I'm no longer on Twitter or FB. Find me elsewhere... My life's work, my blog: 🌈📝 https://t.co/HQokWSF1Rj 🦋 https://t.co/0ufWW1Vh9X 📸 https://t.co/dk7AYtfplF 💌 https://t.co/snG4DlnILU 🏆 https://t.co/bvMz0fkGi9 💖 https://t.co/WScXpUpjNn 💸 https://t.co/M552Fwx7gM

Social networks come and go, but they can never take away MY website, MY writing, MY life's work. I'll always have this precious thing, untouchable and self-made. And I'll always have you, the people who supported me and made it possible. 🌈

I'm hopeful we can stick together if we move to Bluesky. I was able to import all my tweets (!!!) AND easily find folks in my community who've switched. How to import tweets to Bluesky: https://t.co/lfQyZWvDyS How to bulk follow folks who've moved over:

Moving forward, I'll be posting on Bluesky: https://t.co/0ufWW1Vh9X 🦋 It actually treats adult content creators with respect. It's sex-positive and easy to find what you want with customized feeds and starter packs. The CEO is a woman of color.

My blog has always been the only platform I have full control over: https://t.co/2Xu6m3bHNo In fact, there *are* some companies who don't think I'm the devil; my hosting company, @DreamHost, has been supportive and sex-positive the whole time, bless them.

Google gave the middle finger to independent blogs long ago, preferring to serve Amazon-link-riddled listicles of the "best" sex toys, and now AI answers, which surely won't lead to any problems with sex advice. (FUCK AMAZON. Please shop ANYWHERE else.)

Now, algorithms have taken over. Now, horrifically, there's AI. Repugnant men have ruined platforms we relied on to promote our work and generate our income. I spent over 15 years growing my audience on this fucking website. My largest of any network: 25,600 followers.

I loved Twitter because I could be clever with just words; I didn't have to sell them with an accompanying photo or video. Here's a fun, if outdated, list of my best tweets. https://t.co/gf5uiN5UXT

When I began, "influencer" wasn't a term. I wasn't a "content creator." I was a writer, a sex educator, a person who wanted only to be defined by her words — not videos of her face, not her ability to peddle self-promotional bullshit. https://t.co/Cofy8B3KF4

Where did I rush when I squirted for the first time? When I came out to my parents about my sex blog? Twitter. How many times did I meet someone IRL I'd only known on Twitter? And they were all amazing? Countless. I treasure every connection I've made on here. 💗

Back then, our social feeds served us ONLY what we wanted to see, not what was controversial, promoted, or trending. On Twitter, unlike other platforms, we could post boobs and buttholes and all kinds of nefarious shit. For a long while, I was even verified! I was SO COOL!

It's painful to see what Twitter has become. What social media has become. I started blogging in 2007 — let's not talk about how long ago that was — and the internet felt so small. Twitter brought us together, gave us community. It was, simply, fun. https://t.co/G47o2edtfe

Some final thoughts before I go… 🧵👇

In the age of influencers, algorithms, and mindless scrolling, the fight to stay afloat as a blogger & have my work seen has become tough. Especially when sex content is silenced, demoted, and banned on platforms I use to promote my work. 👇 THREAD on how you can support me 👇

brb signing the government up for some sweet discounts 😏 p.s. find me on bluesky: https://t.co/0Idz1cKxRl 🦋

Lovers of fanfic: once your post-nut clarity wears off, don't forget to go comment on the fic that did it for you. 🍒 Writers on AO3 are working tirelessly to give us these orgasms!

Me making a TikTok (it'll probably still get taken down) 🙃 Go repost it if you dare! Handle heyepiphora. Otherwise, check out my list of the best toy deals this weekend: https://t.co/3eeJvCSfzE Handmade dildos are the best. @uberrimedildos has the most beautiful pours. ⚜️

So if you're interested in a Fun Factory toy (and you should be — they're some of the best), now's probably the time to get one. They're 20-25% off right now.💖

I don't want to fear monger, but considering Fun Factory's site is now "under reconstruction," I'm not hopeful they will continue the product line as it exists today. 😞

I have depressing news. My favorite sex toy company, Fun Factory, was purchased by Satisfyer. I unfortunately don't know much. But I do know Satisfyer promptly shuttered Fun Factory's longstanding affiliate program, cutting off a significant source of income for me and others.