I can confirm from checking my own downloads - a whole bunch of things were for sure removed; I even get this notification when viewing assets which have been removed...
Keep in mind many of these were gold/points purchases & you're not reimbursed on removal despite not being able to use the asset
![A screenshot of a reddit post from r/defendingaiart which reads:
"[AMA] I scraped all of cara
Will answer questions here or on discord.
Tl;dr: I scraped all of cara, an anti-ai platform! It was a fun projecf, happy to answer any questions here :)
Some statistics:
- just over 12 million works in total
- ~12TB worth of images
- on average ~2.3 images per post
- average image size, ~0.95MB
Total cost was just under $10 for rhe entire scrape.
Will release the list of URLs soon! I may soon have a way to remove glaze/nightshade, please join discord if you would be willing to help! E.g. contribute your gpu to a pool to process images :)
To all you copyright trolls out there who will inevitably try to report this post, I am not distributing any image files! Distributing URLs has been shown countless times not to infringe on copyright, take for example laion-5b, etc."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5u3ic5v2iotb2mjtd4avsfql/bafkreifagwycr4ployslg55saanoa4b6desfcgy6tt3y4zibvdrhdwo6a4)
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Based on the recent situation, in particular how it is targeting artists even for art that was made prior to gen ai even existing, I've made the decision to archive all my posts on meta platforms.
Honestly, I had left a few years ago due to the ai as well as a multitude of other issues (primarily ethical issues) that meta had & still continue to has. However I decided to leave my posts up primarily as a internet footprint - but with this, it just isn't worth the risks anymore. There is no value in leaving the posts public only to potentially get the ai label & then having to contend with the entire headache that fiasco would inevitably bring.
Why not just delete your account and your data? That's easier!
This is totally correct! It would be easier, but it doesn't really solve anything. Meta already has my data, they trained on everything prior to even announcing their ai - there's always the solution of requesting data deletion, but due to the data privacy laws in my state I'm not as protected. Companies aren't required to delete my data, instead they can do so if they want to in "good faith", meta made it clear with their EU ai data training issue that they would not remove data unless they were legally required to, even then it may be dodgy on if they do it.
I've seen enough dramas regarding ai call outs to know how the situation normally goes & how many people use a lack of internet footprint as a gotcha - removing an account, in particular any posts time-stamped, could actually hurt artists further than it would help. Plus, lets not open the can of worms that is "fake accounts" which often target artists regardless of size; contrary to popular belief but you don't need a big enough audience to have a scam account try to pose as you - you simply just need a consistent enough audience.
Archiving lets me keep post timestamps, prove it's my account, plus meta already has my data, it's the genuinely second best option imo.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5u3ic5v2iotb2mjtd4avsfql/bafkreid3jlmskbxvrwpo5phwf5pz5ygblfisgmujui7cvnbzthoaoc4pzy)
![A short video to an audio from king of the hill (specifically the scene where Bobby is rose gardening) spliced with a calming melody background track (true wonder by Oliver Massa); with a hand drawn cat character in the place of Bobby and a brain character “naysayer brain” in the place of Hank.
The cat character shows a work in progress drawing of a cat face in which the fur on the sides of the face go in different directions. The naysayer brain corrects the cat character (in addition to Hank’s voice the character says “it looks horrible. You know it would look better if it was properly mirrored on both sides. Not only is that such a massive mistake, but that’s all anyone will see. You should redo it so it looks right”); before the brain shows a version of the same drawing but with the fur on the sides of the face properly mirrored, to which the cat character responds saying they like it off center, it’s got wabi sabi.
A large text post appears at the end which reads “as the world grows and changes, some things for the better and others for the worst - but there’s a growing loud strong push for perfection. To be the best of the best, to be absolutely flawless and if you’re not that not only are you morally failing but you’re potentially less than human.
Whether it’s trying to claw out way to the top, trying to beat ai, trying to simply survive, or just show our fellow person that they matter while the world is on fire - we spend so much time critiquing and criticizing ourselves that our inner and sometimes outer voices say things that tear ourselves apart, that even after we’ve been stretched thin or burnt out that our efforts and our best isn’t enough..”
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“But it is, to be flawed is to be human, that there’s beauty in imperfection, and that aspiration can come from the darkest places. Humans were never meant to be perfect, and that’s what makes them beautiful and unique.
Something flawed is not wrong, broken, or weak - it allows us to find beauty where others would overlook it, and to truly find not only inspiration but appreciation for each person’s journey.
You are not broken or weak for being flawed and your creations aren’t pointless if they have flaws - you’re human, and that’s more than okay, it’s enough”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5u3ic5v2iotb2mjtd4avsfql/bafkreihqofffq7loeuzwdvp3orwidfxzjknds52h3a4n4bt2thimdu7xay)
