leidensygdom:

Please be aware that the “opt-out” choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that “AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively”. Once they’ve got their hands on your data (and they have), they won’t be “honoring” an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently “own” and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don’t give everyone free access to see what they’ve stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn’t stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr’s Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can’t opt out. People who have lost their passwords can’t opt out. People who can’t access internet or computers can’t opt out. People who had their content reposted can’t opt out. Dead people can’t opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn’t trained on people who didn’t consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people’s data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

toki-pona:

staff:

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

• We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 
• We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.
• To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 
• For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 
• Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

ALT

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.

the-haiku-bot:

chronicallyabsent:

i’ve drawn enough of them. be free now. go. into the wild with you all

i’ve drawn enough of

them. be free now. go. into

the wild with you all

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

:

mornington-the-crescent:

beardedmrbean:

thepromiscuousfinger:

Is it just me or are the new tumblr users convinced there’s a penalty of some kind for using this site like it’s meant to be used?

reblogs have always been in short supply for artists, sadly, but it’s hitting the shitposts and even the cat pictures lately.

Gotta keep getting the word out that reblogs are good and keep people posting new material that will be passed around for the next 12 years

They’re used to other social media sites, where the only equivalent of reblogging is straight-up content theft; so the idea that you can put someone else’s stuff on your page and have it not be a bad thing is a strange experience for them.

They’re likely also used to an algorithm recommending content based on what they hit “like” on, so they probably think that that’s how this works, too.

akashicrecord:

akashicrecord:

I threw your clit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs

good job everyone lets pick this back up after lunch

ot3:

bladesofaura13:

ot3:

ot3:

it’s been long enough i’m making an executive decision that we all need to go reread the tgi fridays infinite mozzarella sticks article

still just as good as i remember it

The link is broken nooooo

burning of the fucking library of alexandria right here. anyway everyone say thank you wayback machine

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist:

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist:

sagetheunwise:

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist:

tumblr is special because I can make someone unhappy just by writing down my thoughts & then they’ll thank me and ask me for more

How dare you be right about this. Please continue

due to plaque buildup, human arteries are sometimes crunchy. also, the arteries themselves are made of a smooth, elastic (possibly gummy?) type of tissue.

therefore, I imagine that eating a diseased human artery would be a similar experience, texture-wise, to slurping one of THESE babies

ALT

egberts:

itwashotwestayedinthewater:

itwashotwestayedinthewater:

bungus

welcome to ‘no note bungus’. reblog and you will feel a sense of accomplishment and goodwill wash over you