BlizzBlu
@blizz.blue
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27 | Aroace | I draw once in a blue moon and play video games no one's heard of. Also a huge (tech and video game) nerd. Master procrastinator and positive vibes spreader. I post SFW stuff here. Avatar by @paints-box.neocities.org! NSFW: @nsfw.blizz.blue
![a post from Tumblr user godbirdart, who reblogged the previous post with the following text:
i've said it once, i'll say it again:
no one who fits your run–of-the-mill DNI criteria has ever been deterred by a "[insert thing] DNI".
DNIs are less effective than the websites asking you to click a button to confirm you're 18 years or older. a genuinely malicious person isn't going to read "DNI Malicious People" and go "gee, guess that's me!" and walk away. you're much more likely to stall some innocent person that frets and overthinks if they count as "malicious" simply because they said something vaguely mean by accident five years ago.
if DNIs have served any purpose, it's to inadvertently force people to present themselves as the most Morally Correct, most In-The-Know about Current Events, Completely Faultless husk of a human one can feasibly be in the online space where the absence of denunciation can be misconstrued as some arbitrary evidence of guilt. you don't have [insert horrible thing] in your list? then CLEARLY you support that Horrible Thing and you're a Horrible Person! don't mention if you're for or against [insert human rights movement]? fuck you, then! guess you don't care about other people!
this may seem like an over-exaggeration and i get that online experiences aren't universal, but i really do not savour the knowledge having witnessed people try and write call outs on entire strangers for simply not declaring if they're in support of, or against, something. regardless if the person fits YOUR specific DNI criteria or not, you aren't entitled to their personal thoughts or opinions. they do not owe you a public statement.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7pinz24nswhsrck6vqkyt5cw/bafkreidqv4gjukqzq6olrxnptttdcacegvfa734olttbiw6ib6z4vdmddu)
![a continuation of the reblog from the previous image, containing this text:
additionally: it is not normal or healthy to feel compelled to flail your DNI around and make a brand new public statement of "reminder that i hate [insert thing]!" completely unprompted / each and every time said thing so much as touches the periphery of your social media feed. you should only ever need to declare you dislike something one time, and then curate your own space from there. denunciations will not magically make all the people who like that thing disappear from your following or social media space.
use your block button. block the content or person that you don't want to interact with. focus on tailoring your social media experience into seeing things you actually Like instead.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7pinz24nswhsrck6vqkyt5cw/bafkreied5szfnbtvjz3qtpa2gp2f3gloq4ldbhr4igcsoamhhigxetzgnm)
