WhenmyAboutFurriesprojectwasjusttakendown, I sentScratchTeamanemailaskingwhataboutitwasinappropriatebecauseitwasjust a bunchofdrawingsoffurriesandclodderedanimals.
Sevendayslater, theyneverresponded.
I'm guessingtheyblockedmyemailagain.
They'vedonethatbeforewithmymainemail.
I contactedthemagainandsent a banappealonmyprofessionaltheateremailbecause I wasn't abouttomake a newemailjusttolearnwhyScratchhatedfurriessomuch.
A weekafter I sentanappeal, Brianansweredme.
Tobehonest, I didn't thinkanyone, butJohnnyrantheemails.
Butanyway, Brianclaimsthat I hadn't beensentmanynotificationsaboutinappropriatebehaviorduringyourtimeatScratchfor a widevarietyofcontentandbehaviorissues, manyofthoseviolationsoccurringrepeatedly.
Notifications?
Youmean, a year's worthofwarningsandbansthatwereallduetomassreportingandbeingbannedforScratchTeamthemselvesresharingmyprojects?
Doesheevenhaveaccesstomywarnings?
I hadscreenshottedeverysingleonesinceJune 2023 because I realizedtheyweregettingmoreandmoreridiculous.
Inalmosteverysingleonewas a massreportmessageorScratchTeamsayingtheyrestored a projectbecauseitwasn't inappropriatebutthenbanningmeimmediatelyafter.
I wasn't having a behaviorproblem.
Then I wasmindingmyownbusinessandmyprojectskeptbeingtakendownand I wasbeingbannedforsolelyexisting.
Anytime I shared a project, itwouldgoontrendinganditwouldbemassreportedand I'd bebanned.
I'm notgoingtosayherfullusernameheretoavoidgettingsuedbecause I wasn't aroundtoseethiswholethinghappen, so I'm notanexpertaboutwhat's goingon, butit's theemail I reallycareabout.
There's theStevientartartistwhodrawssuggestiveartofchildren, includingherlittlesisterwho's a minor.
NCis 22 asofnow, I believe.
Shealsohas a Scratchaccount.
ShedoesthegoodenoughjobnotexposingScratcherstoadultstuffasmuchasshedoesonDeviantart, butshedidhavethisanimationto a songaboutadultactivitiesthat, withoutwantingtosaythewordexplicitly, includedleashesand a certaintypeofdancethatisn't allowedinschooldancesbutisalloverTikTok.
Shealsohadananimationof a child-likecharacterflashingunderherskirt.
Sheclaimsthatthecharacterissupposedtobeher, butherartstylereallymakesitlooklike a childandsheshouldn't beanimatingflashingonScratchanyway.
I emailedScratchTeamaboutthis, includingallthescreenshotsthatconfirmsheowns a DeviantartaccountandlinkstoherillegalartandlinkstoherinappropriateScratchprojects.
Instead, Johnnytoldme I cannotauction a Scratchuserfortheiractivityelsewhereunlesswecanbe 100% suretheyarethesamepersonmanypeoplehaveimpersonatedYouTubers, DAusers, etc. onScratch.
She's still a child-likeron a sitewheretheusersarealmostallminors.
Therelevantpartofthisemailiswherehesaysthathecan't punish a userforactivitiesoffofScratchevenifthatuserisconfirmed a child-adultrelationshipsupporter.
Thiswas 5 monthsago.
Thisemail I wassentabouthowmyactivitiesoutsideScratchwaswhatgotmyaccountdeletedwasonly 5 monthsafter I wastoldthattheydon't punishScratchersforactivitiesoutsideofScratch.
That's themostridiculouspartabouttheirreasoning.
AdmitrightherethattheypunishedmeforsomethingonDeviantartwhen I haveseveralexamplesofthemsayingthattheydon't dothat.
I heardfromotherpeople I toldaboutthisthatitwaskindofstalkerishandcreepy.
I wouldn't callittoomuchofstalking, butgenerally, whyisScratchtunelurkingaroundtheirusers' Deviantarts?
I alsoneveradvertisedmyDeviantartonScratchbecauseit's notallowedandDeviantartdoeshavesuggestivestuffonit, so I definitelywouldn't wanttomentionthatonScratch.
IfyouwereanoutsiderlookingatmyScratchprofile, youwouldn't evenknow I had a Deviantartbecause I don't mentionitatallanywhere.
Anyway, theypostthispost, convenientlycroppingoutthetitleofthepostthatsayspleasedon't usepigeonas a profilepicture.
Yes, I'm reaching a lothere, butnowhereintheactualpostdo I sayhidon't putpigeononScratch.
Thepostsaidthat I sawsomeonewhowasn't meusingpigeonas a profilepicturewithoutpermission, and I didn't reallyfeelcomfortablewithitbecauseshewasmyfursonaandshe's supposedtorepresentme.
I didn't wantchildrentryingtorepresentmewhentheyhavenoideawhat I'vebeenthrough.
I goontosaythatthedesignchoices I madewhencreatingpigeonwasfrommyownexperiences.
PigeonasanOCisjustanagelesscharacter I likedrawingbecauseshe's a mashofseveralanimals I like.
She's sonewthat I'm stillmakinguploreandchangingthingsaboutheras I go.
I wasthinkingaboutherbeing a protagonistofsomesortofadventurefightinggameaswell.
HerbeingonScratchisn't a problembecauseshe's just a deerwithbarelyanylorebesidesshe's attachedtoKungFuPanda 2.
A postwhere I saythat I don't wantpeopleusingoneofmyOCSas a profilepictureorhonestlyusingheratallforthingsisn't a reasontodeletemyaccount.
Ifshe's anOC I onlywantmyselfusing.
Fanartisfinebut I'm attachedtoherin a waywhere I don't reallywantpeopletopretendtobeherormakeprojectswithherortrytodefinewhatsheis.
That's whatthispostwasabout.
I didn't wantanyonebutmeusingherbecausenooneelseunderstoodhowimportantshewastome.
Ifsomeonedecidedtoremoveherbandages, I wouldbeupset.
Iftheyreplacedherpeacocktailwith a regulardeertail, I wouldbeupset.
Ifsomeonegaveherdeerteethinsteadofcanines, I wouldbeupset.
I'd befrustratedbecauseherdesignmeans a lottomepersonallyevenifithasnothingtodowithherlore.
Imaginedrawing a transpersonasthegendertheywerebornas, notbeingthegenderassignedatbirthis a hugedesignchoicethatcan't bechanged.
That's mewithpigeon.
Therearethingsyoucan't changeandwhen I sawthatsome 10 yearoldwasusingheras a profilepicture I felt a littleoffendedthattheydidn't evenaskforpermission.
Anyways, tosumitup, theemailwassayingthatmyshadowwasdeletedbecauseofsomerandomdeviantartpostwhereitstatedthat I'm upsetaboutsomeoneusingheras a profilepicturewithoutevenasking.
Theproblemis, Brian, I hadnoideawhatwastriggeringmyprojectstobetakendown.
Theonlymessage I gotwasthattherewereinappropriateimagesinmyAboutFurriesprojectwhichhad a wholebunchofmyOCSanddrawingsoffurriesinclatterbeds.
Itshouldn't bemyfaultfornotknowingexactlywhatwasmakingtheprojectgettakendownwhenall I gotwasthatthisprojectwastakendownforinappropriateimagesorcaptions.
Anditdoesn't helpthatyoudidn't answermyquestionover a weekagoaskingaboutwhatwasinappropriateabouttheproject.
I createdthatAMAprojectanddecidedtoputPigeononitbecause I wantedtoweedoutwhichofmyfurrieswastriggeringthetakedowns.
I resharedthatprojectbecausetherewasnothingwrongwithitand I wasmassreportedallthetime, so I wasguessingtherewassomethinglikethat.
Resharingisn't againsttheguidelinesexplicitly, it's onlyifthere's actuallysomethingwrongwithitsuchasyouusing a songwith a badwordandresharingwithouttakingoutthatbadword.
I amwillingtofollowguidelinesand I havebeendoingthat, butifyou, someonefromScratchteamactuallylookedatmywarninghistoryandsawthattheywereallfrommassreportingandScratchteammistakenlybanningme, whichtheydoadmitinemails, youwouldactuallyknowthat.
Because I keptbeingmassreportedfor a yearstraight, I'vebeenshowntonotfollowtheguidelineseventhoughthesemassreportingswereoutofmycontrol, butnomatter, MossShadowwillstaydeletedbecausewewerebeingweirdandsnoopingthroughDeviantArtandbanningyoubasedon a postaboutprofilepictures.
Hethenhasthegalltosaythatfutureinquirieswillnotberespondedto, man I getthatyourealizedyoumessedup, butsilencingmebecauseyouknowthat I knowthatyou'remakingstuffupasyougoandgoingagainstyourownguidelinesisn't goingtomakeyoulookanybetter.
I repliedwithanentireessayexplaininghowtheybroketheirowntermsofusebypunishingmeforactionsoffScratch, I includedscreenshotsofactualScratchteammemberstellingmeandotherScratchersthatno, theydonotinfactbanScratchersbasedonthingstheydooffScratchwhichisexactlywhatBrianissayingtheydidhere.
Thehypocrisyisunbelievableandsounprofessional.
Howcouldyoutrust a websitewithyour 8-12 yearoldkidwhentheymakeuprulesastheygolikethis?
I was 11 and I wasstilllyingaboutmyagetogetonsites, andtheparentsareirrelevantherebecausetheparentslettheirchildusethis 8-friendlysite, they'renotexpectingforScratchteamtobelike, hiunderagekids, gotoTwittertoseeupdatesontheirownwebsiteinsteadofemailingtheparentswheretheemailattachedtotheaccount, theytellkidsdirectlyonthesitetheyacknowledge 8 yearoldsusetogotoTwitter, andontheirTwitter, a massiveplatformofweirdosandchild-likers, theypostphotosofveryyoungchildrenuncensored, andtheysaythattheyareintheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologySchoolsothesekidsdonotlivethatfarawayfromthiscollege, theydon't realizehowdangeroustheirpracticesare, it's predatoryanddisgusting, andthiswillendwiththembanningmejustbecausetheywantedto, eventhoughit's againsttheirownbanningrulesiswhy I don't supportScratchand I don't wantanyoneelsesupportingiteither.
I wantedtorecordthiswithmyactualvoice, but I reallycouldn't go a fewsecondswithoutmyvoicegoingout, soyou'llhavetodealwiththetext-to-speechsystem.
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