#launch screen

[rivkae-winters]

Edit: the app launched and Is down- I have the initial apology video in a post here and I’m working on getting a full archive of their TikTok up ASAP. I’m letting the rest of this post remain since I do still stand by most of it and also don’t like altering things already in circulation.

Warning for criticism and what I’d consider some harsh to outright mean words:

So I’ve just been made aware of the project known of as ‘lore.fm’ and I’m not a fan for multiple reasons. For one this ‘accessibility’ tool complicates the process of essentially just using a screen reader (something native to all I phones specifically because this is a proposed IOS app) in utterly needless and inaccessible ways. From what I have been seeing on Reddit they have been shielding themselves (or fans of the project have been defending them) with this claim of being an accessibility tool as well to which is infuriating for so many reasons.

I plan to make a longer post explaining why this is a terrible idea later but I’ll keep it short for tonight with my main three criticisms and a few extras:

1. Your service requires people to copy a url for a fic then open your app then paste it into your app and click a button then wait for your audio to be prepared to use. This is needlessly complicating a process that exists on IOS already and can be done IN BROWSER using an overlay that you can fully control the placement of.

2. This is potentially killing your own fandom if it catches on with the proposed target market of xreader smut enjoyers because of only needing the link as mentioned above. You don’t have to open a fic to get a link this the author may potentially not even get any hits much less any other feedback. At least when you download a pdf you leave a hit: the download button is on the page with the fic for a reason. Fandom is a self sustaining eco system and many authors get discouraged and post less/even stop writing all together if they get low interaction.

3. Maybe we shouldn’t put something marketed as turning smut fanfic into audio books on the IOS App Store right now. Maybe with KOSA that’s a bad idea? Just maybe? Sarcasm aside we could see fan fiction be under even more legal threat if minors use this to listen to the content we know they all consume via sites like ao3 (even if we ask them not to) and are caught with it. Auditory content has historically been considered much more obscene/inappropriate than written content: this is a recipe for a disaster and more internet regulations we are trying to avoid.

I also have many issues with the fact that this is obviously redistributing fanfiction (thus violating the copyright we hold over our words and our plots) and removing control the author should have over their content and digital footprint. Then there is the fact that even though the creator on TikTok SAYS you can email to have your fic ‘excluded’ based on the way the demo works (pasting a link) I’m gonna assume that’s just to cover her ass/is utter bullshit. I know that’s harsh but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it’s probably a duck.

I am all for women in stem- I’ve BEEN a woman in Stem- but this is not a cool girl boss moment. This is someone naive enough to think this will go over well at best or many other things (security risks especially) at worst.

In conclusion for tonight: I hope this person is a troll but there is enough hype and enough paid for web domains that I don’t think that’s the case. There are a litany of reasons every fanfic reader and writer should be against something like this existing and I’ll outline them all in several other posts later.

Do not email their opt out email address there is no saying what is actually happening with that data and it is simply not worth the risks it could bring up. I hate treating seemingly well meaning people like potential cyber criminals but I’ve seen enough shit by now that it’s better to be safe than sorry. You’re much safer just locking all your fics to account only. I haven’t yet but I may in the future if that is the only option.

If anyone wants a screen reader tutorial and a walk through of my free favorites as well as the native IOS screen reader I can post that later as well. Sorry for the heavy content I know it’s not my normal fare.

[waddles-ex-machina]

anyway luke pearson just posted some of the behind-the-scenes sketches from the next comic collection and never has my heart been so utterly captured by a character that doesn’t exist

….timtum…….

[robo-dino-puppy]

out-of-bounds rivers

[copdog1234]

Hi, yes, I can't stop thinking about the Lesbian Honkai short, as someone who doesn't play the game. A piece of queer art, it is

[fiepige]

Hobie and his guitar appreciation post (part 1)

I just love all the different ways he uses his guitar <3

[laurapetrie]

“Rita was the greatest love of my life. True love, you cannot ever forget. I've never stopped loving her after all these years. She’ll always be my Margarita Carmen Cansino. [During Gilda], we saw each other off the set, secretly, because the kisses on stage were not enough for us, could never be enough.” - Glenn Ford, 1987

[kissingagrumpygiant]

happy one year to some real freaks. some real weirdos. 👫🦇💕

[indigitalembrace]

[Grab/squeeze]

"I'm going to do what I'm sure everyone out there has been wanting to do since the start!"

[mwah mwah mwah]

Woah woah wOAH- ... aww, friend, I- I appreciate that... thank you...

B-but- how did you- ... Saltie, I- I don't think it's safe for you to stay here... Maybe one day, when this all gets sorted out... I can bring you back inside, just like I want to do with all my friends! Like I used to do! But right now... you already died once in here, friend, on your first trip to the digital world... ... please stay out there for now. I love you.

[SaltieBBunny_Episode.avi has been ejected.]

[lovesickeros]

mayhaps I may one too many jokes about sagau characters rigging my pulls because this is getting ridiculous now..

[tafferling]

Dying Light Good Night, Good Luck                                            |    Dying Light 2                                                 Stay Human

[neosatsuma]

this website has ruined me because every time I see this graphic or any of its variants I only have One Thought

[paranormalglass]

ugghhhhhhhh lethal league wont work

[serethereal]

we love klaroline !! bring back klaroline !!

[ubercharge]

i named my elden ring character sweet potato. i just think he's neat

[ratbaby1566]

Currently rewatching the umbara arc and I'm yet again reminded of how much I fucking hate pong krell. The only person in the star wars universe I have ever wanted to punch more than krell is Palpatine and he's literally an evil sith lord dictator, so congrats to filoni for making the second most irritating peice of shit in star wars, truly a feat yet to be matched.

[arsonistbunny]

this is the sound I have to deal with if I want to play fnaf ar by the way... (yes I tried contacting support but all they told me was to update but there is no update left to download oopsie)

also I which I could change the language because my god what the fuck is un vestige