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beetlebuggyboy.bsky.social
Speaking on this; there's a tumblr post that PERFECTLY explains why TERFs have 'so much reach', and folk need to see it.

Stop engaging with TERFS, block them, and get them offline. Likewise, report *their* harmful comments.

Organise and be smart.
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user khazrablood. It shows another screenshot from twitter/X by @advocate.com, stating; "Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targetted for mild criticisms of anti-trans billionaire." Beneath the quote, a hyperlink pop up of an informative article appears, with two images; the first is Bluesky's logo, and the second is of Joanne Rowling. Under the two portrait images, the header reads; "Bluesky silenced trans voices over J. K Rowling, here's why" The sub-header of the hyperlink further reads; "Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targetted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire." Underneath the screenshot of the Twitter/X post, khazrablood writes; "wannabe twitter already bending the knee to terfs." Following the previous tumblr post by khazrablood, fourohfourlifenotfound, a different user, has reblogged the post and added; If we are ever going to stop this, then you guys need to start learning why this happens. And it's not always because some executive made a decision to favor a TERF. It's because the technology is broken in a way TERFs have learned to use to their advantage. So content moderation is a HUGE task. It is incredibly inefficient to manually monitor all user reports-- when you "flag" something as spam or inappropriate or 'inciting harm' (what Blueskye is saying the banned users had in their posts). So what actually happens is that the bulk of it is reviewed by machine. The precise "how" is a bit of a black box (if you say exactly, it makes it more vulnerable to being bypasses), but we generally know it's a bit of machine learning ("ai", but not he chatgpt kind) and a bit of automation. Generically this gets referred to as an "algorithm" (which is a meaningless word I don't have time to unpack here). a continuation of khazrablood's tumblr post, reblogged and added to by fourohfourlifenotfound; The TERFs have a formula. A battle plan, if you will. I've been watching them use it for almost a decade. And they play social media sites like a fiddle every single time. The way it works is that they coordinate attacks on targets they dislike. (Usually trans people, but ace discourse is a notable example of targets not necessarily fitting that demographic.) They send links to each other of posts to report. They'll flag it for whatever the nearest thing they can is. The blueskye users were wishing ill to JK Rowling, so "inciting harm" was the excuse selected. "Inappropriate or sexually explicit content" is a common selection for other trans content. Then what happens is the content moderation "algorithm" sees a huge influx of reports for a certain post or user. And instead of making a human manually review all of that, it automatically initiates a ban or takedown. And if the "algorithm" has word censorship built in, it will begin to auto-flag for things containing words in posts frequently flagged, so it begins to auto-flag the word trans itself. The end of tumblr user fourohfourlifenotfound addition to khazrablood's original tumblr post; This has been happening for almost a decade. There was a trans youtuber who proved TERF hater group chats flagged his videos so much that it started auto-demonitizing identical videos with the word trans in the title, but leaving ones without the word alone. I strongly suspect this is why we see huge amounts of trans women banned for no reason on tumblr. And this is clearly what is happening now. How do we fix it? There's no easy solution. All the things about the "algorithm" that make moderation easier for the social media platforms are the exact reasons it's so difficult to defeat. It's hard to teach a machine what's a genuine flag and a malicious one. Again, it's been almost a decade since the issue was raised with youtube, and there has yet to be a solution for rooting out malicious coordinated flagging. But here's one thing that can help: get TERFs off of social media. Stop letting them bait you into petty fights. Learn how to identify them. Block and report them.
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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unangbangkay.bsky.social
DON'T stop calling but DO stop listing what the payment is for, if that was a thing you're doing

*wearily* don't ask don't tell is back, and it's for everything now
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Aug 30
PayPal user in the UK lost their account after buying adult ebooks “about monsters and milking,” “some dubcon stuff”

“My account got banned a couple of days ago for making purchases which violate the ToS. Upon querying w/ staff over the phone I've been told that it was ebooks that I've been buying”
r/LegalAdviceUK 4 hr. ago Join DariaDover My Paypl account has been banned for buying smutty e-books. Have I done something illegal? Other Issues • • My account got banned a couple of days ago for making purchases which violate the terms of service. Upon querying with staff over the phone l've been told that it was e-books that l've been buying. I'm panicking a little bit right now. I haven't done anything illegal have I? The books were mostly stuff about monsters and milking. Some dub-con stuff. If it is illegal, what do I need ot do to protect myself? Do I delete my e-books? If the e-books aren't illegal then is the company really allowed to tell me how I'm allowed to spend my money? Like, is this any different to Halifax or Nationwide forbidding me from buying cigarettes or alcohol at Tesocs? I'm in England. 个 88 46 Share
August 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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diannalgunn.bsky.social
I know you're tired of hearing it

I am tired of saying it

But please, if you care AT ALL about queer or adult content, make the calls. Keep the pressure up
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
if you havent made any calls, or shipped any letters or sent any emails yet, and you feel like its "too late":

dont. its not too late. now is literally a perfect time to start joining in and contacting legislators and paypros in whatever way works best for you.

its a marathon, not a race!
taylortitmouse.bsky.social the haver of it🔞 @taylortitmouse.bsky.social · Aug 20
for those of you that have somehow made it this long without ever calling: you literally just have to list the bills. you don't have to give a reason. if you get a person, they won't ask you why. if you get a voicemail, just say your address at the beginning. it took me less than 5 minutes to call 3
August 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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mannlicherhund.bsky.social
I'm seeing fewer posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation, and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

⬇️
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Aug 6
Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy
August 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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marshiro.bsky.social
4.8K SPECIAL🥰
Woke up today with a strange new power.
I can tweak people's mind, their muscles, even their memories.
And no one will notice.

Then I saw Shawn. He's not mean, just kinda annoying.
Maybe I’ll make him bigger... and maybe a bit dumber.
Make him my own little toy.
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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mietere3d.bsky.social
RASKUS GROWTH DRIVE [6]
Raskus rockets above the skyline! Massive transport ships are toys for him now. One last surge, or have we reached the end of his ascension?~

Every like, share, and comment add to his size! Direct tips double the scale! Donate here
>> streamelements.com/raskusramble... <<
Raskus macro above the skyline with transport ships above
August 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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thorgisarcade.bsky.social
I feel we need to remind everyone that this all started just a few days ago, we haven't even been calling for a week and they're already at the "Hanging up because they can't take it anymore" stage.
Keep calling
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Jul 29
“Visa is just yelling at people and disconnecting calls” is crazy. Holy shit
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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alphaundergroundvn.bsky.social
Thank you all SO MUCH for playing and rating The Alpha Underground!! The response has been so positive and encouraging 💕
April 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
‼️Important Update‼️

There have been increasing reports of people receiving verbal abuse when calling in complaints

So we've put together steps + a script to follow if this happens!

Please be careful out there

↻💬♡ to help spread the info!
***Important Notice*** If you are calling Visa, there have been increasing reports of harassment from Visa representatives, including calling people rapists If this happens to you, please take the following actions: 1) Stay calm! Do NOT engage in harassment back 2) Request to speak to a supervisor 3) If they refuse or hung up on you, call back and *immediately* escalate to a supervisor 4) Put in a complaint of the behavior (script below) 5) Afterwards *or* if they refuse to take your complaint, submit a BBB complaint (script below) Call Center Abuse Complaint: Hello, I'm calling to submit an official complaint about abuse I received from a call center representative today. I called at (time) and spoke with (name, if you know it). Their behavior was beyond inappropriate. The representative said (provide details). Once finished submitting that complaint, tell them you would still like to file the initial complaint you called about. BBB script: I'm filing a complaint in regards to their conduct when I called in to inquire about the situation between them and several gaming platforms. Upon mentioning the nature of my call the representative on the phone was exceptionally rude to me. They (insert details here). This sort of behavior is unprofessional and unacceptable. This should not be how they treat their customers. BBB script pt 2 (what you're looking for them to do in response): I would like a formal apology, my initial complaint to be processed, and the company to re-train their call center staff to prevent such occurrences in the future.
July 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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cocoboof.bsky.social
"UPDATE : There have been reports of VISA and MasterCard hanging up directly on people calling in about "the videogame thing". itchio sells more than games, it sells comics and resources. You can prevent being hung up by replacing it with comics."

All I have to say is: Become Ungovernable. Fuck em'
July 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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punknautikal.bsky.social
Phase 2 is here and our meathead has grown quite a bit! Let's keep packing the muscle on that bod!!
#musclegrowth #hunk #bara
April 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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heyfizzyjay.bsky.social
It has been a genuine struggle to take the advice of friends and loved ones to set this up.

I need $6000 to pay for a hospital ER bill.

Any contribution or spreading the word is greatly appreciated.

gofund.me/7de08702

Reposting to avoid bot interactions.
January 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM