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Not everything on the internet is real. Case in point: Your relationship with OnlyFans creators, it turns out. Two former subscribers from Illinois are suing the company because they thought they were talking directly to the platform’s stars rather than agencies hired to manage their messages. @404mediaco’s Samantha Cole explains more [Story may be paywalled].

404media.co/onlyfans-sued-afte

404 Media · OnlyFans Sued After Two Guys Realized They Might Not Actually Be Talking to ModelsA class action complaint claims OnlyFans is allowing fraud on its platform by letting models use agency chat service to talk to fans.

Oh man, such good good stuff from @_elena

"In the previous article in this series I covered what it’s like to use PeerTube from the point of view of a casual user... Today’s post will discuss: how to use the software as a video creator – and its advantages over video hosting platforms by Big Tech companies."

blog.elenarossini.com/peertube

Elena Rossini · PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 2: creator edition)
More from Elena Rossini ⁂

In #2024 there were 64 3rd-party #crowdfunding campaigns for #DungeonCrawlClassics #DCC #RPG

goodman-games.com/blog/2024/12

I have to say that #GoodmanGames are extremely supportive of their #indie #creators, with a hand-wavey license and active promotion of 3rd-party content.

On 14 March they will host their second creator summit (on Zoom). $20 gets you access to all the seminars (including access to all the recordings). goodman-games.com/blog/2024/11

goodman-games.com200+ Indie DCC Crowdfundings and Counting!|Goodman Games

Your AI-generated logos are making me sick, folks. The "uncanny valley" effect when I see AI-generated images makes my physically ill 🤢

(hoping to tamp it down to "detect, but not make me feel ill").

Thanks to everyone who CW's those (even better, don't post them). Also, if you're a creator/trying to sell something here, note that some of us won't buy whatever you are selling/support your cause if you're using an AI-generated logo. I feel like I'm going to be among the minority of those doing so, but anyway.

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In the spring, Fodor joined other #creators in a letter to #Meta, saying it had abandoned its responsibility “to be an open & safe space for dialogue, conversation, & discussion.”

What Fodor finds particularly disempowering is that she doesn’t know when, or how, her work crosses the line.

Creators mostly have to guess, leaving them in a state of what you might call algorithmic anxiety. “It makes people more distrustful of these #SocialMedia platforms,” she says.

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This is not exactly “#censorship” — anyone can still post about #politics, & people who already follow you can still see it. That’s how Taylor Swift reached her 283 million followers w/an endorsement of #KamalaHarris.

But it is a form of what #creators have long called “#shadowbanning”: reducing the reach of certain kinds of #content w/o being transparent about when it’s happening. Political campaigns, too, have been scrambling to find alternative ways to break through.

Love 'em or hate 'em, social-media influencers are an important feature of today's cultural landscape. @THR has ranked 50 of them including Amelia Dimoldenberg and Sean Evans (the chicken queen and king), Jack Schlossberg, grandson of JFK, and comedy creator Brittany Broski.

flip.it/zpujEj

The Hollywood Reporter · The Creator A-List: The 50 Most Influential InfluencersBy Edited by Seija Rankin

👋 Hello #fediverse ! Abelio is a new work-in-progress federated media publishing platform aiming to become a #tumblr and #photoblog alternative for #artists and any sort of #creators (#writers included).

I don't have any demo to show you yet but i needed a way to announce and ask for things - so if you care, please follow! Here is how admin panel looks so far.

Spreading the info and participating in discussion highly appreciated! ❤️

MakerTube is open for public registrations! It's a peertube video instance for #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy content #creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!

The site is funded by people like you! If you like the idea of an independent video platform please consider making a #donation at makertube.net/about/instance/s

Every penny counts!

Find the site here makertube.net