#internet stuff

[blinktastic]

citrus pixels ! 50px by 50px handmade by me ! reblog to support the blog !

[bonuscatart]

Please, donate to established charities instead of unverified Tumblr accounts.

I have gotten a lot of asks and mentions from Palestine fundraisers this week. Most asks were anonymous like ones from @ mosabsdr, who is confirmed to be a bot. (@ gazavetters' spreadsheet has been updated to say #309 is spam.) The anons are sent even when the account is blocked. The notes of fundraiser posts are filled with thousands of user's @ s.

This is spam bot behavior. A couple of these bot accounts had been convincing enough for @ gazavetters and @ 90-ghost. This means that bots are slipping past the people who are trying to find real fundraisers. Do not harass the vetting blogs for this. My point is that the vetters are humans and cannot flawlessly compete with mass-produced bots.

These bots need to be reported as spam so that they're taken down. There's no telling where the money will end up or who it will hurt. The best case scenario is funding more scams. The worst case scenario is funding human trafficking.

Established charities can stretch each dollar to reach more people. Here's a few charities helping Palestinians:

Palestine Red Crescent Society: the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the State of Palestine

Palestine Children's Relief Fund: a registered 501 non-governmental organization (established 1991); Charity Navigator page

Medical Aid for Palestinians: a British charity registered with Fundraising Regulator

Gaza Soup Kitchen: a non-profit grassroots organization that began last year

Care For Gaza: a non-profit that shares updates on Twitter/X

Please make your own judgement of these charities. I encourage anyone reading this to research other charities as well. Look for ones that have operated for a while and are transparent in their work. Reverse image search is useful, though it is not a 100% confirmation.

[hwang-inhos-fish]

Generational whiplash: seeing "/pos" after comments and reading "piece of shit"

[artisimpossible]

If you're worried about the enshittification of the internet completely killing your access to work by your favorite creatives (I've already seen a lot of artists I love state they'll be leaving Tumblr thanks to all the AI training), I want to introduce you to a handful of ways to circumvent the social media hellscape to stay connected to your favorite creators.

RSS Feeds

I'd argue that this is the best option. It essentially allows you to create your own social media "dashboard" by saving websites and getting updates when they post new content. Most websites already have these, and if social media goes down (or just continues to degrade), the best way you can access your favorite creators will be with direct connection to their personal websites. I'm still learning how to use these, but if you want to learn more, this article does a great job.

2. Newsletters

I know newsletters are a pain and it's annoying to have your inbox cluttered, but if there are creators you know you'd be remiss to lose access to, I recommend subscribing to their newsletters. I'd honestly skip the ones that share frequent content you don't need, but for example, my newsletter is updates only so I only send it out maybe every few months when something big happens. It's an easy way to stay up to date on info that social media buries. Of course, if your faves are writing up blog posts & insights that you want to read in newsletter form, consider subscribing to those as well, and don't feel like you have to subscribe to *every* newsletter to make it worthwhile. You just want to make sure you can still be reached by the creators whose work you really don't want to miss.

3. Ko-Fi/Patreon

I don't think a lot of people realize you can follow people on these platforms for free, but because they have paid options, they offer more direct access than social media sites whose algorithms will just erase people you love from your feed altogether. This one isn't the best alternate since a lot of content may be behind a paywall, but if you just want an easy way to be sure you'll still have access to updates from people you want to support, this is a usable way to compile creators in one place and most creators will post updates for free so you should still get those.

So yeah, these are my suggestions. If you're just on social media casually and you just like the easy access to content but don't particularly care about individual creators or specific projects or anything like that then you probably don't need any of this and that's fine. If social media is continuing to work for you then feel free to continue enjoying it without worrying about alternatives. I just want people to have a fail safe if you, like me, are realizing that this shit is getting completely out of hand and everything you once wanted social media for is quickly becoming inaccessible.

Anyway, I highly recommend tuning in to people's personal websites, but I doubt most people have the energy to check each individual website so RSS Feeds are great alternative. Whatever you choose to do, just try to diversify enough that no one company can completely kill your access to your faves on a whim and remember that the closer to direct communication you can get to with creatives the better.

[alexandraisyes]

Shitty internet rule number one:

If you can't prove it, it didn't fucking happen

Always take screenshots of harassment, because so many people will make up bullshit. Either saying people are harassing them who aren't, or making up fake harassment for pity points. Because this is so fucking common, you have to have screenshots of things like harassment and such.

If you can't prove that harassment happened, then people aren't going to believe it happened. People can no longer trust word of mouth.

If you are being harassed, take a picture.

[mickkikikikikikikikikiki]

i have 4 parents, like 70 siblings, and im in a harem

[transgwender616]

Internet drama be like: Famous Youtuber "Johnny Orphankiller" known for his famous video "Why we should kill orphans" has shockingly been found guilty of killing orphans.

[fl0ral-inkk]

I might be getting too old for this shit but why is the word ‘job’ or ‘application’ a slur???

[rhiandoesfandom]

It probably definitely doesn't feel like it, but we are still very much at the beginning of the internet as we know it. Even when I was in high school in 2011-2014 the internet itself looked extremely different than it does now. And even more removed before that. No, I didn't really have dial up cause that was before my time but we did deal with those huge ass Mac computers and multiple browsers all on the same computer (google wasn't standard yet, just one of many). And we learned how to search on them all. It was the first time that physical almanacs started becoming obsolete because we had the internet.

I don't talk about the rapid growth of the internet enough. Honestly, there should be a subsection of sociology dedicated to it in colleges.

[blinktastic]

origami star pngs !

[canonically47]

"where did this ship that barely interacts come from" you motherfuckers would not survive one day during the rise of the brave tangled frozen dragons

[technofeudalism]

started using WebOasis as a browser homepage and i was enjoying it, then i found out you can actually run it locally from github and host your own start page, which will allow you to swap out all of the links and make any customization you want. very neat if you're into that kind of thing. here's a hosted version if you want to check it out.

[iknowthegammer]

THE GOLDEN ERA OF THE INTERNET

today we’re gonna talk about the Golden Era Of The Internet more specifically the earlier days

The internet has become the best and most important places around..

you can communicate, create awesome Fanart and projects, join other communities or fandoms in sorts of media format and do whatever you wanted too!

the point is that most popular media back in the day were Memes, Roblox, Minecraft, FNaF and so much more were awesome and made for fun!

this art is more special to us because it reminds us of the old past and how it was like! So I figured it could be used to show us how it all started all the way back..

Here’s the original base and tag

Also hi there and welcome to my tumblr page! This safety environment and fun can be! Here are the list of set rules!

1. No stealing, copying or selling art! (Without any permission do not post and publish my art! The only way to get permission by chatting with me!)

2. Don’t bully and harass others on to my page! (This will included insulting, hateful and horrible messages! This will mostly be directed as a Permanent Ban!) 3. No dramas allowed (This is the most important rule because I wouldn’t allow any dramas that are Offensive, Annoying or even worse!)

4. Everyone should have fun and stay safe (and if you’re not having fun just leave if you wanted or not and if you don’t wanted to stay safe I will gladly remind you when you’re okay!)

5. I will not allowed anyone who is offensive, disrespectful, horrible and even worse! (Those can be said about others from different platforms who have been exposed)

6. If a person who has previously broken a rule and has an alt or use on this very page! I will banned the alt!

7. No commissions or requests.. but I do art in my free will!

8. If you broke one of my friends rules on their account you will be permanently suspended or in other case! Ban!

9. No Gore or Ungodly Stuff in this page.. this will make your account be IP banned or permanently banned

And if you broke one of those set rules or 3 of them you will be permanently banned off my page (there is also warnings too)

And if you like this page! Check out my friends pages @blo0st4r and @razzjazzazz

[irradiatedpathogen]

8itch talk like a person. you are not in homestuck, you are making things harder for dyslexic people and people using screen readers. grow up

you are doing the exact same thing also no8ody needs to read my comment and if they REALLY wanted to they could just ask, it is npt your place to tell how someone else feels. also theres like a million other people doing this so ma8ey you should 8e the growing up if you think this an actual pro8lem

[alexandraisyes]

Shitty Internet Rules Masterpost

For the past month, I've done an online safety awareness campaign where I posted tips on how to be safe online every day. Now that the series is over, it's time to put it all in one place.

Rule One: Screenshot Harassment

Rule Two: Direct Messaging Safety

Rule Three: Consequences of Online Behavior

Rule Four: Deepfakes and Fake News

Rule Five: Oversharing

Rule Six: Scam Awareness

Rule Seven: Internet Trolls

Rule Eight: Phishing Awareness

Rule Nine: Don't Trust Everyone You Meet

Rule Ten: Password Protection

Rule Eleven: Log Out of Public Devices

Rule Twelve: Treat Others With Respect

Rule Thirteen: Sketchy Ads

Rule Fourteen: Location Tracking

Rule Fifteen: Delete Doesn't Mean Gone

Rule Sixteen: Online Arguments

Rule Seventeen: Don't Share Your Location Online

Rule Eighteen: Keep Private Things Private

Rule Nineteen: Know When To Disconnect

Rule Twenty: Catfishing Scams

Rule Twenty-One: Don't Mix Personal And Internet Lives

Rule Twenty-Two: Downloading Safety

Rule Twenty-Three: Google Yourself

Rule Twenty-Four: Social Media Isn't Real

Rule Twenty-Five: Report Harassment

Rule Twenty-Six: Clear Your Browser Cache

Rule Twenty-Seven: Public Wi-Fi Has Risks

Rule Twenty-Eight: Credit Other's Content

Rule Twenty-Nine: Sometimes You Should Be Quiet

Rule Thirty: Use Strong Security Questions

Rule Thirty-One: Your Friends Can Be Hacked

Rule Thirty-Two: NSFW Is For Adults Only

[princevinsmoke]

Lolcows are so interesting to me, I don't like them but like shit researching them is one hell of an experience, especially Chris-Chan, Cyraxx, Jupiter the Hybrid etc. Like what's going on in their minds to do such weird shit, especially on the Internet.

Like Cyraxx believes he's famous for music, just like Daniel Larson.

Chris-Chan believes he's jesus himself as well as believing Sonichu and like Nintendo characters being real.

And Jupiter believing he's a vampire dragon hybrid.

They're truly just disturbing yet interesting people to research about tbh, I always wonder what goes on in their minds, like yeah they're mentally disturbed but still it's so intriguing to know what their POV of things are.

Sorry for the ramble. 😭