๐Ÿ”ž Mecha_Lead ๐Ÿ”ž (comms: paused qwq)

@mechalead.bsky.social

She/her (allegedly) | 23 | ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Supposedly draws things......... Liable to get weirder soon, you've been warned... Minors BEGONE.

Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x

A crappy photoshop paint image with a red star on blue, in comic sans is the message 'some people on the internet aren't American'

OK KO premiered 9 years ago?! Today, the show is not available to stream legally but is being kept alive by a devoted fanbase who I hear from all the time. You guys are the best. Thank you for watching the show!

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this goes for just about any platform you could think of, patreon twitch whatever, please do not do give money to creators through a platform's phone app unless it is literally the absolute only way you can do so. you pay more, the person you're trying to support gets less, it sucks for everyone

Part Time Yeen@parttimeyeen.bsky.social ยท 6mo ago

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

whenever younger folks talk about an AO3 app or apps for fiction platforms in general they NEED to understand the kind of terms of service they're expecting their artwork and reading to be filtered through as a result. there is always a cost to comply with big tech.

App Store Restrictions

If we did develop an official app, it is unlikely we could distribute it via the Apple App or Google Play stores. Both have rules against "objectionable" or sexual content which would require us to go against AO3's policy of maximum inclusiveness of fanwork content.

Apple's App Store developer guidelines state that "apps should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, in exceptionally poor taste, or just plain creepy", while Google's content standards "don't allow apps that contain or promote sexual content or profanity, including pornography, or any content or services intended to be sexually gratifying". While both app stores give slightly more leeway for user-generated content, they still only permit "incidental" sexual content and warn that apps that heavily feature, actively promote, or have a reputation for sexual content are subject to removal. Both app stores also generally require app makers to prescreen or remove "objectionable" content promptly when it is reported.

To have an app in either app store would require us to dramatically change what content we allow on AO3, which we are unwilling to do.

While it's possible to distribute apps outside of the Apple App or Google Play stores, it's a much more complicated process with a much smaller audience. We prefer to focus our efforts on improving the site itself, which benefits all of our users โ€“ regardless of which devices they use to access AO3.

(from https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/35806)
Organization for Transformative Works@transformativeworks.org ยท 2w ago

#AO3 has no official app. All AO3 apps are from third parties โ€“ please be cautious about sharing your data with them. For information about why we don't have an app, and tips to make your AO3 experience more app-like, check out our latest news post: otw-news.org/yckzuv3v

A megaphone with the OTW logo and the words 'OTW Announcement'

As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account

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WitchOfAvalon๐Ÿ”ž@witchofavalon.bsky.social ยท 9mo ago

Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices. If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.

corpo shittiness aside, what sort of idiots out here seeing an empty text field and immediately just jumping in like "thank you for the PORN I enjoyed the PORNOGRAPHY that I paid MONEY for in order to obtain ADULT PORNOGRAPHIC PORNOGRAPHY" like why is this a problem we have to psa about every week

Kitsyna Tyakoto, Painted Jolteon@kitsyna.bsky.social ยท 9mo ago

As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account