happy valentine's day from wangxian

Outfits for Callixte!

i am begging you all to stop treating this site like instagram if you dont want it to be content free by next year

actually i'm reblogging this again with commentary, fuck it.

There's people in the notes talking about "not basing your worth off numbers", and like. that isn't what this post is about. It's not a threat, either, it's a comment on how this site works, at a mechanical level.

Likes are worthless. Let me say that again.

Likes. Are. Worthless.

They don't do anything. They're a bookmark. They were never part of how tumblr works - in the early days we didn't even have a like button, and the site still more or less acts as though we don't. They're personal bookmarks and the only people who "get" anything from them are you (you bookmark the post) and the OP (maybe a very slight serotonin boost), but they don't keep the post in circulation, they don't keep it alive.

Without reblogs, a post will be dead in the water within an hour. No matter how good it is, no matter how many hours of painstaking love and attention its creator put into it, it will be dead within an hour and never seen again. It gets pushed down the dashboard and nobody aside from the followers who were online when it was posted will see it. And there's a huge difference in engagement on posts that get even one lucky reblog from someone with wider reach - that one reblog shows your post to five, ten, fifteen other people, and if one of those people also reblogs it, and so on and so forth, that's how posts stay alive and in circulation. It's like a contagion, but we're sharing creativity instead of disease.

And that matters. That "lifespan" of the post matters, artists and writers give up on this site and go to sites where posts have longer lifespans because it sucks to spend hours of your life, maybe even days, to get two notes and some fucking pocket lint for your efforts. We create for ourselves, but we share because we want people to see it, because that engagement offers positive feedback and encouragement to continue. But more than that, if every post (whether art, fic, gifset, whatever) is dying within an hour or a day of being posted, that means it's not making it onto your dashboard. And if it's not on your dashboard, you won't see it. This kills the site, after a while. You stop seeing the posts, because nobody is putting them on your dashboard, because this site doesn't have an algorithm like twitter and insta's and it shouldn't, it's the last bastion of chronological timelines.

Forgive my giant fucking rant I am so tired right now and full of the plague but like stop acting like artists and writers are just being whiny little babies, or "threatening" to withhold our fucking work (you're not entitled to it! it's ours! if we get nothing out of sharing it we're well within our rights to keep it private!) when we say this site will dry up without reblogs. We're just stating facts.

also I’ve seen some people in the tags say ‘oh there have always been more likes on posts’ no there haven’t ???? 

these are posts from 2013, look at the ratio

not to sound like a nursing home resident but back then people know that the point of this site was to reblog things and share them, not to bury them away among your other 23k liked posts

This is straight up why I reblog my own stuff, because otherwise it just sits sometimes for months on end without any activity and then when I bump it people are like "omg! This is great!! How did I never see this one?"

I have also had people tell me it's weird to do or unfollow me for it or say that they find it cringe, but like

I like my art! I would like to share it! I would like others to see it!

And frankly attitudes where people want to tell artists and other creators that they're weird for liking what they make compounds the issue of creators feeling worthless about what they're making, and adds a weird kind of power to the viewer that their opinion in addition to their likes or shares (or lack thereof) dictates whether a piece of art is good or not

Most of my ratios are 50-100 reblogs vs 200-1000 likes.

you cannot be fucking serious.

Your stupid little capitalistic manipulation to buy your dumbass shit already fucking works on people on the main menu, it already fucking works when we open up worlds and see that we dont own all the worlds, but thats just not a fucking enough we need our GAMEPLAY to be fucking ruined by your stupid ass little fucking consumerism tatics. w h y the FUCK would we need a little stupid little FUCKING icon to blink and annoy us to buy shit WHEN WE ALREADY ARE IN THE GAME PLAYING WITH WHAT WE HAVE. you have no idea the hate i have for this company, its why I couldn't consistently play this game. I really fucking hate that I wasnt allowed to play the sims 2 growing up because now I have to deal with this trash watered down piece of shit money grabbing pathetic excuse of a sims game.

p iracy is BAD!!!!!!!1!

i think piracy is EVIL!!!

ANYONE that pirates ANYTHING should go to JAIL!!

NOBODY should EVER take this base64 string (aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56L2ZvbGRlci9NQTB4aElZSSNQX3BqNl82SkxkaFdCcl9odllqSm13) and put it into the converter at https://www.base64decode.org/ to get all the major adobe programs for free! that would be a crime!

ANYONE that pirates adobes 500 dollar programs should be ASHAMED!

that would just be evil!

I’m gonna reblog this to preserve the innocence of everyone following me. Beware this devil! This one. The one in the link there. With the instructions so you know what to AVOID doing. Yes. I have saved you

I hope absolutely nobody would ever do this

COMMISSION: COMPOSER HAIR

INFO:

the end of the ponytail seems to get distorted with the fat slider, so ive since removed the uv_1 map, if another distortion arises lmk and ill fix it

PATREON (FREE)

alt: simfileshare

I mentioned this on my tumblr a few days ago but for those who missed it, I collaborated with The Sims 4 on the Crystal Creations Stuff pack! (still can't believe this actually happened!!!) A necklace, ring and earrings designed by me will be available in CAS. Can't wait to see them on your sims. 🥰💖

Some of you have been sending me questions (and the loveliest messages ❤) about the collab. I talked about the process and more in this You Make The Sims article:

Thank you for all the love and support. I appreciate every one of you so much. 💖

Please don't skip. (BLM)

I’m remaking this post because theirs still some days left of this month. which means it’s still black history month,please consider donating to a friendly black girl that is raising her 7 year old sister. I desperately need help with food and bills. As i try to get food stamps. Any donation is appreciated. I appreciate everyone that has donated so far we appreciate it. Please continue to share!

910/1500 goal. rent due on march 7th .

venmo: Queenloki89

Cashapp: Queenloki89

Idk if others have already posted about this, but The Henford Hen on Twitter has created a petition asking the Sims team to collaborate with black cc creators to implement makeup that is compatible and functional with darker skin tones. As we all know, a lot of the makeup we currently have is not compatible with darker skintones, even with the implementation of sliders. They've been working with cc creators more frequently, so this is definitely a doable request from the community.

Here's the original tweet:

You can click here to sign the Petition. Please feel free to reblog this!

i cant find if this was mentioned on tumblr, but i wanted to cross-share it over here if no one did

transcript: Quick PSA. The No Thanks app has been approved and put on the AppStore. It’s a barcode scanner that lets you know if a company backs israel or not. I highly recommend checking it out. It’s also available on google play! (og tweet link)

according to the replies, it may not 100% be accurate (as in missing maybe one or two sub-brands) but for the purpose of the app, it works!

links to download: ios | android

donate an esim for a coloured sketch!

hey guys!! im one of the artists for this round

click here for the full thread of the tutorials and how to request for a coloured sketch. help us spread the word! 🇵🇸🍉

I feel like I might not be able to shut up about THIS because how is it real????? little me that used to run to her computer whenever she could to play the sims (1!!!) would freak out so bad 🥹

Why is the Sims community boycotting Curseforge?

I've seen a lot of posts going around calling on Simmers to stop using Curseforge, a modding platform that enables creators to monetize their downloads, with plenty of outrage directed toward modders and CC-makers who are still on the platform. But I've also seen a lot of people who are confused about why there are calls for a boycott.

Curseforge is owned by Overwolf, a company that is donating money to the IDF in support of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

In late October/early November, Overwolf posted a graphic on their social media asking followers to "defend our defenders" by contributing financially to a fundraising drive for the IDF. They were met with backlash and quickly took the graphic down, replacing it with one that used language about raising money for "those effected by the violence in Gaza" (my phrasing may be inexact) but the money is still going to the IDF and not to any agency actually supporting civilians or doing humanitarian work.

You can see the original graphic on this change.org petition, which provides some additional context.

If you are using Curseforge in any way -- by hosting your content there or downloading from it -- you are giving money to a company that is raising funds for an ongoing military campaign against a civilian population.

This is why people are calling for a boycott. If you are a modder or CC maker for the Sims, you should remove all of your content from the website and redirect people to other DL sources. If you are a consumer of mods and CC, you should stop clicking curseforge links and send (polite!) messages to modders and CC makers to urge them to pull their content from the site.