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otterandterrier · 2 years
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Tumblr and the No Good, Very Bad Idea
So. You might have heard the news that, as of July 12, Tumblr is testing out converting GIFs into looping MP4 videos to help pages load faster:
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This is bad. Tumblr is the only mainstream site left where you can post GIFs and they’ll continue to be GIFs - well, sort of, as Tumblr previously tested and implemented turning GIF into GIFV with the same purpose, and it decreases the quality of the original GIF file. Turning them into MP4 videos is even worse.
GIFs are GIFs. They’re not videos. Creators spend hours making a GIF that will look good as a GIF, not as a video.
I hope I don’t need to explain to anyone why continuing to screw over creators is bad for a site like Tumblr, whose continued existence depends on creators not giving up on it, and why gif-making is important to fandom existence.
I for one will not continue to make any more gifsets if I know they’ll just be turned into MP4 files. It’s disappointing to spend my time making something and watch it become ugly once it’s uploaded - and that’s what is already happening without the MP4 conversion.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
Don’t bother sending a support ticket! They will tell you to do what I’m about to tell you:
Send an ask or submission to @wip​ - the official “work in progress” blog of Tumblr where people can send in suggestions.
Their ask box is open every Monday from 6AM to 6PM EST.
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The conversation isn’t over, guys, but it’s important to be a part of it. If you’re a creator or support creators (and you should), then set an alarm on Monday and go send them a message.
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phantomoftheorpheum · 6 months
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does anyone else feel like being a fanfic writer has become increasingly lonely recently? i think it's all fandom creators, really, but i haven't been doing other forms of content creation recently. does anyone else feel like they're sitting in a glass box and loads of people are walking by, looking in the windows, but almost no one thinks to acknowledge you with a wave, and even fewer bother to say hello?
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Sign the petition: stop Tumblr’s community labels from destroying community spaces
SIGN THE PETITION HERE!
TL;DR:  Community Labels have become the newest form of cyber harassment on Tumblr.com. While the system is suitable in its conceptual form, in practice it has been shown to actively harm the very communities it claims to be protecting. We submit this petition as a request to Tumblr.com to review their Community Labels system and effect change that protects one of – if not the – major attractions of this platform.
Community Labels were announced by Tumblr.com’s staff account on the 27th of September, 2022. Cited as a desire for users to “be able to fully express themselves while also having control over what they encounter on their dashboards”, this move is just one step of many that the social media platform has taken to regulate the presence of NSFW – an internet colloquialism that stands for ‘not safe for work’ – content, from fanart, images, GIFs, fan-fiction and more. This encapsulates a broad range of subject matter deemed hazardous for underage persons to interact with, including but not limited to violence, substance use and sexual themes. The set-up of this function coincides with all Tumblr blogs – both newly-made and existing – being set to ‘default’, in which all mature content is hidden unless these settings are manually adjusted. Indeed, it is an effective idea; Community Labels would, in theory, allow minors and adults to coexist in the same space without the eventuation of crossover, the consequences of which range from questionably moral to borderline unlawful.
In theory.
There is no doubt that Tumblr staff had the best of intentions in launching what is effectively a ‘child lock’ system. However, what has resulted from the rollout of Labels does not align with the intended purpose as outlined above. Across the platform, thousands of creators are experiencing what can only be described as a ‘weaponising’ of community labels; one of the key functions of this program allows other users to report content as ‘missing a Community Label’, and the subsequent application of these supposed ‘missing’ Labels is swift and often devastating. In a community that relies so heavily on engagement, the impact of labelling by its very nature prevents the uninformed user from viewing content that is often lovingly crafted over hours on end, ultimately intended for a wider audience to see and appreciate.
There are two major design flaws in Tumblr’s approach to a Community Labels system: one, that a large proportion of users are unaware of the platform’s decision to conceal labelled content as a default blog setting; and two, that there appears to be virtually no discrimination when it comes to the application of Labels to reported content. Most new arrivals to the platform are uninformed of the default setting, raising questions as to whether or not Staff have appropriately informed users of this change. But what is more concerning is the manner in which reported content is dealt with.
It has become custom for individuals to target content creators – due to a range of reasons, but often personal and inflammatory in nature – by mass-reporting their work. It seems that, due to the speed and inaccuracy in which Labels are applied, a certain threshold reached results in an automatic Label being added. Because of this, engagement with work that is key to facilitating the growth and development of fan spaces online is nosediving and content creators are reporting decreases in engagement across the site.
Community Labels have become the newest form of cyber harassment on Tumblr.com. While the system is suitable in its conceptual form, in practice it has been shown to actively harm the very communities it claims to be protecting. So, what should be done about this?
Here are some suggestions:
The default setting should only be applied to accounts that are under 18.
The default setting should be applied across all accounts, but this should blur posts rather than conceal them completely for users who are above 18 years of age.
More advertisement of this change should be made available to users, new and existing – pop-ups in account settings, inboxes, DMs, whatever can be reasonably effected to achieve this.
Remove the ability for other users to suggest Community Labels, or ban accounts who mass-report content across a period of time from accessing this function.
These are but some changes that could be made, and are by no means an exhaustive list of potential responses to this rising issue. But something must be done.
We, the content creators, the backbone of fandom spaces in the modern age, have had enough. It is already difficult to navigate social media as a person who puts their effort and hard work out for the public’s judgement; we do not also need to contend with this new form of persecution and censorship.
We submit this petition as a request to Tumblr.com to review their Community Labels system and effect change that protects one of – if not the – major attractions of this platform.
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To all the gif makers/writers/artists/creators in general on here: you are such wonderfully talented people. Thank you for giving your time and effort to things that brings people so much fun and joy.
You’re all doing amazing, sweeties.
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savethegrishaverse · 3 months
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We’re back with our next round of prompts Third Army! This week (February 4th to February 10th) we want to talk all about friendship with the #Friends Along The Way. We want to talk about the deep love that these characters share with each other, the platonic life bonds they form even as their paths diverge, and the friendships we’ve made ourselves within this fandom!
Writing prompt: Pull up a random generator of all the Grishaverse characters (you can find one here), and write a fic about the first three characters you get! Maybe they’re enemies to friends, or maybe they’ve been friends for so long it just feels natural to them. Who knows, maybe they have a friendship that hasn’t been explored in the books or shows yet!
Writing prompt: We see in brief moments of the show how hard our characters will fight for each other - but write us a scene where the characters will truly risk everything to protect the people they love!
Writing prompt: Write an essay on a niche Grishaverse topic that you are obsessed with but no one else seems to talk about.
Art prompt: Draw yourself as a Grisha on a journey with your friends to (or even through) the Fold!
Art Prompt: Animes like One Piece, Fairy Tail, and Pokemon prioritize the “found family” or the team over flesh and blood. Draw the Grishaverse characters in the style of another found family you adore!
Photoshop challenge: We have celebrated a lot of birthdays over the last few weeks - Simon’s, Freddy’s, Anna’s and Sujaya’s, and now Lewis’s! Let’s photoshop all the birthday gang into one big party picture!
Photoshop challenge: Love them or hate them, yearbook photos populate many a grungy basement, and friends tend to sign them at leisure! What would a Grishaverse yearbook look like?
Mixed Media challenge: Every group of friends have that one friend that has a secret talent they’re really good at. Whether it’s knitting, or cooking, or sewing, or juggling, show off your own secret talent by making something that you were inspired by the Grishaverse fandom to make!
Question/Answer prompts: There are many different friendships and interactions across all the books and all the episodes of the show. What was a moment that really stuck out to you as a moment where characters had each other’s backs?
Every week I want to ask people to share happy/hopeful stories about Grishaverse and the campaign. Let’s talk about the friends we’ve made, the kindness in the fandom, and any moments of hope we can share to keep our spirits strong!
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waytooinvested · 5 days
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Fandom creators tag game
1. What sort of content do you create, and what is the thing you’ve made that you’re most proud of? Mostly I write fanfiction. Sometimes I make little needle felted character dolls. Over all proudest is probably still The Hands I Used to Touch (Call the Midwife), but for my current fandom (Supergirl) it's Forgotten, Not Forgiven, as that is my latest big project and home to all the fluffy supercorp that I need in my life (okay not in the published chapters but IT WILL BE EVENTUALLY I PROMISE)
2. What fandom(s) do you create for? Right now just Supergirl, and I have only written three fics for that one so far (but hopefully more to come!) Before that it was Call the Midwife.
3. What is your current favourite ship (or brotp if you prefer), and how controversial is it? Supercorp, ie Kara/Lena for Supergirl (I know, I’m so quiet about it on this blog you would never have guessed). It occupies an interesting space of being simultaneously entirely non controversial in that it is by far the biggest ship I have ever engaged with, while also being extremely divisive, both within and beyond fandom spaces. But I arrived here LONG after most of that had happened, and am now just happily playing in the sandpit of creative space while the bones of drama stay *mostly* buried. Always a bit of a shock when one rises up to try and kick down your sandcastle though (yes, I am aware that that is a mildly horrifying visual)
4. For your answer to question 3, are they canon? They are not (TECHNICALLY), but there is enough raw material in canon to build The São João Baptista, and that is enough for me. That and the 21,302 (and counting) fics with their relationship tag on AO3.
5. What was your first fandom, and how old were you? The first I actually engaged with other fans over was Call The Midwife in my early 20s, and that was because I snapped after seeing one too many tv lesbians get hit by a car.
6. What is your most unhinged fandom creation to date? Unhinged is not really my brand so I don't really have anything good for this one. Is Kara gets accidentally miniaturized unhinged? Or a bait and switch Lena "villain" arc? I think probably not really to either, but that's the closest I've got for this fandom so far...
7. Do you remember what started you off creating fandom content, and if so, what was it? The aforementioned incident between Delia and a car, which left her with amnesia and taken away to Wales mere moments after she and Patsy had moved in together. But I’m over it. Honest.
8. Do you let people you know in real life see your fandom creations? Not usually, I get shy about it. The exceptions are my wife (but we met via fandom so that one maybe doesn’t count) and on occasion my best friend, who talked me round by being an enthusiastic sweetheart.
9. How do you feel about fanworks of fanworks? Has anyone ever made something based on a thing you made? A few people have made fan art for my fics and it felt like the absolute highest compliment that could be paid to my writing. It was amazing to know that something I wrote meant enough to people to inspire them to go and create their own thing from it, and I loved getting to see other people’s takes on the version of the characters/story I had created. I think it's one of the best things about fandom communities! But I do understand why other people might feel differently about something they have poured so much of themselves into making, so I guess the main thing is trying to be respectful with it, crediting the source, and accepting people's boundaries. Basically I think we should all just be kind to each other and have fun.
10. What feeling do you most often try to evoke with your creations? I'm generally seeking my own catharsis through writing fix-it fic for painful things that happened in canon, so I guess a certain amount of pain followed by the eventual fluffy feel good satisfaction of resolution, but honestly I consider it a win if I can evoke a whole spectrum of emotions along the way.
11. Has someone ever paid your work a compliment (in any form) that has stuck with you, and what was it? Someone once liked my fic so much that she married me about it, so it’s hard to beat that haha. But on a more usual level, people making fanart for my fic was a HUGE one. And also just when people have left particularly in depth comments, commented on every chapter, told me they're rereading or that a fic of mine was their favourite etc... Basically just knowing that something I made has really meant something to someone gives me all of the warm fuzzy feelings, and I am very grateful to each and every person who has taken the time to tell me so!
12. What’s your favourite thing someone else has made that you’ve seen in the last 24 hours (and link it if you can find it again!) Originally I had the bouquet toss ficlet by @fazedlight here, because it just captures the characters so beautifully, but then I left this sitting in my drafts and it is now more than 24 hours ago that I saw it, so I'll add this adorable art by @awaitingrain, because LOOK AT IT! They are so cute??! Also I relate to gentle nomming as a display of affection XD
13. Give a small sneak preview of something you’re working on right now (eg a couple of sentences of fic from a WIP, a gif set theme, a small piece of a larger picture, whatever you feel happy to share) "Lena Luthor was dangling from the side of a cliff, nothing between her and the vast chasm of space below but the small jutting nodule she was clinging to to keep from falling.
How the hell had she ended up here?
Well. She knew how of course.
Kara Danvers was how."
14. Have you ever seen/read anything made by the person who tagged you? If so, what was it and what was your favourite thing about it? (pick a favourite if there are several) SO MANY!! it’s hard to pick a favourite of hers honestly because she is a RIDICULOUSLY good writer, but I’m going to go with The Next Best Thing by @cynicalrainbows. I don’t tend to read many kidfics but this one is the absolute best I have come across, she captures the child perspective fantastically well while also being incredibly engaging and entertaining to an adult reader. It is what successfully pulled me into reading Six fanfic despite (at that point) never having seen the musical. Even if you haven’t either, I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out. Or go and read her new Paperdolls fic and help grow that fandom, which I think currently has all of two people in it!
15. Do you leave comments on fandom works, and if so how would you describe your comment style? I do! I know how much I love it when people do it for me, so I try to leave comments on every chapter of the fics I read (or add tag notes for tumblr art/fic reblogs), and give specifics about what I like about it. Sometimes I just fully liveblog the fic reading experience, which is always fun. I also find it makes you engage and appreciate the work more because you’re taking your time to really think about it, AND it makes an author happy to receive (at least so I hope), which makes me happy.
16. How many works in progress do you currently have? Will you finish them all? Not counting a couple of dump documents of ideas and snippets, technically 3, I guess? One is Forgotten, Not Forgiven (Supergirl) which is my big one and will definitely be finished. The others are less certain – Storybooks and Siren Suits (Call The Midwife) is the one kidfic I have ever written, and is both my longest story at 151,020 (published) words, and also the one I am least likely to finish, because it has been stuck on the same chapter for around 3 years now. The other is Small Problem… (Supergirl) which could be counted as a finished oneshot, but I will probably end up adding further Adventures of Tiny Kara at some point.
17. what’s the longest it’s ever taken you to finish a fandom project?Well, see above re: 3 year stall on new updates. For actually fully finished and published stories I think it was around 6 months.
18. Describe the thing you made most recently in a way that is technically true, but also completely misleading. Link the thing if it’s published! Lena discovers Kara in Lex’s bed, then decides to lure her into friendship under false pretenses. Alex helps her do it. Forgotten, Not Forgiven.
19. Do you ever engage with fanworks for a fandom you’re not in? Which one(s) and how did you get into it? See above re: getting into fanfiction for Six!
20. Recommend a fan work from your fandom to your followers That’s tough because there are so many amazing ones, but I think I will go with I Guess I Live Here Now by @fabulousglitch, because it was both the first fic I really got into for supercorp and also contained everything I wish the characters could have had in canon. I know I am several years late to the party so if you are in the supercorp fandom you have probably already read it, but if you haven’t read it GO READ IT, IT’S SO GOOD!
Suggested tag list, but there are no rules here, follow your heart.
A mutual you have never actually spoken to but think seems cool @nottawriter
The most recent person whose content you engaged with (eg read a fic, reblogged art, whatever form you feel best fits) @sideguitars (and I still owe you a comment on AO3 for that!)
Someone whose content you saw via tags/reblogs and you followed them because of it @sssammich
Someone in your fandom that you think makes cool things @fazedlight
Someone in a different fandom that you think makes cool things @havaamina
Someone you always tag on things like this @cynicalrainbows
Someone you have never tagged before @thatonebirdwrites
Someone you would like to get to know better @thecasualqueer
Someone who makes art you like @pea-green (I don't know if you still do fandom drawing/writing these days, but your commissioned art is still up in my house/in my profile picture and I love it so much)
Someone who writes fics you like @fabulousglitch
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hl-obsessed · 6 months
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lets spread some love. who are your favourite creators in this fandom?
@enchantedlandcoffee @faithinthefuturedeluxe @louisgayvodka @28goldens @arastar @lebesyej @thetriangletattoo @harrehleh @369sec @jacaranda-bloom @thedevilinmybrain @allwaswell16 @wemadethishome @louisarmpits
Fanarts, fanfics or even just amazing posts
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teleiapotami · 5 months
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Our Discord server has evolved!!
The Fandom Creators Guild <- link
Fandoms unite to give support and share content from a rainbow of shows and games!
Our current list of fandoms includes Fairy Tail, One Piece, Fruits Basket, Black Clover, Pokemon, Digimon, Ouran High School Host Club, and the list is only growing!! Like minds love to see what you have made, and help inspire and support you whenever you need it!
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psychicmisfortune · 4 months
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there lives an ever-present fear in me that i'll analyse a character wrong, i'll forget an important detail, i'll read into it wrong, and all these other things. but what i (and you reading this) have to understand is that a lot of characters are up to interpretation and so are their relationships! and that's ok! also, your content isn't for everyone no matter what! so go analyse those sillies and draw them with extra stuff and ship things that might not make sense!
have fun in fandoms, because it is the goal of creative spaces!!
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The moment we have all been waiting for...
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Soon, we will reveal our newest members, starting on August 1st! Stay tuned, and stay hyped!
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songforeddiemunson · 1 year
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Happy International Fanworks Day!
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To all the content creators; you glorious giffers, the fabulous fic writers, the gorgeous fanart makers, and everyone else who brings us content, I see you and I appreciate you! ❤️❤️❤️
Tagging some of my favorite creators to spread the love. Please share and tag your faves! 🙂
@morninglesss @munsons-maiden @kwistowee @icallhimjoey @punk-in-docs @joesquinns @joejoequinnquinn @luveline @mantorokk-writes @thyla @newlips @princess-josephina @edwardmunsen @machine-slays-dragons @buckley-robin @lovejosephquinn @josephquinned @userquinn @ellie-joel @waynemunson @nowadayz @userquinn @kingofscoops @ceriseheaven @sparkle-fiend @palomahasenteredthechat @mcbride @ladyfogg @quinnsbower and SO many more I'm sure I'm forgetting because I'm a literal space cadet but thank you THANK YOU, TRULY. You are what makes Tumblr and other fandom spaces the remarkable places that they are. Thank you. ❤️
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sarahowritesostucky · 3 months
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I’m not the sort to let my family spot a smutty Stucky sticker on my laptop, but I thought this Ao3 one and one of Bucky’s hand might be safe 😅
Glad to support fanartists' shops on Etsy!
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Inflomora (@inflomora-art)
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A PSA to anyone who follows/ likes/ tolerates me, haha:
I'm very grateful to your love and support, and will always stan you as my blorbos (fuck, am I using that right?).
Let me use the opportunity to voice - now, instead of a time when this reminder might be necessary - that I do not want anonymous hate being sent to anyone else on my behalf.
I shouldn't have to say this, but with the state of things as they are... well. Let it be said now.
If I have issues with someone, I will almost NEVER post that business online. If I do, I'd appreciate being given the grace to figure out the problem by myself, WITH the other person/s. Sending inappropriate asks to those you suspect of being involved (and it really will only ever be a suspicion) is only going to make it harder for me to ensure that ruffled feathers are smoothed and we can all go on our way.
I'm a big girl, I promise. I rarely have 'beef' with anyone. I most definitely don't need others fighting my battles for me, especially not in ways that do so much more harm than good. So, please - don't be meanies. Let us vibe.
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writingwife-83 · 1 year
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spaced0lphin · 1 year
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Fic to Official — Is there a Pathway?
Have there ever been fic writers who go on to write for their favourite IPs in an official capacity? I’d say “asking for a friend,” but let’s be real — I’m not, I’m asking for me. I’m the friend, and because I am a good friend to myself, I’m going to put it out there.
I get this weird sense sometimes; like it’s somehow gauche or silly to wonder about such things and that even voicing the desire is both redundant and an act of flagrant ass-showing. As though it’s an unwritten rule within fandom that to wonder aloud if you could ever contribute officially to something is a marker of unrestrained and offensive delusional grandeur. A social faux pas of the highest order. I’m saying the same thing six ways here — which, I’ll admit — doesn’t do me wonders in the realm of selling myself as a writer at the moment, but I digress.
I’m compelled to wonder… and that’s because I am, admittedly and with affection, insane. I’d be my own friend. I am my own friend — but I am also completely off my rocker. I think that might work to my benefit even if I don’t have the typical background.
I am a creative person. I do 3D & 2D art, I write, and sometimes I make music. I combined these skills to make a big narrative mod for an existing IP. (I’m hard at work refining its second edition, but the first is out there and playable.)
I moved to another country at the age of 19 on my own and without any help from my family. I went to university and got a degree in Game Art. I’ve done and continue to do a lot of things people told me all my life I could never do, and I’ve even achieved some of them. When making my mod, I found a precision knack for non-linear narrative storytelling and obsessively writing dialogue to be as on-model as I could. I’m not trying to blow my own horn off too much, but that’s a recurring theme with feedback for my writing that I notice — my dialogue ‘sounds’ correct. I think my attention to character voice and writing themes that work to their strengths is something that would make me a good fit as a franchise writer for an established IP. I just don’t know what the hell to do about it, frankly.
I would probably commit crimes of some kind or other to work on narrative teams at BioWare or Respawn. These studios — Respawn in particular, these days — have the kind of character-focussed writing that sort of makes me salivate, as a creative person. I’ve tried pursuing a few different studios for advice on all this but never received anything back. So why not ask the writing community?
I do get told sometimes, “write a book.” I’ve certainly got plans for that, but the question is — has there ever been a fandom creator who’s got in on the merits of the things they’ve made for fandom? What did they do to achieve that? Why don’t we talk about it? And… could I be one?
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surreal666 · 1 year
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Winter sale! I'm hoping to clear out a lot of last year's stuff and make room for new creations! Everything in the shop is 25% off for the whole month of January, and there are LOTS of great assorted bags, kitchen things, and iPad sleeves available. Many Schitt’s Creek items and other fandoms, as well as assorted fun designs.
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