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sepdet · 11 months

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feedback I sent into support

I've been gone for most of the past two weeks, but I still noticed tumblr's sudden uptick in censoring LGBTQ+ content for Pride month (ahem, "June," as you vaguely labeled it; nice Overton Window you've got there). As a longtime patron of Tumblr (bought the poster, bought the tea light, have blazed tens of thousands of cat photos), I gotta say: DO BETTER.

Look (not mine):

https://www.tumblr.com/x-cetra/719486099903397888/bunbotgirlbutt-happy-pride-tumblr-to-celebrate

I was traveling, so I didn't keep track of the first 3-4 examples I saw, but it's not funny anymore. Here's a 1958 letter by a mom expressing support for her gay son and friends that got banned:

https://www.tumblr.com/x-cetra/719314142709809152/we-are-always-being-forgotten-and-erased-its-no

See my comments at the end of that post. STOP SEXUALIZING US FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T SEXUAL.

That's apparently why you've repeatedly flagged a well-known ace artist's full-page comic that includes a glimpse of one character's back (GASP) as mature — no butt, mind you, just the back — and decided her whole BLOG is mature, so that neither she nor her ace fans will be able to find or reblog it.

https://www.tumblr.com/southern-gothic-comic/

That artist's last highly-popular Tumblr f/f romance had zero sexual content in ten years, and you're forcing her off Tumblr:

https://www.tumblr.com/mintywolf/719482122974494720/mintywolf-ughhhh-tumblr-is-still-blocking-my-most

Meanwhile I can't search certain tags without getting raunchy stuff that makes *me* blush, and I'm pretty jaded.

Considering all the reports of nonsensical "mature" flags from unhappy artists and writers — eg that first example above— it's clear our LBGTQ+ community is once again being targeted/harassed by some group like Operation Pridefall. And you are caving in. Again.

FIX THIS NOW. Take steps to make sure you don't keep deleting and targeting LBGTQ Tumblr users, especially during Pride month, but how about always?

Or I am never blazing my fat floofy orange cat again.

#letter to support

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golvio · 10 months

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I don’t get the most popular conspiracy theory about what happened with AO3 besides taking the islamophobia at face value is “zomg the fanficcers doxxed themselves” when the most likely explanation is that it’s a bunch of white 8chan chuds. Putting on blackface to stoke racism while attacking queer people in some kind of weird convoluted “Pridefall” operation is EXACTLY what they’d do.

#homophobia tw #racism tw

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wumblr · 1 year

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i know "no kink in public" was a wedge issue from 4chan as part of operation pridefall but on the other hand "what about stageplay? are you just going to let the theater kids die" would be a funny post

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ungodlydandelion · 2 years

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Hey casual ass reminder that this "recent" "queer people are groomers" shit is neither new nor grassroots. It's deeply tied into "kink bad, kink shouldn't be at pride" bullshit. "Think of the children". "Save the children" (QAnon slogan about a conspiracy of a huge satanic cult sexually trafficking and abusing children, and drinking their blood to gain evil satanic power). It is astroturfed fear mongering.

It's from the shitheads who started up "Operation: Pridefall", who got their shit from the shithead evangelical preachers and the conservative right in the 80s & 90s.

They manufacture stories about queer people abusing children; while they themselves abuse children. LibsOfTikTok personally crafted stories which placed normal queer people alongside stories of non-queer teachers abusing kids, blamed the Uvalde school shooting on a trans person who was completely unrelated - and directly led to the Don't Say Gay bills and that person getting beaten up by random strangers.

Don't let these fuckers play in your face. Reject their horseshit.

Gay men, bisexual people, & lesbians are not grooming kids into becoming gay. Kids who are gay are just getting actual acceptance. Trans people are not grooming kids into becoming trans. Kids who are trans are just getting actual acceptance. "Grooming" is not what's happening; queer people being public and existing is not grooming - and it's absolutely disgusting to pretend that has merit.

They are trying to say you must morally oppose queer people because they are grooming children (by existing). Do not accept that premise.

#exchristian #text #exvangelical #ex christian #politics #the intersection between politics and exchristian

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drearyhours · 1 year

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The fact that people will buy multiple checkmarks on tumblr but wont do anything about Operation Pridefall is literally so evil

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malewifepalamedes · 2 years

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listen guys if i see one more bullshit discord notification about “””””operation pridefall””””” im going to shoot everyone in the server and then myself

#fizzy.txt #for the love of god stop doing 4chans job for them

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chewwytwee · 8 months

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The heritage foundation released a transphobic manifesto? Oh nooooooooo, America is dead in the water and republicans are gonna kill all trans people :|. Tumblr needs to stop Being so susceptible to fear mongering and learn how the real world works. Are you really gonna fall for every conservative ploy for relevancy? This is like operation Pridefall all over again because no one on this site has a frame of reference outside of anime and fan fiction. Of COURSE the heritage foundation is going to release a manifesto before an election where the GOP is more divided then it’s been in decades. Even if the GOP wasn’t divided, a think tank releasing a long document detailing their political project the year before an election year is not strange at all and just because they happen to be bigots doesn’t mean their hope for the future is any more tangible than anyone else’s. Conservatives are still convinced they can sell their party on transphobia and anti-queerness and they CANT. We saw what happened with the midterm elections, common conservatives aren’t resonating with the message their party is sending out. Republicans aren’t turning out to vote for their transphobic candidates because transphobia just isn’t enough to them The GOP hasn’t noticed this so they’re doubling and tripling down on the message of ‘America is going to be destroyed by progressive policy (queer people) and you need to vote for us to stop it’. It’s that simple, and if you actually paid attention to the real political landscape of America you would know this is bullshit, but tumblr sees transphobes being transphobic for clout and start quaking in their boots because they’ve never seen a publicity stunt or quarterly plan before ig. Brain dead fucking user base, someone needs to pass around a basic document on critical thinking because it’s dangerously low on here and it’s making it annoyingly hard to find good meme content when everyone is shitting their pants over nothing

#.txt #the real issue is tumblrinas need to start getting their politics #outside of tumblr #bitches will say ‘I’m a leftist!’#then not be able to name a single policy that they would want implemented to make the world a better place #tumblr is very comfortable being politically illiterate and conspiratorially minded

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june-egbert-official · 10 months

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What is more likely: Sudanese website took down Ao3 because of Gay Fanfiction.

Russian State Government took down Ao3 because of Gay Fanfiction.

4chan FINALLY did something with Operation: Pridefall that wasn’t just them bragging about whatever random misfortune has befallen Queer people...because of Gay Fanfiction.

Some random teenager in a basement apartment took out Ao3 because of gay Fanfiction, and then other groups insisted they did it, because it makes them look like an everpresent threat and/or because someone has decided to spin the Internet Bogeyman Wheel which only has “China”, “Russia”, and “4chan” on it.

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conspiracy-mlm · 4 years

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Serious post time. Please reblog, this is important.

Hi all, I've just been made aware about "operation pr1defall".

From what I know, 4.c.h.a.n is planning to infiltrate LGBT spaces during June, try and get sensitive information, spread lies about us, and harass minors. Some have said they are planning to share all sensitive photos of minors that they can, even attempt irl attacks. Its also been said they are planning on sending out gruesome photos of LGBT people being r*ped.

Please, especially young people, take extra care of yourself and the information you spread. You do not need to panic, you just need to stay safe. Don't give out harmful information (your phone number, address, etc). Don't share sensitive photos (we all know what i mean, n*des and the like. I know you think it's fun, but it's not worth it.)

If you find someone doing these things (on any site, not just tumblr), do not engage. Report them, maybe keep note of their username for the future, and move on. You do not need to panic.

Please, reblog and share. Our people need to stay safe. Add any information you know about this in reblogs or replies. Even if you think you will be safe, plenty won't.

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lazyperfectionisthuman · 4 years

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#pride month #operation pridefall #project pridefall #pridefall #lgbtpride #lgbtq

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cockroachmotherfucker10 · 4 years

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PRIDEFALL UPDATE: real or fake?

What is Pridefall?

Operation Pridefall, also known as Project Pridefall or simply Pridefall, refers to an attack planned by /pol/ (a political discussion board on the anonymous website 4chan) for all of June, AKA Pride month. The original 4chan thread, which has since been deleted, was primarily focused on “redpilling,” i.e. spreading queerphobic propaganda to make people question the LGBTQ+ community. However, now that it has spread outside 4chan, there are threats of harassing, doxxing, and outing queer people (especially minors) on social media, spamming gore and rape videos in private messages and Pride tags, and even kidnapping, assaulting, or killing queer people in real life.

Specific targets include Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and dating apps. The goal is to go after smaller accounts so the queerphobia isn’t lost in the comments.

Is Pridefall real?

Yes and no.

I searched “pridefall” on 4chan last night. Apparently any new threads on it are being deleted, and anytime someone mentions it, everyone calls them slurs and says no one is doing it.

However, Pridefall is gaining some traction on Instagram--I have seen it for myself. I don’t have TikTok or any dating apps, but I’ve heard that some people are spamming homophobia on TikTok. As for Twitter, I only looked briefly, but I saw some Pridefall accounts there, as well as a lot of warnings and blocklists from people who are worried about it.

I’ve also heard that there have been a few Reddit and Discord raids, and that there is an Operation Pridefall Discord server (someone who spied on them says they have been banned on Discord as well as a platform called Riot before, so very few people are left on the Discord server now).

What do you think, Lia?

This is not coming from 4chan. No one on 4chan is interested anymore.

Most likely, people outside of 4chan heard about it and decided to take matters into their own hands.

The original 4chan thread wanted to make Pridefall “normie-palatable” by avoiding Nazi imagery or other overt unpleasantness, but I have seen a LOT of both on Instagram. This reinforces my belief that 4chan isn’t doing this.

A lot of the people behind this are young, or at least unsophisticated. Most of the Pridefall accounts on Instagram engage in very childish trolling, and one of them said they were a minor. Some of the threats I’ve seen are so outlandish that I can only imagine they came from a fairly young person.

My guess? Most of these people are around 13-19.

There are also very few of them and some of them probably have multiple accounts. Anti-Pridefall accounts outnumber them by far.

However, on Instagram I’ve seen Pridefall accounts following each other and commenting on each other’s posts, so there may be a few groups working together.

A lot of this shit is going to get deleted. I know Instagram is working through reports very slowly right now because they have fewer people available due to COVID-19, but most of the worst accounts I saw last night were deleted by this morning. I saw some more accounts deleted today.

Most, if not all, of these Pridefallers are just trying to scare us. Because they’re probably quite young, there’s very few of them, their accounts keep getting deleted, and law enforcement can track online activity, there is no way they have the balls or resources needed to coordinate major attacks.

There is a very, very slight chance this could spill over into real life, but as long as you practice basic online safety, you will be fine.

That being said, if you are threatened or doxxed by a Pridefall account, PLEASE contact the police. Better safe than sorry.

I do think that the threat of being doxxed or outed is more real than the threat of being attacked. I have already seen one Pridefall account who posted a trans boy’s address on Instagram (he is okay, he posted recently) and another who posted someone else’s address.

There is little chance this will last throughout Pride month. Apparently the goal is for Pridefall to worsen until the end of June, but given that this is most likely just some vastly outnumbered teenage trolls who are bored in quarantine, I seriously doubt they’ll be able to stay interested for a whole month.

This might not be as big on Tumblr. Tumblr is a lot more anonymous than, say, Instagram, which will hopefully deter would-be doxxers. It’s also known to be a highly liberal and queer-friendly site, so any Pridefaller with half a brain cell should know that A) their content is sure to be outnumbered and reported (only us Tumblr users know how bad staff is at deleting questionable stuff), and B) anyone with the original goal of “redpilling” is sure to fail here. Plus, I only remember seeing few, if any, mentions of Tumblr on Pridefall planning threads.

Still, expect to see some Pridefall activity here. Unsurprisingly, not all of these Pridefallers have half a brain cell. Some of them will definitely be unable to resist the lure of a community as openly queer as Tumblr, and we’ve all seen or heard about doxxing, harassment, gore, Nazis, and queerphobes on here. Also, 4chan has historically had some beef with Tumblr, so young teenage boys who idolize 4chan may target us for that reason.

How can I stay safe?

If you have any social media accounts where you A) have posted identifying personal information, and B) are openly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community (especially if you’re queer yourself), put them on private for June. Any other accounts are probably fine to stay public.

If you need a private Tumblr, you can make a password-protected secondary account and only share the password with mutuals you trust.

It is probably okay to be openly queer on a private account (e.g. have pronouns/rainbow emojis in your Instagram bio), since a private account is not likely to be doxxed. But if you want to be extra careful, remove queer identifiers from anything that is publicly visible.

Use Pridefall blocklists. They’re all over Instagram and Twitter. I may repost some here.

Report any Pridefall accounts you see. This is VERY important because this is how we can actually get rid of Pridefall content.

DON’T RESPOND TO ANY PRIDEFALLERS WHO PERSONALLY INTERACT WITH YOU. I know it’s tempting to give a snarky reply, but if they message you, comment on your post, etc, just block them. Seriously, don’t feed the trolls. It's exactly what they want.

Make sure your password game is strong. Use a different password for every site (I know, I know, it sucks), and use passwordmeter.com to test their strength. Write them all down on a piece of paper.

Make sure your username game is strong. Don’t use the same username for multiple sites, and avoid putting personal information in your username, such as your name or birthday.

Do NOT open random links!! Pridefallers could message you links that will give you viruses or track your IP address.

Don’t accept DMs or follows from people you don’t know. Pridefall accounts don’t always look like Pridefall accounts. Some of them are undercover.

Use a VPN. This is probably a little overkill unless you’re particularly at risk of being doxxed, but it will hide your IP address.

Be careful who you interact with. A lot of queer people on Instagram are DMing Pridefall accounts or commenting on their posts, but this could make you a target. As helpful as anti-Pridefall accounts are, you might even be targeted for following those.

Be wary of Pride tags. Unfortunately, a lot of Pridefall accounts plan to infiltrate tags commonly used by queer creators during Pride month. Use discretion when looking for queer content.

Be safe IRL. Lock your doors, lock your windows, be aware of your surroundings, don’t walk alone in poorly lit places, know basic self-defense, etc. Again, I absolutely do not think people will be attacked in real life, but you should be doing this shit all the time, not just in June. Thanks to COVID-19, you’re safer inside anyway!!

Make yourself hard to dox. Even though I have a very unusual first name (it's not really Lia), I am extremely hard to find online. I just went into an incognito browser window and searched my first and last name in quotation marks, but I didn’t find myself until page 4 of Google (and that result wasn’t even posted by me). I’m only half as careful as I could be, but here’s some of the things I do:

-I never use a picture of myself as my profile pic, except for Facebook and Instagram, which are both on the highest privacy settings possible.

-If I post identifying information on a public account (my college, my age, etc), I use a pseudonym or my first name only.

-On Instagram, I only use my first name, and I used special characters to type it, so you won’t find me if you search my name.

-On Facebook, I only accept friend requests from people I know. Most, if not all, of my Instagram followers are IRL friends, friends of IRL friends, and trusted Internet friends.

-If I’m really being paranoid, I’ll make a brand-new email account to sign up for a site. That way, my accounts aren’t all linked through one email address.

-Before I post a picture online, I delete the EXIF data with verexif.com, since EXIF data can hold GPS coordinates.

🌈 Stay safe, everyone.

You will not be harmed. You will be okay. Like cockroaches, we are survivors, and we will get through this!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

-Mod Lia

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