I just deactivated my X (Twitter) account. If I can't have the choice in opting out of the 'Edit Image' feature with photos, then I'm gone.

I know that anyone can download images from my FurAffinity, BlueSky, Google Drive links, etc. to upload in AI. I also know the same can be said with my stories. I at least wanted the choice of opting out a social media's built-in AI program to edit images, even when someone doesn't follow me. Whether anyone wants the choice of uploading into AI or not is theirs to make.

Argue about the freedom to use AI with me, but I will counter with my freedom to quit a platform that won't let me opt out of theirs.

Why didn't I quit X (Twitter) sooner? I had a couple of posts with animation commissions that managed over 10,000 views. I didn't reach anywhere near that many followers but had that moment of feeling like I went viral or famous for a bit. It felt good when it happened like I wasn't a burden. I didn't draw or animate those animations. They weren't even my OCs. Still, I never thought my post would reach THAT many views. Many artists also posted there and still do even with the feature. Whatever they decide is their choice. If artists whom I work with on commissions want to post said commissions there, then that's their choice and hope they link to either my FurAffinity or BlueSky instead on who commissioned as well as wrote or co-wrote it.

Anyone who looks at my stories and commissions can love, hate or not feel strongly either way about them. If there's one 'selfish' thing I want more than anything from my stories and commissions, it's that anyone seeing them knows I wrote and commissioned them.