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Other places to post stuff that aren't necessarily Tumblr: Anti-genAI edition.

Cara.app

Has anti-genAI policies baked into their terms. They also have Glaze built into their submissions system should you choose to use it.

Pillowfort.social

Haven't used it much, personally. I'm not going to comment on their fundraising or my outlook on their future or any of that stuff because it's all been discussed to death like five times over and more by now.

The important part here, is that they prohibit the posting and promotion of works using generative AI.

That said, I'm not saying "go here" or "don't go here". I'm not telling you to leave Tumblr entirely. It's up to you to read these places' terms in their entirety and decide what to do for yourself. But I know it sucks to feel like you have nowhere to go because you're being pushed out by the tech companies you rely on, so I hope this helps.

#tumblr alternative #cara.app #pillowfort.social #fyi

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ATTENTION ARTISTS OF TUMBLR

since tumblr is going to start scraping blogs to train ai be sure to glaze and nightshade your art!! Not only will both of these programs protect your art from being copied but nightshade also poisons any ai that tries to steal it

here is some more info on these tools and where you can download them:

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright (uchicago.edu)

Nightshade: Downloads (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - What is Glaze (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - Downloads (uchicago.edu)

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allow me to interrupt my regularly scheduled bitching with GIRL.

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Late night doodle

#art by others #thiira #galra thiira #THANK

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Can you please describe how cohost works? I remember having to pay for it, but idk if that's still the case, and is similar to Tumblr so that it'll be fairly easy to navigate?

The nutshell version:

You don't have to pay. When I signed up there was a waiting period between registration and being able to post. I have no idea if this is still a thing, but when I did it, it was about a day. (There's a Cohost Plus thing you can pay for but it's not mandatory and is presently only really for increasing your max upload size.)

It works a lot like Tumblr. If you're used to using this place, dollars to donuts you'll be able to use Cohost without any issue.

There is presently no algorithm, so no real built-in discovery. If you want to find stuff, search the tags and you'll probably find whatever you like.

You can hide 18+ content if you don't want to see it. This is, of course, dependent on people actually flagging their stuff as 18+, but as far as I've seen everyone's been really good about that.

The toggle is right inside the post box. Dead simple.

Bonus junk -

If you hate the color scheme but you use the Stylus extension, install this theme (https://userstyles.world/style/7690/cohost-theme-customizer) and you can make it any color you want.

There are no metrics. No way to see how many people have liked or reblogged your stuff, and no way to see how many followers you have. Some people hate this. I like it because it shaves some of the stress off.

You can toggle a bunch of things on other people's blogs depending on what you want to see.

There are no themes, but you can put images and junk into your sidebar, so you can still fancy up a bit.

As I mentioned in a prior post, you can make side-blogs, and those side-blogs all have their own feeds. So if you don't want your peas touching your potatoes, you don't have to let them touch.

There's probably more but that's about all I can think of right now. No, it's probably not a perfect solution for everyone and hopefully I'm not billing it as that. But it's great for people who love dicking around with HTML and CSS and just generally not being bothered by the kinds of crap we've gotten used to here and in other places so maybe some folks'll like it there.

#cohost

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If I can make just one more case for Cohost:

You can make side-blogs. And the feeds for all of those side-blogs are separate. At last, you can put a wall between your porn and your normie shit.

It's great.

#fuck AI #fuck tumblr

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Dear Tungle,

Love and hearts. But not really.

Absolutely fuck you, Tumblr @staff . I'll poison and glaze every single image I upload here, if I ever do. And all users should do the same.

#fuck AI #fuck tumblr #fuck matt mullenweg #fuck this shit

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BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

#fuck AI #fuck tumblr #fuck matt mullenweg #fuck this shit

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sighs and hangs out my shingle for what feels like the billionth fucking time since this genAI shitfest began

BSKY: https://bsky.app/profile/fusspot.rip COHOST: https://cohost.org/fusspot PILLOWFORT: https://www.pillowfort.social/fusspot WEB: https://fusspot.rip if you want the adult shit, it's no secret by now that i'm nozdraws. just search for that on whatever platform and you'll probably dig me up

i don't know the veracity of the tumblr x midjourney rumors because "two ex-coworkers" is not a lot to go off of but at this point, the fervor with which idiots are courting these companies leaves me, at best, extremely unenthusiastic about sticking around and continuing to post my work unless i've poisoned the shit out of it

source: https://www.tumblr.com/jv/742961132362514432

#where to find me #poot

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AHHHHHHHHHHHH

#gaming #gigantic #let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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"Nihilist Heron" 12"x16" acrylic, conté crayon, wax pastel on reclaimed support

Herons have captured my attention lately. I love their feathers and shapes.

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Tumblr night shift clocking in to post about a war criminal death

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https://ko-fi.com/fusspot/shop

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It's just a fucking sticker, calm down.

This is one big reason I left this fucking place, titpocalypse aside.

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"NOW LIVE: Prints for Palestine has launched! PRINTSFORPALESTINE.COM Prints for Palestine is an online art auction organized to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians, an organization directly supporting Palestinian healthcare workers on the ground."

BY @juleszuckerberg on tumblr/twitter

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Drawtober Day 25 of my RPG Monsters Prompt List Pt 2!

Behir!

Be proud of me for not doing another dumpy lizard! Decided to lean more draconic instead!

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realest thing i have seen in a while

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How long did it take you to get to your current art skills? Just curious :3c

An entire lifetime of practice in trying to make work that manages to validate my existence.

Fuck I wish I was joking.

#but yes. seriously. #my entire life. #i feel like my stuff subtly changes from year to year and it's hard looking back at stuff that's even 3 or 4 years old #so it's just a constant trudge forward trying to make pretty thing and hoping i don't fail at it.