Hey everyone,

This was never ever a post I thought I'd make, nor one I write with anything close to smile. If anything, my stomach is knots and I'm distraught, and I really hope I am overthinking this whole situation.

Some of you may have heard that the UK is introducing a policy that will enforce social media users to provide photographic identification of their age or bank details to access adult content. I am going to be blunt, asking people to give personal information to untrustworthy sites is beyond stupid. Bluesky has announced who will be handling that information and it is a company that has had known data breaches in the past...how encouraging, right?

It gets worse.

Outside bluesky, there has been no communication from other social media pages on how they will handle the new law. Worse case, and I worry this may happen, is that any page I upload my art and stories, or even talk to people on (including furaffinity, discord, telegram) will enforce these changes. If that does happen, it is with the heaviest heart that you lovely peeps won't see much around anymore until this policy is removed. Not for second do I want to do this, to write this, but I need to give you all the heads up if I suddenly disappear online.

This fandom has given the opportunity to meet some of the most remarkable people I have ever met. They've had my back, they've helped me laugh, smile, picked up me (no macro joke intended), and let me lean on them. This fandom has given me so much love, helped me feel comfortable with being gay, and helped encourage me to have self-confidence in who I am. It has given me lord knows how many beautiful memories, and so many beautiful, beautiful people.

Then there is writing. Man, when I used to write as a kid, my old teacher would tell me that I should pick a more realistic career. Yeah, that knocked my confidence, and although I didn't imagine I would starting furry stuff, I did. A lot of my friends told me to do commissions with my content, and I always turned that down because I didn't want my stuff to be out of reach, I just wanted to do something I was passionate in as a hobby. Heck, I had one novel (Across The Pond) and another, larger one, in the works that was going to launch my setting (A Matter of Perspective). A project I have dedicated my time and money to for seven months. The reason why I mention this, is that if these changes come into place, my motivation for writing after finishing my book and the two trades I had planned will end. If this policy really does affect what I think it could, I would drop down the pen in writing, probably once and for all. Never did I once think that would be a possibility anytime soon, but this might be how things unfold.

The only work around I have, and that is if I can use Discord, a discord sever for the sole purpose of uploading all my art and stories. That might be the only thing I can think of at the moment, apologies I have not been thinking clearly as of late.

Admittedly, I am not someone who likes to openly ask for help. In this instance, with everything going on in my personal life, and now this policy potentially jeopardising my pathway to connect with people who help lift my spirits, yeah I would like a hug at this moment. Again, I may be overthinking this, and I really really hope that is the case. However, with the lack of clarity on how things will go from the 25th July, all I can say is that if I disappear online, know that I am so so immensely thankful for EVERYTHING this fandom has done for me. If I am limited to discord, or telegram for that matter, I will create a discord server as the last remaining route I have to connect this with gorgeous and lovely fandom moving forward. This may be temporary, I just want to hold onto that same warm feeling this fandom helps give me and continue to pursue writing as a hobby as I fear these changes may affect whether I continue as a macro micro writer.

If I do end up on discord only, I will create a discord server for my content (and of course to socialise, because hell yeah, I am still gonna yap and rant as per normal and say all sorts of silly comments) and ask some close friends to help spread the word on my behalf. I will also continue to oversea the macro micro writers server for anyone who likes reading macro micro stuff.

I hoped to contribute positively to the furry fandom and help make it a better place. All I can say to every one of you is thank you so much. Thank you to each of you for the support you have given me, continue to give me, and just overall...thank you for welcoming me.

Have an absolutely wonderful weekend, every single one of you, and stay awesome!

Thank you for reading this! Let's hope that these changes won't be as severe, I would rather say my peace on the matter and say what might happen if I go silent online. I wish I could every single of you right now until I get more clarity on the matter, because admittedly, yeah I do need a hug right now.