ill be real im getting kinda really annoyed with people who are complaining about pillowfort features. pillowfort was not made to handle this much traffic right now. the mods are open about what the site can handle and that it is very heavily in early beta. people who seem confused about the fact that it isn’t Tumblr 2.0 right now are missing the point that it is UNDER DEVELOPMENT and it was nowhere near ready to accommodate tumblr’s policy announcements and the wave of panic and safe-guarding tactics.
take a deep breath, give em a donation and grab a link, and support PF so it can reach its fullest potential rather than ragging on features because it can’t immediately do what you want it to do.
Also, when it’s working, it seems really cool? I’ve been essentially using it just like tumblr but w/ the added bonus of being able to protect my personal posts etc. I’m excited to figure out how to use the groups and other features, too.
Don’t spiral into despair and rage-quit because a platform that is in still beta is acting like a platform that is still in beta.
“Following further vitriolic attacks on
trans people in our media, the world’s leading publications for lesbians
are coming together to send an unapologetic message of support and
solidarity to the trans community.
DIVA, Curve, Autostraddle, LOTL, Tagg, DapperQ and Lez Spread The Word
believe that trans women are women and that trans people belong in our
community. We do not think supporting trans women erases our lesbian
identities; rather we are enriched by trans friends and lovers, parents,
children, colleagues and siblings.
We strongly condemn writers and editors
who seek to foster division and hate within the LGBTQI community with
trans misogynistic content, and who believe “lesbian” is an identity for
them alone to define. We condemn male-owned media companies who profit
from the traffic generated by these controversies.
We also strongly condemn the current
narrative peddled by some feminists, painting trans people as bullies
and aggressors – one which reinforces transphobia and which must be
challenged so that feminism can move forward.“
Like. I’m a firm believer that porn online shouldn’t be within kids reach (those “are you 18” checkboxes for life) but. Like. Ok first of all, just ban cp? It’s not hard? Cp is what got you into this mess just ban it. Second of all, you could increase the age of sign-up from 13 to 18. Third of all, you could do what deviantart does and just. Require birthdays at sign-up. If your blog is flagged as nsfw, you can’t interact with minors. You want to follow an nsfw blog? Prove you’re an adult. You’re an adult but don’t want to see nsfw content? Safe search (that actually works).
It’s not hard to make a functioning website, but staff doesn’t seem to want to do that.
“But people lie about their age” YEAH PEOPLE LIE ABOUT THEIR AGE TO DO ALL KINDS OF SHIT. WHEN I WORKED AT THE GROCERY STORE PEOPLE LIED ABOUT THEIR AGE TO GET BEER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DIDN’T BAN ALL BEER, WE REQUIRED AN ID CHECK, YES, KNOWING THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIE. BECAUSE THE FAULT WAS THEIRS BECAUSE THEY LIED.
It’s not even “we’re banning all beer”. It’s more like “we’ve set up an algorithm to flag potentially suspicious drinks at checkout for banning, an algorithm that has already caught three papayas, a snickers bar, and Terry the bag boy who got a little too close to the cash register on Tuesday.”
Meanwhile an actual gang of fucking Nazis has set up camp in the produce aisle, and the manager is pretending not to notice them because he thinks they might buy something one of these days.
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