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themirokai · 11 months

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I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.

(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)

The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.

So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.

I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.

First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?

And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:

Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.

Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.

I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!

Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.

Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).

Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.

So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.

They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.

I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.

Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.

#went down a rabbit hole #got mad #webnovel #this is a scam #how to ao3 #fan fiction #please spread the word #long post

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pillowfort-social · 10 months

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pillowfort is free to join and a progressive mobile app is in the works

#i stared at this post far too long #it is honk shoo mimimimi time #anyways yes pillowfort is free to join at pillowfort.social/waitlist #mobile app hopefully by end of summer!#please spread the word

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yelena-bellova · 11 months

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The Idol premieres tonight and I’m going to encourage everyone to avoid at all costs. Don’t hate watch it. Don’t watch it to make fun of it. Don’t watch it to see just how horrible it is. Viewership totals don’t subtract those views and it will help it succeed.

Read the twitter reactions, the reviews, etc. but for the love of feminism and human decency, do not watch it.

#please spread the word #the idol #sam levinson #the weeknd #lily rose depp

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pato-roldnart · 28 days

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COMMISSIONS OPEN!

Hello! I opened a few commissions to help me pay some expenses while I look for a new job :(

The prices changed for this year.

I have 5 slots for waist up/full body and 1 for page/comic available

You can find all the info about commissions here

#I would love to illustrate some fic scenes or even some ocs :3 #reblogs are welcome #please spread the word #commissions info #open commissions #drarry #snowbaz #bnha fanart #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #tododeku fanart #shindeku #erasermic #heartsteel #league of legends heartsteel #adding that last one because i'm obsessed with those boys jeje

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mightaswelljxmp · 1 year

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Hello Naruto fans of Tumblr. I approach you today with a cry for help.

Are you a fan of Kakashi? Are you an enjoyer of voting on Tumblr polls?

Congrats! You are now an honorary ethogirl! Bdubs welcomes you. Now GO VOTE ETHO!!!

Art featured:

#help girl i blacked out and made a powerpoint presentation about my two Interests at the moment #mcytblrsexymen #ethoslab #kakashi #naruto #PLEASE spread the word #we need etho to at least get to the finals please please #mcytblrsexymen propaganda #kakashi 4 ethogirls #btw naruto fans you arent allowed to make fun of us for this. we are all insane about 'cringe' media here. you are not above us #kakashi hakate #hatake kakashi

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pebiejeebies · 4 months

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ALRIGHT I NEED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE THIS MADE ME VERY VERY FURIOUS.

THESE TWO @/profily-and-friends and @/objectshow-stuff ARE SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT @akalikestodraw, and @talkingteardrop

Calling teardrop racist with no proof, accusing aykay of stealing people’s art WITH NO PROOF, and these “2” are just probably Profily and an alt account.

please DO NOT. and I repeat, DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY. EVEN IF THERE IS PROOF. THESE TWO ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

BLOCK THEM IMMEDIATELY, NO HESITATION!1 THEY ARE NOT TO BR TRUSTED. PLEASE.

#This made me furious if it wasn’t obvious #But this isn’t a joke #Please spread the word #and BLOCK THESE IDIOTS.

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slightly-gay-pogohammer · 7 months

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everyone who has problems with discord desktop: don't worry, it's apparently a big problem for everyone and hopefully they'll fix it

according to the reddit, you can access without problems to the alpha version of discord if you want. there it is!

#please spread the word #gio talks #discord

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maiabreathesmarvel · 2 months

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I know that I’m not the person for this, but I want to get the fandom together to get aziraphale and Crowley funko pops.

#please spread the word #like I actually need this to happen #aziraphale #crowley #david tennant #michael sheen #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #good omens

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germworkz · 8 months

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ok this is an important post.

if you haven’t already, PLEASE read the joe hawley doc.

i’ll link it below.

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flavorcountry · 4 months

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Instant Band Night 24 is next week and you should come! We're dressing fancy this time because WHY NOT

Are you in the San Francisco Bay? Maybe? Do you know anyone who lives there? Probably?? Wanna just reblog this and help out???

You can probably guess what happens there, but here's how it goes:

1. The stage has a drum kit, guitar, bass, keyboard, and mics

2. We draw names out of hats to make instant bands that get 5 minutes in the green room to plan a 5-minute set. That's usually one (1) song

3. A hat-drawn artist will draw the band's gig poster on a meeting room easel pad while they play

The first rule of Instant Band Night is: 👏 YOU 👏 DON'T 👏 HAVE 👏 TO 👏 PLAY 👏 AN 👏 INSTRUMENT 👏 TO 👏 ATTEND 👏

Every show needs an audience! You can be part of it!

The second rule of Instant Band Night is: We guarantee you (the audience) an astonishingly excellent time

You'll see something you've never seen before every 5 minutes, it's gonna be great

The third rule of Instant Band Night is: Bring a friend or three!

Jan 11 2024

ALL DETAILS HERE (INCLUDES A VERY GOOD FAQ)

Wear that fancy outfit you've got hanging in your closet that you love! There aren't enough excuses to go all out these days, so we've provided you one

I've Blazed posts about the previous Instant Band Nights and a few people actually showed up who were either from Tumblr directly or got sent by friends who were, so I'm just going to keep doing it

If you want to hear about future Instant Band Nights, you can add yourself to the email list here

#there's no pressure to play #just come watch and enjoy if you want #definitively the best time you've had all year #please spread the word

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pillowfort-social · 7 months

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#pillowfort #pillowfort.social #pillowfort blogging #please spread the word

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vshusband · 19 days

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This is very important please read

TW‼️‼️

Abuse of animals

Torture of animals

Killing of animals

PLEASE SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THIS AND PLEASE REBLOG THIS TO HELP, PLEASE

These photos were from my friend @gl00miic0rpse

I’m posting them to help and spread to the word

#cats #cats of tumblr #china #please help #please spread the word #please listen #please reblog #reblog #signal boost #boost #please boost #help #serious post

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taxi-cab-to-art-town · 22 days

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Emergency Commissions

I'm going through a load of stuff right now and is kind of desperate for cash, so I'm opening up emergency commissions with a goal to reach $1500 by June in order to pay off some money I owe. Anything helps!! I'm more likely to finish writing commissions sooner but I've been doing a lot of art lately so I thought I'd open those up as well. Even if you can't afford to commission anything it would be amazing if you'd be willing to reblog in order to get this more traction!

Link is to the site that has all the info, the basic info is under the cut

#commissions #art commissions #writing commissions #art commissions open #writing commissions open #taxi art #dc comics #emergency commissions #please spread the word

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theindescribable1 · 7 months

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IMPORTANT INFROMATION UPDATE!

So I will only be on my blog for weekends! Today is just a student holiday so I don't have to go to my stupid high-school today! But alas... On the week days I will not be here! So enjoy the rest of your time with me before I go away again.

Other Blogs:

@universes-of-weird

Lore dump and additional member due to a discontinuation of Fanto, as well as the added color Purple for Frenzy

@voxthetvhead

Art and lore dump!

THE SECRET BLOGS POSTS WERE DELETED. YOU MISSED IT. YOU MISSED IT. YOU MISSED IT.

Collaborations:

The mutual collaboration has ended and will be posted on the day that I have officially returned or in that following week. There will be a blog collaboration between me and Carol, as well as a Halloween Collaboration with any follower who wants to do one!

Lore Related Posts:

There will be more lore related posts in the future. To make you life easier, my most used languages are Spanish, Japanese, and French. I use morse code as well...

here! So you wont -.-. .-. -.--!

Fan Art List:

For everyone who I'm making fanart for..

@mistysparks

@baby10c

@valthetvhead

@lemonpie45

@carol-the-clown

@yourfriendlyshapeshiftermonsters

@the-monsters-in-1870

@clownpallete

@ph1l-do3s-art

@goblin-glore

NEW MASCOT:

Yes you read that right! An addition will be added to the mascots Inde, Fritz, and Daisy! but.. On no! I dont have a design idea.. hmm what ever shall I do.. HEY YOU THERE! YES YOU! READING THIS RIGHT NOW! Why dont you make me a new mascot? Hahaha! Welcome to the first competition!!! Submit/send me your design for a new mascot and I will choose 1 of the best/favorites of the bunch and it will be the official new mascot! HAVE FUN!!!

#Important #Rb #please spread the word #NEW MASCOT!

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w1tchcr4ftt · 4 months

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I want to say something genuine right now. The stuff ive seen about the Palestine genocide is making me genuinely nauseous. People are being slaughtered with practically 0 reasoning. I get sick hearing about this and it's terrifying to see. I wanted to let my followers and anybody who sees this know that I stand with Palestine and if I am ever able to help more I will. Currently I am not in a situation to do so, which makes me feel horrible, but if the best I can do is spread the word, im doing it. Please, if you are like me and cannot afford/ cannot provide money to support Palestine, spread the word. Make sure it reached people who can and will spend the money. Justice for Palestine.

#w1tch.txt #please spread the word #this is disgusting #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #justice for palestine #palestine #freedom for palestine #save palestine #if you cant provide tell others who can

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gallavichthings · 5 months

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The first ever Gallavich Masquerade is coming up, are you all excited? My fic is still on the works, but we already have one sign-up! (Before anyone says "just one", please remember sign-ups for this event should be done just once the fic is complete and they go up to December 20th).

Don't know what I'm talking about?

Check the info about the event here.

#Gallavich #Ian x Mickey #Shameless #Shameless US #Events #Gallavich Masquerade 2023 #Please spread the word #Mod post

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