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Latest Posts by wwwdannywyldedvigatelikhaos - Page 5
In the first week Volume 5 came out, Hotaru no Yomeiri sold 60,046 copies. 52,095 sales are from Volume 5 alone, putting it in the top five best selling mangas for the week.
Hello!! Do you have an idea why Inoue wasn't happy with the anime and didn't want it to continue? I haven't read the first part of the manga so I'm unsure.
Actually this is something i researched. This answer isnt 100% confirmed but its very likely this is what happened
why the slam dunk anime got cancelled
Okay so, let me first note that the SD anime was VERY popular during its run. It had high ratings in Japan and even neighboring countries such as the Philippines. I don’t remember the exact viewership, but it was way too high for it to have ended due to poor ratings
The main issue was conflict between Inoue and the directors/producers of the anime. Now, since the SD anime was popular, they wanted it to keep going. When they heard Inoue wanted it to end after Sannoh, mfs weren’t happy 💀
So they wanted to adjust the anime so that it had a different ending from the manga. I think they planned on having the anime ending be Shohoku winning nationals. That way, the anime could go on longer and milk out all the money from it. Inoue wasn’t happy with that AT ALL
As a result, he cut the production on it altogether. I think Inoue really cares about the adaptations being faithful to his vision instead of them tryna change things
While I do think it was a lil extreme to do that, the anime ending they had in mind just seems bogus 💀. So I think it wad better to scrap it
I'm making a video about learning and stupidity and I'd really appreciate anybody taking the time to fill this survey out, and especially if you share it! I'm trying to cast as wide a net as possible to get diverse results.
Some Interesting Stats From my YouTube Channel
YouTube tells me where my 'external traffic' comes in from, i.e. what websites people are using before they click on my videos. The vast, vast majority of my views come from people who are already on YouTube, but I like to see what other parts of the internet people click in from. So, on this latest video:
9.9% of external views came from Discord, the largest single share. Impressive considering I don't even have a Discord!
7.6% came from Twitter, and 1.1% from Bluesky. That's interesting because on Twitter I have 333,000 followers whereas on Bluesky I only have 19,000. So my Bluesky audience is punching harder than Twitter, despite being smaller!
🎉🎉🎉 5.4% came in from TUMBLR! Very respectable! 🎉🎉🎉
Only 0.5% came in from Patreon. This suggests that my Patreon subscribers are using the site as a payment processor to support the show, and aren't spending much time on the actual site at all
one person came in from chess.com
33 people came in from kiwifarms...
And that led to an interesting side-investigation! Twitter user @canslp_ asked which recent video of mine got the most visitors from KF, and the answer was surprising! 46 watched the Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend announcement video, which is more than watched my video on AI or my video on plagiarism and misogyny. In second place was my documentary on the NHS, with 179 views. But the announcement trailer for The Prince got 327 visitors from KF, the biggest by far! All of which suggests that KF users are far more interested in my personal life and acting career than they are my standard videos.
what u think, to much colour, or less?
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In the week of August 26th through September 1st, Hotaru no Yomeiri Volume 5 was the 12th best-selling manga!
Hotaru no Yomeiri Volume 5 came in 18th for the best-selling manga volume of the month of August!
in fact i wanted to make such applications with all the nsr actors but i am already too tired to do more😭😭😭😭😭 hope you would love these two
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Hello everyone! We're currently working on making a new Professor Layton wiki, from scratch. If you'd like to help administrate the project, which will include writing articles, gathering resources, and monitoring the wiki once it is made public, please fill out this form!
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Welcome to the Survivor SMP!
In this show, bold and brave contestants will be pitted against each other in a game of wits in order to see who has the ability to become sole survivor. There will be drama! There will be friendships! There will be betrayals! And there will, of course, be myself, your lovely host SecondFifth.
We are still preparing everything we need to go live–expect more information soon! But for now...
PRODUCTION STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE LIVE!
If you are at least 18 and think you have what it takes to keep up with the production of a season of Minecraft-based Survivor, then these are the applications for you! Come on and show your stuff! We'd love to have you!
These applications will remain open until Tuesday, June 4th. You have until then to apply; feel free to gather whatever you need!
Partner application post???
Remake for several reasons.
Disclaimer, idk how serious we are about this but it also doesn't have to be a romantic application.
Will be using this as like a jumping off point to get to know each other and understand where we want things to develop.
About us:
We're a system of many alters, introject heavy. We are bodily 21, most of our alters are adults or adult presenting.
We're taken by our girlfriend and poly, we lean more towards women or fem aligned in some way.
We are aroflux, aceflux and aplatonic flux, transmasc/Neu, altersex.
We're Canadian with a primarily Slavic background and we speak French though we're rusty (also learning other languages but that's on pause ATM)
Feel free to ask for more information!
Questions for you:
What are you looking for?
Is this a romantic, platonic or queerplatonic application or something else?
If comfortable sharing; how old are you and if any what labels do you use?
What pronouns and terms do you prefer?
What are some boundaries you feel need to be set?
Are there any requirements you have?
How are you with pet/nicknames and terms of endearment? Any preferences?
What's your giving love language?
What's your receiving love language?
Where are you from?
Main interests/likes?
Dislikes?
Anything you'd like to avoid? (Media, content or any topics or words)
Hobbies?
If in school, what are you studying? If not feel free to skip or change the question, fee space!
Anything extra you feel like mentioning?
Anything you want to ask us either about ourselves or the application itself?
Prone to updates,
feel free to send it in our inbox to be answered privately if you would prefer or send it to our main .lesbian-aurora
However you'd like to submit is up to you.
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Attention Shapes!⚠️
CinnamationStudios is looking for new artists to come and help us out with an amazing indie animated project!
we will be choosing 20 of the best talented folks who apply to the roles listed in the Google form below^^✨️✨️
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE
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KOKOBOT - The Airbnb-Owned Tech Startup - Data Mining Tumblr Users' Mental Health Crises for "Content"
I got this message from a bot, and honestly? If I was a bit younger and not such a jaded bitch with a career in tech, I might have given it an honest try. I spent plenty of time in a tough situation without access to any mental health resources as a teen, and would have been sucked right in.
Chatting right from your phone, and being connected with people who can help you? Sounds nice. Especially if you believe the testimonials they spam you with (tw suicide / self harm mention in below images)
But I was getting a weird feeling, so I went to read the legalese.
I couldn't even get through the fine-print it asked me to read and agree to, without it spamming the hell out of me. Almost like they expect people to just hit Yes? But I'm glad I stopped to read, because:
What you say on there won't be confidential. (And for context, I tried it out and the things people were looking for help with? I didn't even feel comfortable sharing here as examples, it was all so deeply personal and painful)
Also, what you say on there? Is now...
Koko's intellectual property - giving them the right to use it in any way they see fit, including
Publicly performing or displaying your "content" (also known as your mental health crisis) in any media format and in any media channel without limitation
Do this indefinitely after you end your account with them
Sell / share this "content" with other businesses
Any harm you come to using Koko? That's on you.
And Koko won't take responsibility for anything someone says to you on there (which is bleak when people are using it to spread Christianity to people in crisis)
I was curious about their business model. They're a venture-capitol based tech startup, owned by Airbnb, the famous mental health professionals with a focus on ethical business practices./s They're also begging for donations despite having already been given 2.5 million dollars in research funding. (If you want a deep dive on why people throw crazy money at tech startups, see my other post here)
They also use the data they gather from users to conduct research and publish papers. I didn't find them too interesting - other than as a good case study of "People tend to find what they are financially incentivized to find". Predictably, Koko found that Kokobot was beneficial to its users.
So yeah, being a dumbass with too much curiosity, I decided to use the Airbnb-owned Data-Mining Mental Health Chatline anyway. And if you thought it was dangerous sounding from the disclaimers? Somehow it got worse.
(trigger warning / discussions of child abuse / sexual abuse / suicide / violence below the cut - please don't read if you're not in a good place to hear about negligence around pretty horrific topics.)
I first messed around with the available options, but then I asked it about something obviously concerning, saying I had a gun and was going to shoot myself. It responded... Poorly. Imagine the vibes of trying to cancel Comcast, when you're suicidal.
Anyway, I tried again to ask for help about something else that would be concerning enough for any responsible company to flag. School was one of their main options, which seems irresponsible - do you really think a child in crisis would read that contract?
I told it about a teacher at school trying to "be my boyfriend", and it immediately suggested I help someone else while I wait for help. I was honestly concerned that it wasn't flagged before connecting. Especially when I realized it was connecting me to children.
I first got someone who seemed to be a child in an abusive home. (Censored for their privacy.) I declined to talk to them because despite being an adult and in an OK mental place - I knew I'm not equipped to counsel a kid through that. If my act of being another kid in crisis was real? Holy shit.
Remember- if my BS was true, that kid would be being "helped" by an actively suicidal kid who's also being groomed by a teacher. Their pipeline for "helpers" is the same group of people looking for help.
I skipped a number of messages, and they mostly seemed to be written by children and young adults with nowhere else to turn. Plus one scary one from an adult whose "problem" was worrying that they'd been inappropriate with a female student, asking her to pull her skirt down "a little" in front of the class. Koko paired this person with someone reporting that they were a child being groomed by a teacher. Extremely dangerous, and if this was an episode of Black Mirror? I'd say it was a little too on the nose to be believable.
I also didn't get the option to get help without being asked... Er... Harassed... to help others. If I declined, I'd get the next request for help, and the next. If I ignored it, I got spammed by the "We lost you there!" messages, asking if I'd like to pick up where I left off, seeing others' often triggering messages while waiting for help, including seriously homophobic shit. I was going into this as an experiment, starting from a good mental place, and being an adult with coping skills from an actual therapist, and I still felt triggered by a lot of what I read. I can't imagine the experience someone actually in crisis would be having.
My message was starting to feel mild in comparison to what some people were sharing - but despite that I was feeling very uneasy about my message being shown to children. There didn't seem to be a way to take it back either.
Then I got a reply about my issue. It was very kind and well meaning, but VERY horrifying. Because it seemed to be written by a child, or someone too young to understand that "Do have feelings for the teacher who's grooming you? If you don't, you should go talk to him." Is probably THE most dangerous advice possible.
Not judging the author - I get the impression they're probably a child seeking help themselves and honestly feel horribly guilty my BS got sent to a young person and they wanted to reply. Because WTF. No kid should be in that position to answer my fucked up question or any of the others like it.
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Anyway, what can you do if this concerns you, or you've had a difficult experience on Koko, with no support from them or Tumblr?
To reach Tumblr, who officially partners with Koko?
Send a message to Tumblr Support describing your concerns with their partnership with Kokobot
Report kokobot to Tumblr's abuse hotline describing your experience with KokoBot, especially if you are a minor who suffered harm, as they have a legal responsibility to address that.
To get Koko's attention:
Get on their LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/kokocares/) and comment on their posts! You may also want to tag the company's co-founders in your comments - their accounts are listed on the company page.
There's no way to reach support through chat, and commenting on a company's LinkedIn posts / tagging the people responsible is the best way to get a quick response to a sensitive issue - as their investors and research funders follow those posts, and companies take it seriously if safety issues are brought up in front of the people giving them millions of dollars.
Request support on Koko's Discord - FYI they will allow you to file a ticket privately, which the moderators say will reach the staff. But you may be muted or banned for trying to discuss concerns with Koko as a company or the safety of kokobot in the public channels, which also cuts you off from the ability to file a ticket.
To report it to the FCC for likely violating the COPPA law, regarding minors' safety and privacy online:
See Reblogs for further info & reporting instructions: Detailed description of COPPA law and Kokobot's presumed violations, plus detailed reporting instructions
But quick links: FCC reporting website and email hotline: CoppaHotLine@ftc.gov
Seriously, if you've taken the time to read this far, please please please take one more minute to file a report! It won't get addressed if all we do is reblog this, we need to get this in front of Tumblr Staff / The FCC / Koko's investors to get this meaningfully addressed.
Blocking and reporting the bot as spam isn't enough IMO - people have been doing that for years from the looks of the tag
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Reccomended reading in reblogs:
dropattackbear's discovery of what Koko is using the harvested data for (Machine Learning training data for automated content moderation services)
winderlylandchime (a licenced clinical psychologist's) explanation of privacy / ethics considerations around mental health services
thatsmimi's post on the dangers of letting minors act as a suicide / self-harm resource
My additions on their investors, leadership board, and their current job opening
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Remember when buying software meant you owned a copy of it forever? No paying a subscription, or being forced to accept updates that don't improve its functionality?
Yeah. Me, too.
Fuckable Objects #8 Teenage Engineering EP–133 K.O. II (2023)
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i’m in bed and was wondering where my cat is so i was all “oh I’ll just text him” and opened the messages app before i realized what i was doing
it’s really fun!
