#aethy.com

[prismatoxic]

on aethy's unexpected downtime

hello tumblr-bound aethy users! i carry news from staff (bc i am staff)

our image service provider just up and stopped working yesterday, and after trying to ascertain the issue, our admin (taullo) took the site fully down. this was intentional! aethy is not dead, hacked, deleted, or anything of that sort.

we do not know the issue yet. customer service has been monumentally unhelpful, taullo has no other correspondence from the company, and their status page reports no unusual outages.

if something is wrong--if we have been booted from the platform, for instance--aethy won't die, we'll just have to find a new host. we don't know if that's the case yet. try not to worry, we'll be trying to get back up as soon as possible.

in the meantime you are welcome to join the discord, which has a bot bridging posts between it and our matrix server as well. (tumblr does not like me trying to link the matrix, but if you mouse over the tab at the bottom of aethy's offline page, there's a link there.)

you can also just say nice things to me and i'll pass them onto taullo. you can imagine how stressful this has been for them. hang tight! we'll sort this out.

UPDATE: we know the issue now! and it's stupid as fuckall so we'll be switching image service providers. (whatever you're thinking, it's genuinely stupider than that.)

taullo is getting all our files (may have finished by now?) so there won't be any media loss. i'm not sure how long it will take us to find + set up with a new provider, but as before you're more than welcome to join the discord/matrix where taullo has been posting updates themself, and it's easier to keep everyone up to speed. i'll also keep everyone updated here as i can but please do not feel obligated to follow me, my blog is a mess LMAO.

aethy will be fine, don't worry. if you're concerned at all about how taullo foots the entirety of aethy's service fees, you can sponsor them on github here, where all money will go straight to them. our mastodon fork, ruffy, also has a patreon, which goes to the same place but patreon does take a cut.

tumblr does not amend edited posts the way mastodon does (boo) so please reblog this version if you see it! taullo is very stressed out and aggravated at our ex-image service provider, so support is still appreciated. thank you all for your patience!

[tempural]

UKFR comic commission! Full of ero guro and kisses.

Full version:

scumsuck.com/peepees

aethy.com/@yaoigwai

kumsuck.newgrounds.com

[p0larzzz]

https://aethy.com/@polar/111048497802556046

@maxvid-week-the-sequel day 2 lake/guilt crossposting because NSFW warning, enjoy :J

[aethycom]

Moderation

If anyone has any question about our moderation decisions, please let us know! We've seen some posts saying that we're pro-censorship because we disallow verbally abusive comments against our staff members and we disallow users from stealing art from artists. Unfortunately, there's been a group of people have continued to harass our moderation team for not allowing copyright infringement (something we're clear about up front) and for disallowing verbal abuse.

If you like operating in a space that allows for you to share your creation and radically express yourself (even with the "icky" stuff) then come join us! Just be sure to leave the harassment and art theft at the door!

https://aethy.com

[phantasm-masquerade]

Tumblr has become hostile for Proshippers.

As such, I’ll probably be ceasing proship posting on there.

You can find me on Aethy (bigbrothermonika) and Pillowfort (realMonika) Please note Aethy is 18+, and Pillowfort is not.

https://aethy.com/@bigbrothermonika

https://www.pillowfort.social/realMonika

I will probably be more active on Aethy. Also, if we’re mutuals, you may DM to ask for my discord or my personal blog.

peace out, lovelies.

[just-antithings]

For anon asking about social media sites that aren’t violently anti: Aethy.com is aggressively (affectionate) Proship, but it’s 18+ only. That said, I find it far more usable and reliable than Tumblr.

noted!

[rabbithub]

From midnight at Feb. 14 to March 28 midnight, I will be offline from Tumblr. I can be reached on Aethy.com (Aethy.com@ lilithrabbit) or Lilithrabbit at Bluesky. I'll do a massive art/writing dump by then, but this is to let you fellas know.

[last-knight-who-was]

Just a heads-up, @xxhappysugarlifexx has been terminated too. They are on Aethy though: SatouMatsuzaka@aethy.com

[werewolf-cuddles]

Fuck it. Hopped on the trend.

I don't intend to leave Tumblr, but you can find me over here now too

[prismatoxic]

ok. let's clear some things up.

so there's this callout post going around on twitter right now for someone who is, in a word, dangerous. they are a pro-contact MAP and zoophile and they run a mastodon instance that allows minors, NSFW, and people of all contact stances to share a space. very bad!

now, this person is extremely open about their stances, so callouts are kind of useless to start with because if someone is interacting with this person, they know damn well who they are. they're really not hiding it.

the main issue with these callouts, however, is the free advertisement they give to that mastodon instance i mentioned. that's right! to help people "avoid" this place, these callout posts blatantly spell out the name of the instance (as well as another like it), which... makes it very easy for people to find these extremely dangerous places!

that's advertisement. straight up. i don't care what your intentions were, you are giving people an easy way to directly go to these places. it's like antis who share CSEM in callouts. like... that's bad? don't fucking show that to people to prove your point.

so these callouts are ineffective at best and harmful at worst. and then people started trying to post them to aethy. (fwiw, we blocked both those instances ages ago, as well as anyone openly posting in support of them who had accounts federated with us/on aethy itself.)

so take into account the issues i've presented above, and now add to that rule number 3 on aethy:

read that a few times for me. really let it sink in.

if you think an instance or user are a problem, report them to us. we will take care of it. if someone associates with a person like the one in these callouts, tell us about that, too! because we also have a rule in that vein:

it is our job to keep our platform safe. help us do that. do not be a vigilante.

and furthermore, if you break a rule on aethy, and then you're shitty to staff about it? taullo does not have any qualms banning you. i may be a forgiving little doormat, but taullo owns the site and taullo does not take abuse lying down. some of you need to remember that aethy is not a big name platform like tumblr or twitter. taullo pays for it exclusively themselves. they code it entirely on their own as well. aethy is their house and if you are a shitty guest they have every right to kick you out. that said, such bans are uncommon.

in fact, only two such bans were made this month. so if you see one of those banned users claiming aethy is censoring detractors en masse and "imploding", do know that they are lying to your face.

finally, here's a reminder to read the rules of the sites you use. they do have meaning. even if you disagree with them, breaking them does mean staff has a right to inflict you with consequences. try to keep that in mind?

[insomniac-ships]

Hello hello! Due to tumblr being, well, tumblr, I've made an Aethy to hang out at! I don't have any posts yet, and I'm still getting the hang of it, but if you'd like to follow me there as well, feel free!!

https://aethy.com/@mooshmallow

Edit: IM SO SORRY FOR THE @ AKDHSUWH

[havinganormalone]

Okay, so I made a fediverse account. It's @yurusarenai@aethy.com. Whether or not I use it depends on if I find the sense of entertainment and community I'm looking for. If you have a fediverse account, feel free to let me know. I'd love more people to follow.

[statisticalcats2]

I have no clue how to really use the site right now, but I did make an account on aethy.com. Username is StatisticalCats

[aethycom]

Weaponized language

Plenty in fandom spaces have felt the brunt of being attacked for trivial reasons. Whether it's a ship they enjoy, a kink they're fond of, or even just following "the wrong person". They see the language of abuse victims twisted and weaponized against them. Toxic individuals are very skilled at concocting up false stories in order to attack their victims by wrapping it in the language of abuse. Hell, queer people deal with this every day by being assigned horrible labels such as "groomer".

On Aethy, we've dealt with these sort of attacks before creating the website. We decided that we wouldn't allow these sorts of attacks to continue there. We know what it's like to be put through horrible harassment campaigns simply because a toxic individual decided to do so. Even now we've had to weather multiple of these attacks simply for existing and curating a safe space for our users. We want to break the cycle of toxic social media user so we're tough on toxic and abusive behavior.

Not only have we strived to create a space that's free from real abusers (those that have committed abuse such as CSA or sexual abuse), but we strive to put a stop to those that would steal the language of that abuse in order to launch toxic attacks. We think we've done a good job so far, and we welcome other adults to check us out! We're an adult community website (non-profit, no data selling) that is dedicated to making a space for adults to freely express themselves without the toxicity and abuse. We're open to all types of art and kinks, and we won't judge you for your ship choices! We just want a fun safe space for everyone. If that sounds like your sorta jam, check us out at aethy.com!

[phantasm-masquerade]

I’m now on Aethy, come follow me: https://aethy.com/@bigbrothermonika

[sals-sonic]

Hello, welcome to my discourse blog!

You can call me Blue, B, whatever you like! I'm an adult and they/them pronouns will do just fine for me, thank you.

I finally decided to stop lurking the proship tag and actually make a side blog to dump my thoughts and reblog proship positivity and various discourse. I'm not a native English speaker so please excuse me if I word things weirdly.

I also have an aethy: BlueBlur (sals_sonic@aethy.com). There I post various fanart and fandom stuff as well as discourse!

My ask box is open, but anon will never be on. Some antis take advantage of anonymity to send death threats and insults, and I'm not willing to put up with that.

This blog is:

- proship/profic (for antis with no reading comprehension: the "pro" does not stand for "problematic", but for "in favour of". Proship is a stance that has to do with refusing to harass people for what they ship, not with the nature of the ship itself. Profiction applies this same line of thinking to fiction is general. Therefore, you aren't obligated to like problematic content to be proship or profic, it's all about whether you harass people over fiction or not.)

- pro sex workers

- pro kink

- pro paraphilia (as for the paraphilias that are non-consensual in regards to real people or animals, this blog is okay with them on the basis that they remain strictly no contact and fictional/imaginary)

- pro AO3

- anti censorship

- anti harassment

I'm uncomfortable with minors following this blog. If by any chance a minor does follow me, I'll block them as soon as I notice. If the blog is ageless I'll assume the user is not a minor and that they've read my pinned post, though I kindly invite minors to unfollow. This is unrelated to whether they are proshippers or not, it's just a personal boundary.

Antis, exclusionists, racists, radfems/terfs, radqueers and tradfems/prolife will be blocked. To prevent harassment, hate will be ignored and deleted, at best pointed and laughed at.