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a year ago
I'm over there, too :) https://bsky.app/profile/anophis.art
The changes to twitter/x right now are pretty depressing. Not being able to opt out of the ai scraping anymore is frustrating, as well as the block system now being half-functional.
I noticed YouTube do this long ago, too. You used to be able to block people. Now, the most you can do is "hide" their comments from other people on your channel. They still pester you, you still see it - It sucks. Having my stalker harassing me for years makes me appreciate sites with /good/ block systems. Even if a person can just make a side account and keep harassing you, having the hard block there is good proof that they're intentionally bypassing it and going against your comfort, and keeping a record of that goes far in having to document if things escalate.
It's starting to feel more and more sites are not caring for the comfort of their users. I don't know what benefit there is to denting the block system when it was perfectly fine before. I feel similar for FA at times - blocking doesn't hide content it seems, just stops communication. If someone is uncomfortable with art they see I'd rather a good tag blocking system be there for people to block stuff they don't want to come across.
Seriously, this stuff just feels like the bare minimum of making a site that is based on sharing media, especially visual media. I love like the idea of making people accidentally uncomfortable with things. I've been toying with the idea of thumbnailing some things on the future (I've had several separate accounts for snuff stuff years ago, but forgot the email and pws constantly :(), I don't enjoy thumbnailing stuff but it doesn't seem like FA is gonna change that anytime soon either.
Tldr; the Internet would be a nicer, happier place if it was easier to avoid things you don't want to see, and to focus on things you do want to see. There's a bunch of talk of algortithms and whatever but they never seem to really be that focused. Twitter for instance is very intent for years now on showing me the same posts and trending hashtags despite me over and over blocking them. 😐 I don't understand how an algorithm can't pick that up.
Right now, I hear FA is hitting little/abdl/babyfur artists very hard. I understand a lot of people have their dislike of such content but really? Furry in itself is a niche - furry /combined/ with other niche communities makes it even harder to find places you can fit in and enjoy content with others like you. I've looked around on snuff places like darkfetishnet in the past, and furry is so uncommon there and often just gets you laughed out. Sometimes sites like FA seem to be the only central hubs they can explore, without resorting to scrawling around for private chats to join. I imagine this is similar for many abdl communities. The ability to self-cater our experiences would greatly improve this and allow people to make their own little micro communities. Tagging allowing to block or follow content, dedicated feeds/groups on themes, blocking uploads from certain accs without needing to actively block the person themselves (big peeve of mine - I can dislike a certain theme without wanting it to look like the artist is the problem! They're usually totally fine!), whatever - I wish we all had better control of that.
I totally believe it's capable a site full of such varied interests can all coexist, that we don't need to call out "don't follow this person they draw____" and what not - I just wish sites made it easier to do that.
The changes to twitter/x right now are pretty depressing. Not being able to opt out of the ai scraping anymore is frustrating, as well as the block system now being half-functional.
I noticed YouTube do this long ago, too. You used to be able to block people. Now, the most you can do is "hide" their comments from other people on your channel. They still pester you, you still see it - It sucks. Having my stalker harassing me for years makes me appreciate sites with /good/ block systems. Even if a person can just make a side account and keep harassing you, having the hard block there is good proof that they're intentionally bypassing it and going against your comfort, and keeping a record of that goes far in having to document if things escalate.
It's starting to feel more and more sites are not caring for the comfort of their users. I don't know what benefit there is to denting the block system when it was perfectly fine before. I feel similar for FA at times - blocking doesn't hide content it seems, just stops communication. If someone is uncomfortable with art they see I'd rather a good tag blocking system be there for people to block stuff they don't want to come across.
Seriously, this stuff just feels like the bare minimum of making a site that is based on sharing media, especially visual media. I love like the idea of making people accidentally uncomfortable with things. I've been toying with the idea of thumbnailing some things on the future (I've had several separate accounts for snuff stuff years ago, but forgot the email and pws constantly :(), I don't enjoy thumbnailing stuff but it doesn't seem like FA is gonna change that anytime soon either.
Tldr; the Internet would be a nicer, happier place if it was easier to avoid things you don't want to see, and to focus on things you do want to see. There's a bunch of talk of algortithms and whatever but they never seem to really be that focused. Twitter for instance is very intent for years now on showing me the same posts and trending hashtags despite me over and over blocking them. 😐 I don't understand how an algorithm can't pick that up.
Right now, I hear FA is hitting little/abdl/babyfur artists very hard. I understand a lot of people have their dislike of such content but really? Furry in itself is a niche - furry /combined/ with other niche communities makes it even harder to find places you can fit in and enjoy content with others like you. I've looked around on snuff places like darkfetishnet in the past, and furry is so uncommon there and often just gets you laughed out. Sometimes sites like FA seem to be the only central hubs they can explore, without resorting to scrawling around for private chats to join. I imagine this is similar for many abdl communities. The ability to self-cater our experiences would greatly improve this and allow people to make their own little micro communities. Tagging allowing to block or follow content, dedicated feeds/groups on themes, blocking uploads from certain accs without needing to actively block the person themselves (big peeve of mine - I can dislike a certain theme without wanting it to look like the artist is the problem! They're usually totally fine!), whatever - I wish we all had better control of that.
I totally believe it's capable a site full of such varied interests can all coexist, that we don't need to call out "don't follow this person they draw____" and what not - I just wish sites made it easier to do that.
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