, if only indirectly by giving brigaded content more attention.
it’s particularly funny in the context of the “why doesn’t tumblr just ban terfs” thing, because, like, targeted harassment is way less of a problem than it used to be here just because the tools to deal with it are so much better. report brigading is probably the most serious way in which the tumblr terf club makes things harder for other users, and this is not something where increasing the aggressiveness of moderation will necessarily help, since any more-aggressive moderation policy is going to be largely undirected.
and meanwhile people are constantly getting mad when huge institutional websites’ moderation rules treat “white people are bad” and “black people are bad” the same way, like I want you to think about how to implement the kind of moderation you actually want and think real hard about what you actually want is more centralized moderation or more diffuse curation.
Down with seasonal anime down with overconsumption down with every series regardless of how complex needing to be boiled down to fit into 12 episodes
there’s just too many shows
too many shows and they’re coming out at such an unprecedented rate that we can’t even fully appreciate them. and I KNOW that people are slaving away in unethical work conditions to make them, all so that nobody can even remember them, no matter how lovingly crafted or beautiful they really are
Unfriendly reminder that all you idiots being like “yeah just pirate media now, fuck corporations!” posting links and just openly telling people where to download pirated media are why it’s so hard to find safe, working sites for it anymore.
I’ve been doing this shit for over 20 years and the availability has gone down as it’s become more mainstream. The more you publicly talk about all these sites the less there are. Shut up. Tell people in private or don’t tell them at all.
discord is adding parental surveillance. as nerdskii’s tags pointed out its a ridiculous measure that doesnt help anyone because apps like Signal exist for actual illegal/sketchy activity and this just hurts lgbt teens looking for somewhere to be themselves and have resources especially with conservative parents
I use android. this is my secure folder, which was built into my phone. it has a customize option, so I’ve made it look like some bland fitness app. when you open it, it asks you to enter a password or unlock it in any other way you’ve set it to unlock before it lets you in
inside of this folder is like a 2nd phone almost, I can hide apps in here or have different accounts on apps I’ve already installed. I have a separate discord and tumblr inside of my secure folder (which I moved this blog to recently)
there are similar third party apps, usually disguised as a calculator that you set a certain number or calculation as the password to unlock. that’s a lot more inconspicuous if opened, but also more well known, and parents might be looking out for any suspicious calculator apps
also, be careful what 3rd party apps you download, especially when it’s concerning things like your accounts and data! make sure you’re downloading something safe and secure
this isn’t foolproof, depending on how far your parents are going to track you. if they’ve installed anything or had you install anything on your phone or computer, or had the chance while you weren’t there, be careful for spyware. some apps report how long you look at each app, or can record sound from your phone on demand
also important: a good VPN can secure what you’re looking at from the router, which parents may be able to access information from, but this also isn’t guaranteed to work if the parental controls are set to block VPNs
another one, if your parents are tracking your location but not your app usage: download a GPS spoofer. you don’t necessarily need to root your phone for this, as long as it’s supported in developer settings. a lot of them are branded as tools for pokemon go, which can be helpful for plausible deniability
parents reading this: these are things I’ve learned from constantly having my shit taken and looked through as a teen. you aren’t protecting your kids, you’re ruining any chance of them trusting you with anything. if something goes wrong, you’re going to be the last person they tell, because someone who goes to these lengths to see any little thing isn’t going to be chill when something actually bad happens if this is how you act when literally nothing is happening
