Way too many kinksters are reblogging agėre content and it NEEDS to stop!!
There should be absolutely no overlap between cgl/abdl and agėre blogs! One is kink and the other is not. We all know this. But I keep getting on ppl's blogs and seeing filtered re tags all over the place!
It needs to stop and here's why:
Most re communities have minors in them. Self-explanatory.
It breaks the most basic consent rules. Vanilla ppl don't wanna go on their agėre blogs and see their hobby/coping mech lumped in with kink. If they wanted to combine the 2 like us, they would.
It can trigger so many survivors. Just cuz a lot of us use ageplay as comfort for our baggage, that doesn't mean other ppl are comforted by it. It's very likely to be the total opposite for some, and can trigger really bad thoughts, memories, attacks, etc.
It gives the entire ageplay community a bad name. Kink blogging is a responsibility. It's your job as a kinkster to ensure no one can make the wrong assumption about our community or yourself thru what you reblog.
There's a lot more reasons but these are some of the most important imo. (Especially the minors & survivors points.)
Most ppl probably do this purely on accident, but there's a way you can avoid most re content and it's by blocking/filtering tags. Here's how to do that:
On mobile: Click on your blog(👤) > Settings(⚙) > Account Settings > Filtering > +New > Add the tags you want to block one by one
On desktop: Click on the account button(👤) top right > Settings(⚙) > Account (should be the first section pulled up automatically) > Scroll down to Filtering > Edit (🖋) to add tags one by one [There are help buttons if you need them]
Start with basic tags such as agėre, cglrė, kídcore, etc. That should cover the bulk of content from those communities. Add more tags as you come across them.
The best thing about filtering tags is that it works on deactivated blogs! So you can defs be sure you won't accidentally be promoting the wrong image on your kink blog even if the rb is from a dead account.
Of course, the #1 thing you should be doing with any post you want to reblog from an unfamiliar source is check the blog for an age and Do Not Interact criteria. You'd want ppl in your DNI to do the same. Respect for DNIs should always be mutual.
Check their bio and look to see if they have a pinned post with extra info. If they have an 18+ age listed and you don't see a DNI for kink/nsfw/ageplay, then and only then can you safely reblog. Doing this one thing that takes 5-10 seconds is crucial to protecting minors and survivors from getting exposed to our communities.
Finally, don't add kink tags to non-kink content. If you rb something from an ok vanilla blog, that doesn't give you the right to claim it as something kinky! Doing so is violating consent because you didn't ask if you could use their content as a kinky thing. (And it's very likely they don't want it labeled that way.)
Step up and take responsibility as a kinkster. Stop causing inappropriate overlap with the wrong communities!
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