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unfortunately, a lot of the userbase won't opt out. those who don't see this post, those who have posted to tumblr but don't anymore, users on older versions of the app who forget to opt out next time they're on desktop, etc. the point of making it opt-out is to take advantage of people who wouldn't have opted in but don't/can't opt out in time. automatically opting out people who have discouraged search crawling is a gesture that helps Tumblr look more kind, but from the fact that everyone else has to manually opt out, Tumblr is definitely not looking benevolent.

I wonder, will Tumblr/Automattic be selling images from deactivated blogs? I assume deactivated blogs can't opt out.

when will they start selling this data? Is it already too late to keep them from selling every image you've posted before you opted out?

and if they're especially malicious, I wonder if they could get away with saying "this image is from a blog that's opted out, but it was reblogged by a blog that hasn't opted out, so we're selling the image that's on that non-opted-out blog."

making users need to opt out to keep their images from being taken and sold is a shitty move that makes it clear Tumblr/Automattic don't respect our privacy, and @staff are really not giving us much info here to suggest otherwise.

There's literally no where safe to post creative works anymore. Everyone please nightshade/glaze your work.

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OW Shapeshifter AU: The creation

You know what we just realized that you all don’t know? The OW Shapeshifter AU was created thanks to the trolls movie.

We watched trolls and Branch and Poppy reminded us of Hanzo (WHO WILL DEFINITELY DRINK HIS OWN SWEAT TO PROVE HIS POINT) and Tracer (GET BACK UP AGAIN!!!!) and their interaction were p e r f e c t  so we started to like the idea that they could be friend and McCree was the cloud. THE CLOUD. THE CLOUD WEARING SOCKS that meet Hanzo and their relationship goes from 0 to 100 in rivaly in one second flat just because HE ASKED A HIGH FIVE Anyway, this. THIS WAS THE THING THAT STARTED THE OW SHAPESHIFTER AU.

You all made us realize we made a Branch x Cloud AU so have this cursed drawing in return

Its been a while, been. thinking about @overdrugs-mayhem 's au. Widow makes me sad.

Ooooof our hearts!!! ;W; <3

This is so beautiful and our hearts shattered in a million pieces while we drown in angst on the floor, thank you ;w; <3

@overdrugs-mayhem I made some fanarts for your Shapeshifter AU!!

Hanzo has always been my favorite character, so I made this little "character study" of him. Also, since he's an omega, and usually that involves mpreg, I made him with his future kids alongside McCree.

Some of the images are from videos of snow leopards that I like, they are super fluffy, so that's why I made Hanzo be extra floof.

I really hope you like it! I loved drawing it and really put a lot of effort into it.

oh my gosh!!!! These are all adorable!!! We absolutely ADORE how you draw Hanzo and those puppies are so incredibly cute!!They have swapped colors/patters and we are crying this is the most adorbale thing ever ;W; <3 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DRAWING THEM!!

Just the begining x) Sorry I didn’t ask for McCree I hope you’re not mad at it… it’s not finish yet ^^

OH MY GOSH!!! These are amazing! We are not mad at all, super happy it’s the right term! Thank you so much for doing this, it’s coming out wonderfully!! <3

Perle di saggezza da Google Translate.

We realized that this masterpiece can only be understood by italians but this is too good to pass it and we think that you all deserve to know this. Google translate transformed the Shimada Family in the “Shitmada family” and we are still laughing because we are so mature ahah

Mexican over here! I’m cracking up because in Spanish, that does not mean shit.

It means fuck and I’m dying

SHIFUCK family

WHY IS THAT SO FUCKING FUNNY

Obligatory reblog for the ShiFuck Family ahahah

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