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AFF Censors at it again

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It's only 1030 in the morning here in Orlando, and the moderators have been at it again. They took down three of my replies to other members.  One, I was merely attempting to help someone do a DMCA takedown because another member stole someone's photos and the site refuses to take them down.  It is utterly ridiculous that they allow stolen images all over the site, but they don't allow the actual owners of said pictures to take them down. That was two of the denials. The final denial was to hippie, where I just said something about mine being definitely lust-tinted glasses, not love-tinted ones.  ETA: I also tried to put up a blog post, they took that down too. Pretty sure I am being targeted now.  Fucking idiots

Lawsuit over AFF

 For those who are unaware, Andrew (founder and coder of New Community) is in a fight with the current CEO (Cheif Weasel) to wrestle back control of the site. Here's a link to that lawsuit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D4IZwMhpWFUP0wNQwhMhzYm1vsWlJbihhtICEFkeTEM/edit?usp=sharing For an informative summary, please read the article I wrote for Online Personals Watch https://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2024/03/the-battle-for-friend-finder-networks-founder-andrew-conru-sues-ceo-jonathan-buckheit.html

Cynicism

Normally, I’m what I like to refer to as an optimistic realist. I see things for what they are but hope they can get better. However, as of late, my cynical side is taking full hold of my thoughts in terms of this site. While I enjoy the relationships I have built with my fellow bloggers, I lack the zeal to provide content to a site that prioritizes stolen porn and hookup ads over original content. The content moderation hellscape that allows rampant transphobia to fly by without a second thought while deleting jokey responses between blog friends en masse. The hours of moderation limbo. Followed bloggers posts not being in my feed. The nightmare that is my inbox. Over familiar strangers commenting gross come ons and dick pics on HNW posts. Where I was once excited to blog here, enchanted by the new community, the abandonment of the original policies of this side for the Craig’s list/porn hub feel of it now just depresses me. It leaves me in a spot where I’m going to continue reading t