hey... so you read that right. Im done. I am longer posting on scratch. I don't care if they remove the update to the terms of service. My trust has been completely broken. I know I don't have much of a following, and Im not well known, but I LOVED putting stuff out of the internet! I loved sharing my thoughts and my art and horrible animations with people on this platform Because it was Safe. Scratch was safe from the AI art that took over the internet, and I felt safe to put myself out onto the internet without having my creations stolen. Do you want to know how long I have been on scratch? four years. FOUR YEARS of my life have been spent on this platform I have been creating things online since I was in fifth grade, and I'm a freshman in high school at the time of posting. This was my first and only online platform. Until now. I am leaving scratch. I am moving entirley to Tumblr and Pintrest, where you can find my comics, my art, and my heart and soul under the very same username used here. Do you want to know what they did? They tried to find my LOCATION They wanted to know what state I, a MINOR lived in This is a site filled almost with MINORS who could be in SERIOUS DANGER if their information and location is LEAKED Do you want to know why they are doing this? So they can't get sued when people get mad that their work is being used against their wishes and desires. In the USA, technically it is legal-ish to upload peoples art to AI, so they make sure that everyone who clicks the USA button is someone they can take from. This is criminal activity. I have taken down all of my projects and stories and art from way back in the beginning. I wont let these people take from me. Ever. To those I promised fanart, I am so deeply sorry I couldn't keep my promise to you, please take the time to message me if you want me to upload it elsewhere or just delete. You may still see me around, on other websites, if we met hear I hope we meet again on Tumblr, or wherever I will be soon. I cant believe its all gone... everything I have worked on for years... gone after just an hour... We shouldn't have to do this much just to keep our art safe. -Your favorite elderitch monster, Carl Signing off oodelally
I recommend everyone join in on the Anti-AI boycott taking place on February 1st to the 7th, that is being orchestrated by @91207 and many others. I hope we can stop this madness from tearing our wonderful community apart before ST starts to Act on their terms of service. ~May the odds be ever in our favor~