#recover hacked instagram account

[kyra45]

Yes you can get hacked and send out asks that look weird and sometimes even have phishing links and maybe even share posts you wouldn’t share normally. Just look back on that time the sunglasses saga was spreading like wildfire or that time people got hacked because they wanted to know who was checking their blogs. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

There is still blogs out there, long abandoned by their owners, that once got hacked and never was recovered and still have the phishing links posted.

Also don’t pay Instagram accounts to ‘save’ your hacked account that’s a scam.

[wonderfullifestories]

How Belingorecoup.org got my Disabled page back.

This story is solely true and not fiction.

I have a story to share with you all. On October 13th, I suffered a devastating loss - my beloved Tumblr account, which I had been building for over 13 years, was suddenly gone. It was more than just an account to me; it was my primary means of communication with my family and friends. I had even started a new page, but it didn't have the same following as my main page.

I couldn't understand why Instagram would ban my account. I hadn't done anything wrong or deserving of such a punishment. Desperate for answers, I reached out to Instagram, sending them a request and even a photo to verify my identity. However, they continued to keep my account disabled and locked. I felt hopeless and lost, especially since it happened around my birthday week.

But then, my friend Adams, who worked at an IT cafe, told me about someone he knew who had successfully recovered her disabled Instagram page. She had also been wrongfully disabled by Instagram. Initially, I was skeptical due to my previous experiences, but since it came from a friend, I had a glimmer of hope. Adams assured me that this person was trustworthy.

Without wasting any time, I visited their website, belingorecoup.org, and reached out to the expert mentioned there. I shared my ordeal, and after a few hours of confirming my message, I received the most joyful news - my account was back! I couldn't contain my happiness.

I wanted to share this story with all of you who might be going through a similar situation. If you're trying to regain access to your lost page, I highly recommend reaching out to the experts at belingorecoup.org if you have been disabled wrongfully. I feel at this point everyone needs to know about them. Don’t mind the negative reviews they are surely trustable and I am a living proof. If they were able to help me I believe they can help you too. Don't lose hope, and remember that there are solutions out there.

[aliciarose-art]

Hey there!

Just wanted to pop in cos i think your instagram account might have gotten compromised?? I was just scrolling when suddenly your page put up a post about you investing in crypto, but I have not seen similar posts on your other art blogs/sites. the post was posted about 30 minutes ago from the time this anon message is sent.

Thank you for your time! Hopefully it gets resolved soon if that is the crypto post is not one made by you > <)

Hello! Yes, I was indeed hacked on my main Instagram :') I have been trying to get it back all day but I haven't been able to yet. Anything crypto-related is DEFINITELY not me, don't worry!

In fact, I'm learning that recovering a hacked Instagram is a very annoying process, and there's basically no support from Instagram. So this is a reminder to everyone reading this to please set up 2-step verification on all of your accounts!

[slenbee]

Scams and you - Part 2

Here are a few more scarms I forgot to mention in my previous post.

Anyone who offers you a job saying all you need to do is:

Rate products by clicking a button and you'll get paid.

Buy products which you'll be 'reimbursed' for buying.

Have packages sent to you and all you have to do is ship them.

Is trying to scam you and/or get you to participate in illegal activities.

Another scam I've seen recently on Tumblr is the 'I Want to Use Your Photos for Mural or Painting' Scam and the follow up to that, the Recovery Scam.

Also known as the 'Instagram Scam', scammers will message you saying they want to use your photos/art in their use in a collage or mural and then telling you (the victim) that they will pay you huge amounts of money via check. They will tell you that you will get large amount of, lets say, $2000 dollars, that you are to keep $500, and that you have to send the rest back to them/their 'client.'

This money is not real. The check is fake.

You will be sending your money to the scammer, with no way of getting it back.

Part 2 of this - The Recovery Scam.

On any post involving you or another person being scammed, you will typically find and see people trying to pull off this scam. This person will say that they 'lost money but <name> on <social media> helped them get it back. All you have to do is contact <name> here <phone/insta/etc> and they'll 100% make sure you get your money back.'

When contacting these scammers, they will boast they've helped dozens/hundreds of people get money back, and will even show fake screenshots of people they've 'helped'. These scammers sometimes even claim they have access to things like twitter/insta/facebook where they'll have their 'certified team' investigate the person who scammed you.

All you have to do is pay them a small amount of money for their time and the use of their.. 'tools' and/or give them your bank details so they can get you your money back.

They will not recover your money. They will not 'ban the scammer' or get them 'arrested'. It's all a lie and a ruse in their scheme to get more money out of you.

In some cases they may even ask for your name/password so they can 'hack' into the system to get your money back from the bank, to unban your account, etc.

It's all a lie. Block and report their account/messages immediately.

If you fell for a scam, talk to your bank or paypal and dispute the charge.

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It should go without saying, NEVER give out your username or password to ANYONE you talk to online. Especially when sensitive information like your name, address, and bank details are at risk.

And never change your email on any social media or messenger platform 'because some guy told me he would help me.' You will get locked out of your account and there will be no getting it back.

Please stay vigilant folks.

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If you think you're being scammed, reach out. My inbox is open for stuff like this. I'm not a professional but I know a lot about these things and would be more than happy to help people out who really need it.

[cyareclones]

also hi i talked about this on my twitter but my instagram was indeed hacked and its been like. 9 days since. im trying all i can to recover my account but at this point it's super unlikely which is kindof a shame

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[thelonesomequeen]

If someone really bothered to hack her phone I would think most of the content on the phone would have been leaked and we’d likely have the “video” in its entirety and not just a few screenshots. I highly doubt a hacker would go through doing any of that only to show some restraint and leak some screenshots and that’s it. Also, if someone hacked her wouldn’t her PR team or SOMEONE be trying to get out in front of it and say something? Instead she immediately deactivated and it has been crickets. I just don’t think any of this is consistent with actually being hacked.

We’ve already said many times we don’t believe she was hacked. She regained control of her account way too quickly for a hacking. Also, a hacker wouldn’t have had access to BOTH instagram AND her camera roll. If they hacked her IG, they wouldn’t have access to her photos and videos. If they hacked her cloud, they wouldn’t have had access to her IG. Even if they still somehow did, it takes hours to days to recover a hacked account and she deactivated almost immediately 🦎

[luminary-lady]

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know what the ultimate truth is here, but the idea that someone in Alba’s position would purposefully post an embarrassing video like that doesn’t hold water to me. All the theories I’ve seen as to why should do that make zero sense, and seem to forget a very simple fact: she is followed by her mother and brother, not to mention other older relatives. I don’t care how attention hungry you imagine someone to be...there’s no way in hell any person outside of the Kardashian clan would put that out there for those family members to see on purpose. Especially considering that those same family members are probably the ones most likely to have notifications on for her posts. So, even if she did delete super quickly, there’s still a chance they’d see it. I’d run away and join the circus if my family ever saw a video of me intended for a sexual partner. And that’s not even touching on how mortifying it would be to break the news to your partner’s family. So how the heck did this happen?

I feel gross even theorizing about something like this, given that it’s such a crappy situation she’s in, but since others are pulling BS out their behinds I’ll offer a counter theory. If I had to bet money, I’d say a some super zealous Chris “fan” managed to hack in to her account. If she used the same password for her social media and iCloud (unadvisable but common), it’d be pretty easy to screw her over. Whoever hacked her could’ve then deleted the account. Which sounds pointless, until you realize it could make re-accessing the account significantly more difficult:

“...if your account has been totally deleted, you might be out of luck. Instagram itself says, “When you delete your account, your profile, photos, videos, comments, likes, and followers will be permanently removed.” You can create a new account with the same email address you used before, but you may not be able to get the same username.

That said, there is a window in which you can recover your Instagram account. “If someone has deleted your account, you technically have 30 days to contact Instagram to explain that you have been hacked and [ask them] to put your account back up. Instagram claims it stores your data for that long,” says digital marketer Jonathan Simon, director of marketing and communications at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. “However, this is a long shot. Once your account is deleted, it is likely gone.”

I’d guess that this refers to normal accounts, and there’s a back up fail-safe for verified, blue check accounts like hers. She can probably get back in eventually if this is the case. However, given that it’s the weekend, it’ll probably take a while, which means she’s just SOL for the time being.

The fact that this happened now, when she’s been in the news and there are a least a thousand pissed off obsessives wishing for her downfall, doesn’t strike me as a coincidence. There’s a lot of people who’d definitely do something like this to her if they could figure out how. We’ve got people in this fandom looking up property deeds, tracking private flights, cyberstalking underage family members, and more. It’s not inconceivable to think someone tried 300 password combinations of “yoga-lisboa97″ and the like until they got access to her accounts.

Again, this is total guesswork and I could be completely wrong, though I don’t think it’s any more unlikely than some of the other theories I’ve seen bandied about today. Whatever the truth is, the gleeful cruelty I’ve seen from many people today has only confirmed what terrible people they are. Thanks for proving that point, so any shred of your moral credibility is now destroyed.

[snowie-evie]

So I've been away from Genshin for a while. Wish I could say it's by choice but the truth is...

My account got hacked and sold.

Long story. TLDR, I regret not paying attention to account security and learned my lesson the hard way. Genshin's recovery process was...extremely exhausting. Trust me when I say it's a stress-inducing nightmare, all of which could have been avoided if only I were more careful. Hackers have ways of gaining access to our accounts, and staying safe takes more than just avoiding the obvious "free primos" scams and not giving away your login info.

*For updated info about account security and what to do if you get hacked, visit the GenshinHacked subreddit.

*A good read on how to secure your account: Reddit Thread

Some advice:

Never ever save passwords on internet browsers. Configure settings to auto delete cookies after closing tabs or use incognito mode. There are malwares that steal passwords from cookies and that's how your email/genshin gets hacked.

Be wary of sites/links offering free software downloads/primos/genshin private servers. If something is too good to be true it probably is.

Set long passwords with a random combination of upper & lower case/special characters/numbers/letters.

Example: 42fjn&Oq!5v9mvTX3p*fcUxWd-7

Check your password strength here:

https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/

If you link any 3rd party to Genshin (twitter, facebook etc.), ensure they all have 2fa enabled. The linked email for each 3rd party account should also be different.

Create a brand new email with 2fa enabled and only use it for your Hoyoverse login. Do not use it for anything else to lower chances of it being compromised in a data breach. This email is probably the most important thing to safeguard. It is pretty much GAME OVER if this email gets hacked as the hacker can easily use it to unlink your email and change your Hoyoverse password.

Check if your email was found in a data breach: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Don't get involved in account trading. Buying and selling accounts is against Hoyoverse's ToS. This is not going to stop people from doing so but just be aware that there are many hacked and stolen accounts on the market. There's always a chance of the original owner recovering it, causing the buyer to get "scammed" by the hacker/seller.

If ever you get hacked, do not trust anyone other than Hoyoverse's support team to retrieve your account. You might get messages asking you to DM "someone" on instagram/twitter for help (see below pic). Do not respond to these lowlife scammers and block them immediately! Also do not attempt to contact the hacker/buyer as they may trash your stuff out of spite.

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NOTE: The following is a retelling of my experience a few months back. Some info about the recovery process may be outdated.

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My Story

It is easy to blame the hacker and Hoyoverse for my predicament but I admit that ultimately it was my fault for getting hacked. And no, I did not fall for any "free primos!!111" or "genshin giveawayyy@#!&" scam, and I have never shared my login credentials with others.

The hacker gained access to my Hoyoverse and the email linked to it. With those alone the hacker was able to unlink my email, change the password and delete all login devices/phone number. How did the hacker get my login details? Well...

My first mistake was saving passwords on my web browser. I was using 2 browsers back then. Firefox was configured to delete cookies after closing and it's what I use on the regular. I set up another browser (Opera) for quick access to my unimportant socials and various sites by storing passwords in the browser and NOT deleting cookies. So really in hindsight, my biggest mistake was being a lazy dumbass. I'm sure that a cookie stealing malware was what got me coz my obscure twitter was spamming crypto tweets and the only place I ever use it on was the Opera browser. I also had my Genshin login saved for redeeming codes (arghhh). Probably had the email linked to Genshin saved on it too since it was the only compromised email.

My second dumb mistake was downloading software from a dodgy site. I think it was when I was looking for a pdf editor and downloaded malware instead. I remember it being a rar file, and extracting it triggered the malware alert of my antivirus. I deleted the file immediately but guess it was too late. This was likely how the cookie-stealing malware found its way onto my PC. Should have known better, really.

My third mistake was ignoring signs of a security breach. The first warning sign was the antivirus alert. The next was the twitter spam. These things happened a day or two before my Hoyoverse actually got hacked. There was time for me to stop it but I failed to do so. What I should have done immediately when there was suspicious activity: scan for malware, change every password and NEVER save passwords on browsers EVER AGAIN!

My fourth mistake was setting a bunch of weak passwords for Genshin and emails. Easy to remember, but a risky move since it'll only take an hour for a computer to crack them!

Secure & Recover

After discovering I got hacked, I did everything to secure my PC again like running several anti-virus scans, uninstalling Opera for good, activating 2fa wherever possible and changing every single password to complex ones. Thankfully it seems like nothing else was hacked.

Then I submitted the HoYoverse Pass form (aka "Hacked Form") to recover my account. This is the form you'll need to fill to "prove" you are the true owner of said account. On it are a list of questions like username, email, linked third party, first login method, first and most played devices, registration date, first purchase method and receipts. There's also the option to recover Genshin, Honkai or Tears of Themis but luckily you'll only need to submit the form for one game to get all the others back. Recovering through Honkai or Themis is supposedly faster as the player base is smaller but unfortunately I did not note down the UID of my Themis account so that option was...not an option for me (sighhh).

The CS team forewarned it'll take up to 20 business days for a reply (it was the norm to wait 30-40 days in total). It literally takes a whole month for the recovery process with no guarantee you'll get it back at the end of the long wait.

Meanwhile I kept a close watch on my account through an alt and on Hoyolabs. The hacker deleted my friend list and changed my in-game nick to a number. A few days later it was again changed, this time to a Jp name. It looked like my account got sold.

Whale Watching: The "Buyer"

Based on my observations, I could guess that the buyer was some Japanese dude who likes Kazuha (a lot), not a fan of Tartag (keeps switching out his bow and giving it to others smh), makes questionable choices for abyss, might be a whale or at least a dolphin (character count increased, some new constellations, pulled on the weapon banner yikes), logs in almost everyday and plays the events. I did wonder if I should be relieved about my account being in the hands of an active player who somewhat knows what he's doing as opposed to a bored troll who trashes accounts. But the most frustrating thing about it all was noticing the gradual increase of my chasm exploration % on Hoyolabs and being unable to do anything about it.

The 2.8 Update: A Depressing Livestream

Days passed (really slowly) with no reply. The buyer was still active on my account when the 2.8 livestream dropped. After losing access, I intentionally avoided genshin-related news to cope with the situation but tbh I really missed the game. So I ended up watching the stream. It announced the return of the summer islands, the new Diluc skin (the one consistent thing i asked for in every survey no kidding T_T), and even had a Sumeru teaser at the end. It was supposed to be exciting but I felt nothing but despair. I was looking forward to Sumeru and dendro but I wasn't sure if I will ever get the chance to experience it.

Day 30: The Response

On the 30th day, I received a response from CS.

The recovery attempt was unsuccessful. The information I gave was "incomplete" and "inconsistent". They wouldn't say what was incorrect and I was left guessing.

I thought I had lots of proof and knew everything about my account but somehow still fell short. Felt a mixture of disbelief and sadness. All that time spent waiting, and it was for nothing.

The 2nd Attempt: Persistence & Patience

It was really hard dealing with the rejection after a month-long wait. I even considered moving on to Tower of Fantasy but in the end I decided to keep trying. I wasn't ready to give up on something I was invested in for almost 2 years. I refused to let the hacker/buyer win. On the subreddit I read stories of players who only got their accounts back after one year of continuous rejections. I was ready for that. I was prepared for the worst.

For the 2nd attempt I was a lot calmer and spent some time organizing my info and reviewing the first form to figure out what went wrong. I changed the registration date to my first login date instead. The form lets you use the first login date if you can't remember the registration date so this time I went with the login date which I was confident of. Then I changed the first login device and UID first started platform to my other device. I was in a tricky situation as I wasn't sure if I first logged in with mobile or PC. I had issues with both at the start and was trying them out at the same time (lag and update issues). For most players the registration device would be the same as the login device/UID first started platform but I think it was different for me. So anyway in the second form I wrote down the device I used that successfully played the first cutscene with the unknown god. It was not the same device I used to register for Genshin. I then explained my situation and why I was unsure about the first device in the additional info section.

Those three were the only answers I changed. Then I added every five star pull dates in the additional info (before i only listed the characters, no dates given). Also I used a different email from my first attempt to submit the form. This time the email was the one I used for purchases (this email address was visible on my paypal receipts).

After submitting the form I sent an additional email to support_os with a link to my google drive. Tbh this was prob unnecessary and I don't know for sure if it helped at all but at the time I was eager to provide as much proof as I could. The google drive had excel spreadsheets of the following:

Chronological list of all my five stars and their exact pull dates (including standard banner five star pulls)

Full purchase history in chronological order where I listed the transaction ids/purchase methods/file name of the receipt screenshot on my google drive for reference

Devices I used to play Genshin (again i explained about my first login device "issue" and also listed my latest most played devices and the date I started using them).

I added another folder for screenshots that had every receipt and some early in-game screenshots with my UID visible (including screenshots of my first 20 pulls on beginner banner...the hacker/buyer will never know of this since wish history only shows records from the past 6 months).

Basically I only included things I was sure of and everything was presented in a clear and organized format. Dates were written as YYYY/MM/DD, same as how it is in-game and I clearly stated my country and timezone in big bold font (emphasizing this since I could tell the hacker/buyer was located in another country). Lucky for me (and i'm so glad for this!) I kept records of every banner pull date to keep track of my primos and also had every receipt in a separate email that was not linked to Genshin. Although I had tons of screenshots and video evidence, I didn't include much as they are generally not considered as "good evidence". I can see why since media can easily be stolen off the internet so I only attached the unique event participation ones.

The Waiting Game 2.0

Playing the waiting game 2.0 was a lot tougher than the first. Already 30 plus days have passed since I last logged in, I have missed the Xiao and Itto events, possibly will miss the summer events as well and who knew how much of MY resources the buyer had already spent/squandered or how far he had progressed for the story quests. It didn't help that I was also missing out on the Themis events (my fav Marius' bday and the anniversary sighh). I was constantly checking my Hoyolabs profile, watching the buyer completing events, max refining weapons I do not want refined, switching out Childe's artifacts/weapons (once again Childe was messed with LMAO). It got to a point where the anxiety level was just too much and I had to stop the whale-watching. Instead it became routine every morning, afternoon and evening to check my email and try the "forget password" method (entering the new email I gave to see if it got linked by the CS team). Everyday I got used to the same feeling of disappointment that followed.

In short, the wait was tormenting.

Day 34 of 2nd Form: End in Sight?

It was day 34. Noon time I checked my email and tried the forgot password method. Still nothing as usual. Later that day just as I ended work, I checked my phone and straightaway I noticed the notification for an email from support_os. I jumped to open it and got this:

Nearly two months. It was finally over.

I got my account back!

State of My Account

I was able to login before the summer events ended although the buyer had already completed the story. But just listening to the familiar soundtrack of the islands brought back good memories of the first time I explored the map and I didn't know how much I missed Genshin until that moment.

Thankfully nothing of importance was trashed. Some artifacts were moved around but none of the good ones were destroyed. I found myself with welkin, battle pass, new characters I had no intention of pulling, some constellations including lost 50/50s, two 5-star weapons (1 was a dupe sighh) and some max refined 4-stars (pain). All Archon and character story quests were done and that probably upset me the most since I had plans to record the cutscenes to make videos. Other than that I was surprised to learn the buyer spent some time in my teapot adding random furniture and collecting realm currency (a lot of realm currency, um thanks?). And of course Kazuha was chilling there. I was prob right about maple boy being his fav.

The buyer was some kind of whale who spent quite a lot in 2 months, more than I ever did in a year. Having all this "bonuses" after getting hacked sounds like a win but the buyer might request a refund anytime so I'm feeling really uneasy about having all this "extra" stuff. There's nothing I can do now except to wait it out and hope my primos don't turn negative.

All this time I did not make any contact with the buyer so I will never find out how or why he bought my account. I will also never know if he knew the account he bought was a stolen one. Still, I don't feel sorry for the dude at all, not after what I had gone through for the past two months.

Lesson Learnt

If you are still reading this, don't be like me, please safeguard your account from hackers. Genshin's popularity makes it an attractive target for scumbag hackers and account traders. It is easy to blame Hoyoverse for the lack of security and loopholes but as players we should also do what we can to ensure our info doesn't get stolen that easily. Most importantly, do not download from unreliable sites and do not save passwords in your browsers. Always delete cookies or use incognito browsing mode. And always set a strong password!

Behold. My old password vs current one.

(https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/)

The End

And that is it for my sob story with a happy(?) ending. Ever since I got my account back I have been spending most of my time exploring Sumeru (soundtrack is gold!). Still some catching up to do as I have missed tons of story stuff (gonna have to watch all of it on youtube sighhh).

It sure is good to be back ( ͒˃̩̩⌂˂̩̩ ͒).

[trashbag-kid]

hello I want to make an update regarding my status

Hopefully I haven’t worried anyone with my absence, for all those who don’t know my Instagram account was hacked. It can’t be recovered unfortunately, I’m in the process of making a new one still. I will update again when it’s ready, I’m having trouble with picking a suiting username. Thank you everyone who follows me and I’ll be returning shortly to Instagram, I’m sorry for the inconvenience the hacker has brought to those of you who follow me on Instagram.

[dirtyhandslolo]

Hello everyone! ❤️

Apparently my account on Instagram got hacked or something like that because I can`t log in at all today, it gives error messages every time when I try to log in

I hope, that everything will be okay and will try to recover account as soon as possible

[wftc141]

Hey guys. Those who are following me on Instagram, my new account is whiskeycharlie141. My previous account: whiskeyfoxtrottangocharlie141 has been hacked and I am unable to recover it. Please follow my new IG account: whiskeycharlie141.

[byrd-bb]

So my main account on Instagram got hacked. All the effort I put into growing that account, 3 years just down the drain. Now I have to start all over again. But at least I know now not to trust myself when I’m recovering from surgery. Yay.

[razglowe]

I’M BACK

I’m going into detail on why I’m back (tl;dr - boobies unbanned, was locked out of account for over 2 years, and Twitter is now on fire), but just know that:

a) I’m back and active! And; b) My username is changing! I’m Razglowe from here on out

Detail below, but expect activity once again! Genuinely so happy to be back

“Alright Ra, talk - you were so against Tumblr when you left! Why are you back?”

La Tiddy Like, for dead serious for one reason - artistic expression of the human form was banned. This is a huuuuuge no-no for me. I came to Tumblr for art and - while I don’t post the nude human form - I saw it as a huge attack on the community here. I was also trying to stand with SWers as much as I could. At the end of the day though, it’s sadly a losing battle for Tumblr (thanks Apple). Seeing they have at least made the human form not prohibited is enough of a reason for me to come back. Remember guys, SW is work and I do hope one day there’ll be less scorn around the profession.  Unbanning the lady nip was my huge line to come back. And so... yeah, the second I heard that it was unbanned I went “that’s it, it’s a sign that I can return”. 

“Fuck I lost my keys” When I locked the door behind me with my Tumblr account, I put on 2FA to make sure it didn’t get hacked. Through a series of boring events, I upgraded my phone (fine), changed my phone number (not-so-fine) and lost my handwritten 2FA backup codes (VERY not fine). I’ve been trying to get access back for 2 years! Learn from my mistakes folks - always make sure you have a secure location for these things, and possible put it down in 2 real life spaces, not just a digital sapce. It’s a nightmare to recover otherwise. The new “Account Recovery” form is what saved me (and a huge HUGE thanks to Tumblr’s staff for helping me!) and helped verify my information. I’ve got protections back up but it should be less of a hassle if it ever happens again. 

This Bird is on Fire That wee little blue elephant in the room - Twitter. I was semi-active on Twitter for the past few years and enjoyed myself (as you do). However, I honestly missed Tumblr a lot. And I was on pins and needles waiting for the day I could come back here. Art and fandom really thrive here for me, more than it ever did on Twitter. And I couldn’t really gel with Twitter as much outside it being a chat hole for me and my friends. But still, I wanted to stick by my one rule on the lady tiddy. Turns out everything kinda lined up with each other? So that’s fantastic news for me! (And for anyone else who is keen to see me back on here active again).

I’m sure things will be slower compared to pre-2018 and a lot of the people following me are probably inactive now, but I don’t mind. I’m just more here for the fun, the vibes, and just sharing fun stuff.

I’ll also loop everyone in on what I’ve been up to soon! I’m so excited with where things are heading in life right now. 

In the mean time I’m going to clean up a bit and clean house before I start posting more. I’ve also started to diversify on where I am (CoHost, Mastodon, TikTok, and might try to revive my Instagram a bit more), but I do best with text and pictures and nothing will really change that. I’ll make a pinned with everything once I’m done!  (Also I might still be on Twitter. Maybe. I just want to point and laugh if it becomes unusable) 

So happy to see you all again, so glad I’m back  ❤️