#scraper

[mangrit-fr]

Him… swomnpy

Was a pain in the ass to paint something so detailed

[heracliteanfire]

Scraper with mammoth ivory handle and stone (chert or flint) blade. Alaska, C19th(?).

via British Museum

[ultimateanna]

Silent Hill 3 - Otherworld

[kaliina-catoe-blog]

I just found out my DPxDC trans Danny post got SCRAPED.

AI video on TikTok of shitty ass gameplay, with dumbass AI reader.

I honestly would not even be upset, if the person had 1) properly credited me AND ALSO 2) just read it without the AI. Seriously! If you want to read one of my posts on your YT series or something? Tell me, don't use AI, and give me credit! Don't just scrape my blog and steal my shit to profit off of MY work.

I put effort into posting - especially being chronically ill, my fingers lock up horribly while typing, and it's physically difficult sometimes to write. I love writing, and I will continue to do it, but I don't want to have to shut down my blog or move or something just because other people can't respect me.

Whoever did it, did it *so soon* after I posted it here that I'm genuinely thinking 1) they're a tumblr user. They have a real account and they probably even follow me. 2) they're probably following a LOT of the same people I am. Because, lo and behold, the rest of the page is FULL of my favorite Moots and accounts.

I legitimately looked through several of the most recent, and then came to tumblr to look at when the originals were posted, and this specific TikTok account is managing to get super recent posts. Almost so fast that they'd have to have been notified when they dropped.

So. Here's a direct call out, in a way I don't actually enjoy doing but I will because FUCK. THIS.

I don't make writing prompts, or posts, or fics, to just be shit on by scrapers monetizing MY content - content I don't make money off of! I have a Cashapp, and I don't push it very hard because despite being broke I also know that my intent behind creating is creativity not profit. I accept donations! Sure! But I don't monetize my works, and other people have absolutely zero right to profit off of me when even I don't.

As you can see, @nightingale-prompts @mentallyunawareofpapaya and @nerdpoe are just three creators being stolen from- and I just happen to follow Nightingale and Papaya, as well as a few other accounts being used by this guy.

I'm not even a big blog! I'm literally just got to 100 reblogs for a post for the first time today! 😭 I celebrated my milestone only to find out this person has THOUSANDS of interactions for literally stealing it. And with how the creator fund works there? They're making money.

Again! I wanna say. I personally do not mind if someone reaches out to me to ask "Hey, can I read your post in this video I'm making? This is how I'm doing it." as long as they're respectful, give me due credit, and don't use AI for it! I like channels like "The Click" who read posts because they're actually doing VA and giving credit to people. But this? I'm so tired.

[brian4rmthe6]

[obrizzly]

Tiffany Diamond

[couplebeersin]

"Don't worry Boss, we got you." - Hook probably.

After 5 hours of snapping little itty bitty parts together, the boys are done! After the hell they put me through, they can fuck off. Literally. 💜💚💦

[a-grim-thin-hope]

I don't know if this is something any of my readers (if they are on tumblr or follow me or otherwise) are concerned about, but I'd like to state once and for all that I won't be locking my fics on Ao3. There's a variety of reasons but the primary are--well, you can't unscrew the pooch and everything on there is already taken. Secondly, I've been a guest reader for nearly six years or around there. The position I was in at home didn't allow me to create an account or use my email address, and being able to read fics for free meant so much to me, especially when they were so high quality and so entertaining. They gave me literal hours of comfort, so the idea of that being removed for people in my same situation is sobering. I've had so many guests tell me they loved my work, which is so honouring, and half of my kudos are from them. I don't want to take that away. AI and scrapers are unfortunately going to be a part of our lives now, and only increasingly so as technology improves. Writing fanfic has always been SOLELY for my own enjoyment and improvement, and with how intertwined our lives and interactions are with the Internet, I don't really believe that you can keep anything perfectly private and secure. I understood that risk, and though I'm angry at the thought that my hard work and original ideas have been taken just to be recycled and ruined, it's also not something I can really change. The only control I have is whether or not I want to keep indiscriminately sharing something that brings me joy to do and has brought me joy to experience. And I do.