Hey, this is the original account of the tumblr that posted the photoshop you were in. Honestly I didn’t expect it to get that big, nor did I ever hope to mislead people to think the photo was real. Just want to apologize for that, I’ll edit the post to clarify if you’d like.
2/2 Follow up to my previous “ask”: I took down the blog. There’s a post explaining some things but the jist is that I never had malicious intentions and I felt bad about what happened. I apologize, I should have had more foresight before posting.
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Hello!
I appreciate you taking down the blog. I considered messaging you asking you to take down my photo, but decided that it was pointless for a few reasons: 1) It’s already been reblogged. 2) It (luckily) doesn’t have my name on it; it literally could’ve been anyone. 3) I did, after all, post the original photo myself. I understand that by posting photos of myself on the internet, I run the risk of people reusing those photos and potentially photoshopping them. That’s an inherent risk of posting things on the internet.
HOWEVER (and this is a huge “however”), you need to realize that I’m a real person. I know you didn’t know who the person was at the time of photoshopping it and posting it, as probably with most of the women you posted on your blog, but you need to realize that I and all those women are real individuals. Would you post a sexual photoshopped photo of your best friend or family member? Of course not. You actually know them and thus it becomes harder to post. I understand that there’s a certain level of disconnect between you and the women on your blog, but like I said, at the end of the day, they’re still people who still run the risk of coming across their own photos (as I did).
The original photo wasn’t even sexual. The content of the writing isn’t sexual. For reference, in case you haven’t seen it, here is the real, original version:
With that being said, I know you didn’t have malicious intentions. I do very much appreciate your apology and the fact that you took your blog down, and I accept your apology. You have the right and freedom to do whatever you want with other peoples’ photos, but moving forward, I do ask that you try to refrain from what you’ve been doing because it is immoral and unfair to the women who ended up on your blog without permission.
Absolutely. It was reckless and I fully realize the impact it could have on an individual now. Truth be told, I had found the image on Google, and that gave me this illusion that it was public enough to photoshop and not worry about.
Clearly that was a stupid thought. The internet is a place where things can spread very quickly, and to post anything that could potentially damage someone's reputation under the assumption that it won't be seen is just asking for trouble.
Again, I apologize, and I won't be making any more captions/photoshops. To my followers, THIS IS A PERSONAL DECISION. Don't put any blame on Gabbie or her followers, they aren't forcing me to quit or anything. They showed me why what I was doing was wrong, and even though I could make adjustments and do it the right way, I'd like to take this as an opportunity to move onto other things as my intention was never to make porn as a hobby. I've got a life I need to focus anyway.
Cheers.