Oh my gosh, getting in touch with the BBB WORKED. PayPal is restoring my account and I should have access to my money again. If you are in the US or deal with the US PayPal and your account is randomly, without warning, and without explanation closed down, file a complaint with the BBB!

For now, none of my NSFW stuff is on my Patreon (but it is on my Ghost!) Since the whole Itch thing, my income has tanked and PayPal ran off w a bunch of my money. Please consider supporting me on Patreon so I can continue to afford my meds. You get lesbians, I get to live.

It's been a while, and so much has happened. I'm still recovering. Had to see the doctor, too. In any case, I'm publishing my 39 page document of my Anti-Censorship Movement. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

YouTube AI age verification is coming in less than 10 days! Time to watch some old people videos to protect your account!

2.1K reposts and 3.4K likes! Considering 3.5K/7.3K ACLU pulled a few days ago, looks like this post might be one of the biggest video game censorship posts made by an individual on BlueSky! Thank you so much for your support, everyone! Things like this motivate me to fight harder!

I do not know how much of a reach I'll have, but I want to state that anyone making concessions on the itch guidelines regarding adult content - saying that 'well its okay if they ban x as long as its not y' should reconsider. It may be 'unpopular', but this is fictional, and legal, content.

NEW: Earlier today, Mastercard denied playing a roll in the Steam and itch.io purging NSFW games. But Valve now says Mastercard communicated concerns indirectly through payment processors and banks. kotaku.com/mastercard-d...

EVERYONE FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!! BlockRock, State Street, and Vanguard are on their way to an antitrust suit!!! If this lawsuit goes well, it might greatly improve energy, housing, healthcare, entertainment industry, and more!

when these companies try to claim this is about what’s legal or not, they’re lying. none of the games that were removed from steam or itch broke the law. financial companies are making subjective decisions based on what might inconvenience them aftermath.site/steam-itch-p...

An adult game creator, "ASLPro3D," shared this on Twitter. A possible explanation of what exactly happened between Steam, Internet Merchant Account, and Card Companies. x.com/ASLPro_3D/st... It's really long, and I'm not used to BlueSky, but let me try to copy paste the content.

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship! Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors. KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue Stripe feeling the pressure ACLU put out a statement CBC covered all this What you are doing is WORKING You are getting RESULTS KEEP CALLING KEEP WRITING WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

Not someone with call center experience but some customer service experience and: I say this is very likely to be a descalation attempt. Not only because it contradicts what other reps are saying, but because you generally don't give so many unprompted details about the inner workings to a customer

Things are getting nuts

Today I decided to take a break from Visa & Mastercard censorship due to a minor medical reason. And then I proceeded to write an 18-page paper on this issue... It's not finished, but I'd be happy to share this with selected individuals such as anti-censorship journalists.

Hey guys! I'm the guy behind this Tweet (I'm usually on Twitter) My tweet went viral, and it's on this Reddit post too. Apparently, this commenter lost access to their Steam game because Visa reversed the payment. Visa treated this person poorly too. www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFri...

Anti-censorship advocates flooding Visa and Mastercard's hotlines over the Steam and Itch.io NSFW purges claim it's having an impact as reported call center confusion turns to frustration in some cases. It comes as games like Vile: Exhumed get banned.

Visa yelled at me when I called to ask some questions about Steam censorship. While I don't have the recording of the call, I still really wanted to share my experience with others. So I re-acted and recreated the Visa call based on my notes. This is NOT a recording. It's a parody/satire/opinion

I wish this was a joke but I got called a rapist today by a visa rep Think I just happen to be a call that pushed the women over Lodge 2 formal complaints after that and spun circles on the 2 calls and was about 25 minutes

Those who've never worked in a call center, this is absolutely proof that the pressure is building. That's things that under normal circumstances never happen without disciplinary action on the employee, so the fact it's happening repeatedly means that management is feeling the strain.

“Visa is just yelling at people and disconnecting calls” is crazy. Holy shit

Keep calling Visa. It’s working.

so when i was calling earlier, the mastercard supervisor mentioned something like, 8000 calls that they've gotten over the weekend. Just wanna say keep it up, keep up the good work, i'll continue to do my part. Let's make 2025 the year of not rolling over anymore

If you want to do something about VISA/Mastercard's unlawful censorship, please check this website! anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co

Currently on the phone with Visa Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch (cont)

Ok I just called Visa since that's my card issuer. 1. Played dumb with frontline customer support ("why can't I buy my friends game on Steam / Itch"). They tried to dump me to email but I escalated to a supervisor. 2. Played smart with the supervisor, and caught them in a lie... 👇