It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

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California! Set a reminder in your phone to call the gov’s office to tell Newsom to sign these five bills. The guy’s mercenary as hell so if he thinks the wind is shifting in favor of trans rights (it never shifted! Trans rights are human rights!) we could flip him. Info below. Call: 916.445.2841

Australians, spread this petition far and wide. Demands Parliament “open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure,” as “payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume.” www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

i know there's a lot of information im asking to be communicated here. if your energy levels are low, or if you deal with a lot of anxiety, i do want to stress that you dont have to do it all at once, you can break it up, ie: one day you call about Bills, the next day you call about issue 1, etc

and remember, DO NOT STOP CALLING. ive updated the phone call cheat sheet one more time! imgur: imgur.com/a/sC2YqPA more comprehensive info can be found here: stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money

The paypros and fake "banks" all seem to be getting pretty vindictive & retaliatory atp. This was inevitable. They want to discourage & demoralize us, but they're only pissing us off. Let them know how pissed off you are.

Hey furries: all that work that's been done to pressure payment processors not to ban NSFW and queer media will be for nothing if any of these bills pass. I know democracy is dead in the US but we have a duty to try anyway. Peep the linked post for info about what you can do to help.

I was told directly by an aide on a call today that when a bill comes before a congressman, they specifically take their data from these calls and say "this is how many/who called in to vote yay/nay for this bill" they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!

Paypros still haven't receded. We need to keep exhausting them until they give up. Letting them win wouldn't be the death of just furries but the entirety of the internet will be controlled by paypros if we let this slide.

No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment. If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business. Please continue making censorship unprofitable.

CALL STRIPE CALL PAYPAL CALL MASTERCARD CALL VISA DO NOT. STOP. CALLING! #rocktheboat stop-paypros.neocities.org

Here are these again, if you need them. Be polite to the person on the other line, but don't let them talk you down, either. Ask for a supervisor. Ask them to write down your complaint and have them assure you it will be sent in as a formal complaint.

and to be clear, i was very clear in asking "can i use stripe for purchases of LGBT content" and both times, different operators have told me that Stripe does not support such transactions theyre not even playing the "oh our brand doesnt discriminate!" song and dance

Let's Keep Calling!

You hear that guys? All lawful purchases are allowed! We're just not allowing the ILLEGAL stuff like...dark romance V-Novels? This ain't adding up. These companies are playing damage control now. Don't Stop Calling! More official statements only brings up more questions! stop-paypros.neocities.org

So instead of addressing any issues, Mastercard is FURTHER supressing criticism. They're panicking. Don't. Stop. Calling.

you know what would be really funny? if people started calling MasterCard saying "I mentioned MasterCard in a Riot/Valorant/League of Legends stream and I got timed out/warned/banned. I don't understand why that would happen. Can you explain it to me?"

VISA and MASTERCARD are now refusing all calls related to their policy changes. So call up as a concerned shareholder, prepared to short-sell their shares to reduce financial harm and loss to their portfolios. They're trying to ignore us. Don't let them. Evangelical Censorship is death to progress

#SaveSpeech its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well! PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ more comprehensive info can be found here: stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money

Keep calling. Keep sending physical letters. Do not stop at the slightest hint of them budging. Do not let the momentum die. yellat.money stop-paypros.neocities.org docs.google.com/document/d/1... www.reddit.com/r/itchio/com... Infographics by @dieselbrain.bsky.social

After doing some research, I was able to find that Fifth-Third and Evolve Bank are likely the biggest players. I was able to dig up a few numbers. On top of calling Stripe at either +1-877-887-7815 (voicemail) or at +1-888-926-2289 (say you're from California, live agent), call these numbers.

Visa says they're still drowning today! Payment processors think that we're not organized enough to keep this up but it's we either prove them wrong or submit to global censorship so it's. not much of a contest. Keep calling all 4!!

It's working. Keep calling.

Cheat Sheet v.2 nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i more comprehensive info can be found here: stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

IT'S WORKING, Y'ALL!! Keep the pressure up!!

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)

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help. this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls. we can beat them phone numbers and a script:

In summary: - This call campaign needs to last at least a month - As many calls as possible, so bring your friends - Make sure each call lasts as long as possible - Each time you make a call, mention it's not the first time you've called about this

To everyone who wants Visa and Mastercard to stop screwing with our platforms: This thread contains everything you need to fight back! - A script - Form links - Email addresses - Phone numbers - Petitions - and more! Let's flood these fuckers with complaints until they get the message!

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign But we can EASILY top 1,000! I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send! ↻💬♡ to boost We CAN make a difference 💕 #itch #censorship 1/🧵

They told me they're getting a lot of complaints about this when I called, tried to push me to do an e-mail. Politely told them I would prefer to leave my complaint by phone and they took it. Easy. If you're calling Visa, hit 0 and lead by saying you'd like to file a complaint.

Heres a web page with some consolidated info/scripts/phone numbers etc made by @cereza.zone to help folks who dont know where to start when it comes to calling/emailing payment processors. stop-paypros.neocities.org

We're more than 1,000 strong. Talk to your friends. Schedule a time together to make the call. Rehearse. Make an event out of it. I understand that making calls like this is uncomfortable, but the consequences are already unbearable for many. Please.

this is worth repeating honestly. if you are in Australia and would like to look more into it, you can do so here: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern

If you want to actually solve the problem, instead of punishing itch, start calling payment cos Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done. We got more than 1000 people.

Called and got through, reasoned with the dude on the phone and he mentioned I wasn't the first, keep callin.

People keep telling me that I shouldn't be mad at @itch.io, just the payment processors. They are fundamentally misunderstanding why I was up until 4am reporting on this last night. Itch is withholding trans authors' incomes. If you stiff my girls, then yeah, we have a fucking problem.

EU citizens: stop killing games needs your signature! i didn't think i could sign this since I'm not a resident, but turns out if you have citizenship you can even if you're not a current resident!! it's a long shot but i still hope we can get some answers to this www.stopkillinggames.com/eci

I got to talk to Ross on my Stream a while back about the Stop Killing Games initiative, and it's a shame the traction has stopped, so even if I'm a relatively tiny streamer, let's see if we can't give this another push? If you're in an EU citizen, it'll take 2 mins: www.stopkillinggames.com/eci

The Stop Killing Games initiative is giving up because of a relentless campaign of misinformation and verbal abuse largely directed by PirateSoftware/Thor, which has completely tanked their momentum and burned out its founder. youtu.be/HIfRLujXtUo

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