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Scammer Targeting Tumblr Artists

The title says it all really. So if nothing else, please share and reblog this post to raise awareness for those that might be caught out - both artists and followers. For a TL:DR, please look at the bottom of the post

What is happening?

Right now, there is at least one person actively impersonating multiple artists across tumblr in an effort to scam their followers into paying for fake ‘cheap commissions’. The scammer will clone a tumblr, usually using a slight change to the url/account name to look like the real deal. They will then message people directly through Tumblr with messages along the lines of “Hey, i’m doing cheap commissions right now. DM me to get one”. Naturally, this is ends up just being a way to take their money without giving anything back in return.

Who does this affect?

Everyone. Simple as that. As long as the scammer in question works unopposed, they are free to spread their influence and continue to scam more people. Even if you haven’t been targeted yet, it does not mean you are safe or immune. Several artists have already fallen victim to this scammer, and I encourage any artists that have to reblog this post with the details of their affected account(s) and the ones the scammer has set up.

How can we stop this?

Tumblr, like many other social media platforms, seems to care very little about ‘minor’ occurences like this one, and despite reaching out directly to them over a week ago through multiple avenues of contact - they have refused to comment on the situation, provide a recommended response for users, or take action on behalf of those already affected. Despite this, there are still tools at our disposal that we can use to make this scam more difficult, and to increase its visibility to those within Tumblr staff that are required by policy to take action. Tumblr has the following to say on the topic of impersonation: Confusion or Impersonation. Don’t do things that would cause confusion between you or your blog and a person or company, like registering a deliberately confusing URL. Don’t impersonate anyone. While you’re free to ridicule, parody, or marvel at the alien beauty of Benedict Cumberbatch, you can’t pretend to actually be Benedict Cumberbatch. They then provide a link to this online form that you can fill out if you suspect someone’s identity is being confused. Unfortunately, this can only be filled out if you are the victim of impersonation. In other words, only the artists can fill this out legitimately. So, what about the followers and users of tumblr whom aren’t being impersonated? Our most valuable tool in this online platform is the platform itself. It enables us to spread our word near-virally across all the many sub-communities on Tumblr with remarkable efficiency for a user-driven system. We can take advantage of that effect to increase awareness of the situation. Even if you - the one reading this right now - aren’t an artist or don’t know an artist, the act of reblogging this post or sharing it directly with friends improves it’s ‘ranking’ in popularity increasing its chances to be seen by more people. We don’t need everyone on Tumblr to see the post for it to be effective, just like we don’t need the entirety of the human population of the world to be immune to a disease for that disease to be rendered ineffective or eradicated. If enough people are aware, the likelihood of pulling off a successful scam increases dramatically reducing efficiency to a point that it no longer becomes profitable to continue.

Why should I care?

It disheartens me to say this, but of the many artists I contacted directly over the past week to warn about this issue many of them refused to listen or dodged the responsibility with lines like;

“I’m not being impersonated, so it doesn’t affect me”

“I’m just one person. I can’t make an impact”

“I need to take care of my community. Other people can look after theirs”

This is honestly disappointing that so many artists or art-rebloggers care so little as to intentionally wave the responsibility of keeping their followers and fellow artists safe from this, that they cannot spare 10 seconds of their time to share an informative post. I’m not here to bash artists, but it is time that everyone takes responsibility for their own communities, and of those around them. Artists: You have a responsibility to ensure that your followers and fans aren’t being abused by someone who may impersonate you. If they succeed, your reputation will be damaged, and your followers will resent you. Your followers are also almost guaranteed to be following other artists meaning your efforts can spread beyond your own circle of influence, so don’t be naive when you think you have little effect. Followers: You have just as much responsibility to be aware of those that might try to scam you or your fellow followers. Don’t just sit in silence when you see something wrong: Ignoring the issue only makes it more resilient to our efforts to stop it. You are the vocal majority if you just use your voices to be heard!

TL:DR

A scammer is impersonating artists and scamming money from their followers under the guise of ‘cheap commissions’. If we ignore the issue, it will get worse. Every single person that reads this can afford to spend just 10 seconds to reblog and share this post. Those 10 seconds can save others from being scammed for hundreds of dollars. Reblog & Share

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3 types 

aries: 1st type - cute, bubblegum eternal child  2nd type - impulsive antagonist  3rd type - seductive, fiery risk taker 

taurus 1st type - earthy artist  2nd type - mature and maternal figure  3rd type - gluttonous pleasure seeker 

gemini 1st type - childlike clown  2nd type - sophisticated socialite / academic  3rd type - disorganised basket case 

cancer  1st type - aggressive, moody sensitive  2nd type - empathetic counsellor  3rd type - pillar of strength, resolve, and emotional mastery

leo 1st type - exuberant performer  2nd type - wants to save the world  3rd type - hates themselves openly 

virgo 1st type - self critical nervous wreck  2nd type - cool and composed problem solver  3rd type - exemplary server 

libra 1st type - lonely, dependant, and sensitive relationship seeker 2nd type - formidable leader, justice seeking and moral 3rd type - airy flirter and artist 

scorpio 1st type - brooding, silent, angry at the world, unstable  2nd type - curious, fascinating emotional lover, interested in the world and complex  3rd type - powerful magnetiser, arousing and seductive 

sagittarius  1st type - uncontrollable and impulsive trickster  2nd type - philosophical and wise guide  3rd type - travel hungry, life absorbing wanderer 

capricorn 1st type - consumed labourer, contributing and sacrificial  2nd type - lazy and lethargic, melancholic and paranoid  3rd type - regal leader, success story, overcomer of obstacles with grace 

aquarius  1st type - introverted and misunderstood outsider  2nd type - playful child, interested by everyone and everything, cool and kind 3rd type - eccentric madman, drunk professor 

pisces  1st type - spiritual temple, compassionate comforter  2nd type - addicted daydreamer incapable of dealing with reality  3rd type - gossipy trickster, two faced and complex 

-C.

Request:

okay okay hear me out,, so for some godforsaken reason mute writer-reader (female or neutral) has managed to capture Michael’s heart, how would he go about with it? (there’s a follow up to this :)))

Warning(s) ! ! !: NONE ITS JUST F LUFF DAMN

Before dating

∆ He had cornered you in a trailer your family had rented for the summer and stepped on your foot

∆ Of course, you scream but when you start to plead with him not to kill you—you make no noise

∆ He tilts his head in confusion, like yea he had met people who couldn’t speak like himself when he was in the asylum but not outside of that

∆ In a way, he kinda feels pity for you but that doesn’t stop him fucking crushing your foot

∆ He finally realizes that he was still crushing your foot he stops

∆ To your surprise, he actually leaves without harming you anymore

∆ You look out of one of the small windows to see him walking into the dark woods before disappearing completely into the night

∆ The next day you play off the fact your foot is broken to your parents, claiming a car ran it over

∆ They don’t really believe you when they take you to the doctor to see that there are several fractions in the bone but they don’t press into it

∆ You get a cool cast, which your younger brother, Luke, loved to color with pictures of butterflies

∆ When you go outside with Luke Michael sees the damage of your foot which makes him feel a hint of guilt

∆ So to try to say sorry to you he gives you gifts almost every day

∆ the first gift was a gold bracelet that he had gotten from one of his victims

∆ The last gift he tried to give you is a baseball cap that he thought would fit your aesthetic

∆ But when you see it the next morning you see the blood stains on it, alerting you to who has been giving you all these gives

∆ You scrub and wash what you can of the blood away before giving it to Luke

∆ That hat actually saves him

∆ Luke was down by a creek with a few of the local redneck boys he had made friends with when Michael was stalking all 4 of them

∆ He was planning to kill all of them when he saw the cap through the slits of his mask, alerting him that was your brother

∆ Luke leaves the group when dusk comes while walking back to the trailer a wild mutt

∆ Michael ends up killing it, crushing it by the neck

∆ Luke is more fascinated than scared of him

∆ “Hey! That’s a cool mask!”

∆ He pulls on the giant 6'8 man all the way to the trailer to show you who saved him

∆ You’re making sloppy joes when he comes home

∆ you’re wearing the bracelet which he smiles at under the mask

∆ Yea, you’re kinda scared with Luke being so close to him but you offer him a plate

∆ Luke basically forces him to take a plate with his puppy eyes

∆ It’s kinda awkward for him to eat but he ends up pulling the mask only above his mouth

∆ Since you can’t talk Luke is the one to talk

∆ When Luke finally gets tired you tuck him into bed

∆ As you come back to the living room you see the giant figure is gone

∆ But at least he washed the dishes

∆ You leave a note with a jar of fireflies saying that he is welcomed to come back tomorrow for dinner as well

∆ The next day finally rolls around and when one knock hits the metal door Luke is the first one to open it

∆ “Y/N! Mr. Mask man is back!”

∆ While you weren’t expecting him to be over so quickly Luke quickly pulls him aside to look at his drawings

∆ You chuckle at the sight of what was in the living room, a mass murder sitting on the ground with an 8-year-old showing him crayon doodles

∆ You fucking burn the turkey

∆ You picked a turkey just the flex didn’t you smh

∆ You end up serving pork and beans

∆ Which is actually Michael’s favorite as it was served in the asylum on special days (His birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc)

∆ The same thing happens as the day before except you are able to catch before he leaves

∆ In a desperate attempt to speak to him you rip a corner of Luke’s sketchbook, quicky writing something and shoving it in his hand before shutting the door

∆ He opens it to see your small neat handwriting ‘I forgive you’

Once dating

♡ Since he can only come over when your parents are out and can’t go into the small town together, the two of you meet up and hang out in random parts of the wilderness that he finds safe for you

♡ Your favorite place is a small hill that overlooks a small river

♡ it’s also your favorite place because that was where he finally showed you his face

♡ Holy shit is he fucking gentle with you

♡ Like he won’t even let you walk while you have the cast on

♡ And the kisses

♡ God the kisses feel like a ghost’s due to how soft both his lips and gentle he is

♡ He basically is Luke’s older and COOLER sibling

♡ “Not to be mean or anything Y/N but Michael is kinda cooler than you, I mean he strangled a dog with his bare hand!”

♡ Since your parents rarely leave anymore because Luke almost got bit by a rattlesnake the two of you mostly cuddle outside when the weather is nice

♡ And oh boy does he not let you go when he wants to cuddle

♡ When the locals won’t leave you alone, you bet your ass they’ll be the next missing person case

♡ But when the summer days start to wind down to less than a week you can see him getting more anxious

♡ It gets even worse when he sees back to school flyers

♡ When you look in his eyes you know how much he’ll be hurt when your family leaves

♡ He tries several times to show you that if you stay with him he’ll be able to support both of you

♡ But you know that this was just a summer fling, love this great doesn’t last forever

♡ When your family finally leaves you don’t even tell him due to fear of how he’ll react

♡ When he comes to the trailer he doesn’t see your car, making him panic

♡ He searches the whole trailer, flipping shit and checking every inch

♡ When the realization finally hits him he just sits on the ground

♡ He doesn’t cry but his heart still feels ripped out

since i can’t thank you enough for all the love, support, fanarts, and fanfics for these two

Hopefully you find this as handy as I do. Lol

Credit: Katie Adkins

The kanekis as softserve

If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.

On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.

Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.

But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.

What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.

Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:

https://saveyourinternet.eu

Also, sign and share this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=50668942&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

We have just a couple of weeks to stop this complete madness, don’t let them dictating the way we enjoy our internet.

#SaveYourInternet now!