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This is a terrifying norm I’ve been seeing in fandom recently, with a lot of people asking for photo ID’s to enter a server or for 18+ commissions or to follow a private Twitter account. While I understand the sentiment and realize that there’s an issue of minors trying to get into adult spaces, this is an incredibly dangerous practice that needs to stop.

I have seen this popping up more and more in the past year and frankly, I’m sick of sitting back and watching it become a social norm. Not to mention, there is a huge difference between a company with a team of lawyers and legal statements with the intention to protect your information and giving this to a random person online.

Here is an article from IAPP discussing more in depth the current difficulties for age verification online.  Thanks to @murmurkins for digging around to find this!

Here is also some resources for Discord specifically on how to moderate and run a server that has 18+ channels and designating a server as 18+. Discord also notes that if you are locked out of 18+ channels, you can appeal this by sending a picture of yourself and either a photo ID or your Discord tag. Again, while not a perfect solution, this is their last resort, not the intial requirement. It’s dangerous to do, and Discord recognizes this, which is why they have a system to protect your information AND they require that all third-party individuals have a privacy policy telling individuals how they will protect others’ information. 

If anyone wants to respond to this post with more information on other websites, feel free! The biggest issue I have seen with this is on Discord, so that is where my information is focused.

TL;DR: Don’t give your ID out online to random people for your safety. Make sure who you are giving personal information to has a privacy policy. While it is an issue that minors are accessing 18+ content, this is not a safe solution to the problem.

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[purrs in a dragon way]

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The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495–1505. Unknown Netherlandish. Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts.

#heraldy

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type: null doodle

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YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

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Reminder that this blog is and will always be anti-Zeta and anti-bestialist. If you have a problem with that, unfollow me, block me, I don't give a shit. We don't and will never condone the sexual abuse of real damn animals.

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tapping foot to stim? no. tapping foot to mimic my tail? absolutely.

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Only real gamers remember

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Hello, it's been a while and I forgot how this site works

#dragons

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Dominik Mayer

#severance

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The Otherhearted Community Survey is gathering data about otherhearted people’s experiences and understandings of themselves and their community. The survey asks questions about participants’ hearttypes, how they personally think of the definition of the word otherhearted, and about emotions such as dysphoria. This survey takes about 10 minutes, depending on how much you put in write-in questions. House of Chimeras (@liongoatsnake), Orion Scribner (@frameacloud), and Page Shepard (@who-is-page) created this survey together.

This survey is open to anyone 18 or up who identifies with the label “otherhearted” or other synonyms with that word. It is also open to anyone who has experiences or emotions that they put under the “otherhearted” label or synonymous words. Your body MUST be age 18 or older to participate in this survey.

>>> SURVEY LINK <<<

This survey will close May 31st, 2023. We will collect data from the survey, which we will publish online afterwards and use for research purposes. All submissions are anonymous. This survey collects no identifying information. Any identifying information that participants have submitted in write-in responses will be similarly made anonymous or removed entirely.

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[purrs in a dragon way]

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Honestly fuck everyone that says species euphoria isn't a good enough reason to identify a certain way/is immediately a sign of fluffy bunny wishful thinking. I spent quite a lot of time pushing away certain possibilities BECAUSE they made me happy which is just a completely backasswards way of looking at life.

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The mythical beast known as the alphyn. I love mythical monsters.

#between my fursona being a boreyne #and silvally being a vaguetype #heraldic beasts always make my heart smile a bit...

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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED (1/1)

Double Dysphoria! (be otherkin and trans at the same time)

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Miraidon x Silvally sketch (kofi monthly reward ☕)

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Aqueous

oil on panel // patreon, store

#dragons