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Indie game dev sometimes
youtuber sometimes
artist sometimes
autistic always
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tobyfox.undertale.com
I had a friend play through an early unfinished version of Chapter 5!

Their testimonial was "I am still thinking about it a lot and want to play it more and it's kawaii when toby is worried about if it's good enough"
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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tobyfox.undertale.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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lewdsphere.bsky.social
Its been a month but..... I have my PC again ✨
July 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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sunnysideup006.bsky.social
Thank you so much for this!!! I've just managed to send message to all 3 and I also saw on r/Games someone mentioning contacting your bank and asking why are they in the business of censorship and telling us what we can/can't buy:
A Reddit post made by user AyJay09 that reads: A good push in the immediate aftermath to let Visa/Mastercard know that this isn't well received could cause them to reverse this particular decision. I'm glad the EU has protections, but I plan on calling them and asking: How far will this go? I can't buy (decriminalized in my state AND I have a medical card) weed or games with a little sex in them. What's next? Why can't I, as an adult, buy things that are not illegal? When will I no longer be able to purchase R rated movies? Will they have streaming services pull all titles with nudity, sex, violence, drugs, smoking next? Ditto on music. Will spotify and itunes and other streaming services need to pull explicit songs? When will I no longer be able to purchase lingerie? Sex toys? When will I no longer be able to put medical procedures they disagree with on my card? Prescriptions? Will they ask to pull certain ones from the market? Why are they in the business of censorship? I plan on asking. If you don't like this, call them. And sure, consider putting together a coalition. But don't let the lack of one make you stand down now.
July 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Adding stripe to the contact list!

If you send messages elsewhere, please take the time to send to stripe as well!

Online form: stripe.com/complaints

[email protected]

354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080

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Screenshot of text: Stripe Email: complaints@stripe.com Online Form Submission 354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080 .
July 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Adding phone tree options!

Please contact me if you're able to call and find the options to get an operator for:

Mastercard (outside US)
Visa
Paypal (US + outside US)

I'll add them to the doc, it's just not something I can do myself <3

bsky.app/profile/debl...

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deblighted.bsky.social FrostBlight @deblighted.bsky.social · Jul 24
Signed and contacted. I complained to mastercard this morning, so might as well finish the rounds.
Btw it might be a good idea to provide directions to help bypass phone trees. MC's is awful, but if you live in the US and go 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, you can get to an operator.
July 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Adding additional contact info!

You can reach Mastercard's media contacts directly to put more pressure

These emails + numbers are being added to the doc

bsky.app/profile/henr...

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Screenshot of the mastercard website with contact information. "Corporate and Global. Seth Eisen Global Communications Seth.Eisen@mastercard.com +1 (914) 249-3153 Will Tsang Global Communications William.Tsang@mastercard.com +1 (914) 414-5420 Jennifer Erickson Global Communications Jennifer.Erickson@mastercard.com +1 (914) 249-1284".
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Adding that you can call your local representatives about this!

This won't help the problem that's going on THIS SECOND, but it will help pave the way to removing the authority payment processors have to cause this problem AT ALL

bsky.app/profile/autu...

This info is now in the doc too <3

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July 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
I've just been informed there's an ACLU petition as well!

Signing petitions is SO quick and easy - we need to make our voices heard!

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

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Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Adding on, there is a change.org petition you can sign as well!

chng.it/qFwfjVSQWZ

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Tell MasterCard, Visa & Activist Groups: Stop Controlling What We Can Watch, Read, or Play
chng.it
July 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
If you have more info or suggestions, please @ or dm me!

You can also access all this info in a doc:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I truly believe we can help make this right, but ONLY if we work together!

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Payment Processor Letter
⊘Anti-Censorship Campaign ⊘ ⟡ Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about the ongoing rampant restrictions your company has placed on ...
docs.google.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Mastercard:
Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372

Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111

www.mastercard.com/us/en/person...

Visa:
Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911

Non-US numbers:
usa.visa.com/contact-us.h...

Online form:
usa.visa.com/Forms/contac...

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Paypal form submission steps: 1) “ Submit a complaint about PayPal” 2) “I can’t see my complaint reason”. 3) “Submit a complaint without logging in” (Note you MUST be logged out for this to work) 4) Fill out the form, you can copy/paste the complaint letter here.
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
Complaint letter! You can copy/paste or edit

You can use the same info for a call!

Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161

Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050

Hours: 6am - 6pm PT

Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users): www.paypal.com/uk/cshelp/co...

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Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about the ongoing rampant restrictions your company has placed on legal sales made by legitimate businesses. These restrictions are not only counter to the concept of freedom of speech and expression, but they harm consumers, businesses, and they harm your company’s bottom line. The following actions are absolutely necessary to protect the freedoms of your client base and the sustainability of legitimate business practices: Remove from your Terms of Service any mention barring the use of your service for sale and purchase of legal products. Contact Steam (Valve), Itch.io, and any other company you have previously put pressure on to retract your content restrictions. Put in place protections to prevent such restrictions from being put in place in the future without ample warning and time to contest them. If these changes aren't made then I, along with many others will be forced to seek other options for processing payments. Sincerely, A Concerned Customer. Contact Information Mastsercard Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 Online Form Submission Visa Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911 Click Here For Non-US Numbers Online Form Submission Paypal Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161 Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 Hours: 6am - 6pm PT Online Form Submission (UK site is linked as you’re able to submit a complaint without an account).
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
As a final note:

I am NOT saying how itch handled this was right

What I AM saying is that, itch is the most recent in a LONG list of sites restricting NSFW and queer content

And going to the source (payment processors) is more effective + doable than contacting every single company

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July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
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

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Digital graphic with the text "anti-censorship campaign" and screenshots of headlines about how multiple storefronts have removed NSFW content due to pressure from payment processors and Collective Shout.
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
I support incest games. I support non-con and violent games. I support the right for games with fictionalized abuse of -any- form to exist.

the fundamental line in the sand is, "was another, real human being, harmed/abused/had their consent violated"? if that box isnt checked, then i dont care.
July 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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lilithttrpg.bsky.social
Porn and art with sexual themes deserve to exist on their own merit, not because censoring them has knock-on effects for non-sexual content. Please stop expressing outrage by implying that censorship would be okay if it *just* affected sex workers and artists engaging with sexual themes.
Several people in suits reach towards a man with glasses sitting at a table, holding a microphone. The latter speaks into the microphone, while the former attempt to stop him.
July 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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twomeeps.bsky.social
Hey folks, it's been three days since the release of Valid (our debut album) and we've received quite an outpouring of support, thank you 🙏🏽

How did y'all like it? We'd love to hear from you~

#newmusic #indiemusic #indierock #poprock
Valid, by Two Meeps
10 track album
twomeeps.bandcamp.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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eev.ee
saw someone refer to "itch's social-media team" and i guess people are still not grasping the size of organization here

i am 90% sure the itch twitter/bluesky are run by the CEO, who is also the guy who wrote the website and continues to write the website
July 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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benstar.bsky.social
The face of someone who isn't religious and finds out heaven is in fact real and it is called the Kirby Cafe

Featuring Dream Course Kirby just barely making the picture
July 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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baroness.bsky.social
GAME, the German game industry trade association, released this *damn* good statement on the unjust NSFW game takedowns

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The artistic freedom of game developers is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions improsed by payment service providers or games platforms must not exceed the legal limits. In Germany, thanks in part to the USK, clear, binding and established rules apply that must be adhered to. Furthermore, creative forms of expressions or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently observed on Steam or itch.io. The terms and conditions of global payment service providers such as Visa, Mastercard, or Paypal must not conflict with European values such as freedom of expression or artistic freedom. We therefore call on the companies involved to design their rules and offerings in a manner that ensures complicance with applicable laws and prevents overblocking. Signed, Felix Falk, Managing Director of GAME
July 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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gameverband.bsky.social
Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association, on the current debate surrounding #overblocking on #gaming platforms.

#steam #itchio #gamedevs #indiegamedevs #gamedevelopment #indiegames #gamingplatforms #diversity
"The artistic freedom of game developers is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions imposed by payment service providers or gaming platforms must not exceed the legal limits. In Germany, thanks in part to the USK, clear, binding, and established rules apply that must be adhered to. Furthermore, creative forms of expression or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently being observed on Steam or itch.io. The terms and conditions of global payment service providers such as Visa, Mastercard, or PayPal must not conflict with European values such as freedom of expression or artistic freedom. We therefore call on the companies involved to design their rules and offerings in a manner that ensures compliance with applicable laws and prevents overblocking.' Felix Falk Managing Director of game
July 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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okcidney.bsky.social
Hi! My name is Cidney and I’m a video game animator open for work! I am open to:

🏃‍♂️ #3D or #2D #animation
💅 Social Media Management
🎥 #Content creation/ #video editing
👓 Project #Management

Let’s chat!
May 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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beleefstudios.bsky.social
What it looks like collecting these modules in game: bsky.app/profile/bele... #gamedev #pixelart #gaming #pcgaming #switch #nintendoswitch #playstation #xbox
August 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM