If you don't want AI being a part of your user experience, training on the content you generate, and you care about the environment, this should matter to you:

Per Visit

dollmob.com ............................ 0.05g CO2

reddit.com.................................. 0.26g CO2

discord.com............................... 1.13g CO2

Per Year (daily * est. visits per day * 365)

dollmob.com ............................ 0.05g < 10/day * 365 = 182.5

reddit.com ................................. 0.26g - 116 million * 0.26 * 365 = 30,160,000

discord.com............................... 1.13g - 30 million * 1.13 * 365 = 12,373,500,000

Resources:

https://www.demandsage.com/discord-statistics/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453133/reddit-quarterly-dau-by-online-status/

https://www.websitecarbon.com/

Data Practices

Trains AI On User Generated Content

dollmob.com .............................. no

reddit.com ................................... yes

Embedded AI Features

dollmob.com .............................. no

discord.com ................................ yes

Uses AI To Generate Code

dollmob.com .............................. yes

reddit.com ................................... yes, through open source

discord.com ................................ yes

Resources https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-reddit-people-gilbert-sarah-gilbert-b2572668.html

https://discord.com/blog/developing-rapidly-with-generative-ai

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000171344525000018/rddt-20241231.htm

Allows AI Generated User Content (e.g. artwork)

dollmob.com .............................. no

reddit.com ................................... yes, allowed in many subreddits

discord.com ................................ yes, allowed in many servers

Reddit and Discord didn't start out using AI because it wasn't available.

No one can say if they would or would not have, and their impact on the environment, peoples' wellbeing, and the art world are far greater than any indie project could ever achieve, even if it tried.

I built dollmob.com as an alternative to social media because I want to do something positive with my skills and the AI tools that empower me to build big dreams. I use them responsibly and I'm accountable for the consequences.

If you attack me and continue to use these platforms, you're a hypocrite and a liar.

Dollmob isn't going anywhere. Eventually the people who mean what they say, stand up for what's right, are honest about their own impact on the world, and who care about other humans and artists will find their way here.

Or maybe not, and I'll have built the most feature-rich, over-engineered personal website in the history of the internet and called out some bullies. That doesn't mean they'll have won, because the facts laid out here will still be true, my footprint will still be smaller, and I'll never have to wish I'd been more kind.

Dollmob.com will be performing a data reset and closing it's beta testing temporarily while we develop better disclosures about AI and reconsider who we want our target user base to be.

Check back in July if that interests you, there will be another round of testing.

• Ability to switch or remove profile badges
• Placeholder avatar graphics
• Improved markdown editor UX
• Display project status, configurable fields for materials, notes, progress bar (Standalone or relationship with Tutorial (deferred))
• Reposition image after upload or use original aspect ratio
• Ability to Delete Posts
• Emoji Picker

• When updating a post that has an image in the body, upon saving, user gets the error that post body includes an image URL that is not allowed.
• Likes on feed updates (e.g. Closet Update) are not persisted to the feed update
• Blog images not rendering
• Blog excerpts are placed in body text
• The modal animation is annoying after the fifth time
• The mobile layout renders the body -~200px from its intended position
• Mobile photos are not automatically rotated on upload to the gallery and wind up 90 CC
• Tag selection is unreliable on mobile: tap to add
• Tag suggestions need to move into higher stacking context so it doesn't grow the modal
• markdown editor toolbar is clunky on mobile
• markdown image upload renders too large on mobile
• text format selection background colors are incorrect
• markdown image upload theme not applied
• images in updates and embedded in posts are rendered in the block styling
• updating user profile image doesn't automatically update CMS author image
• Wiki excerpt is not populating when editing

Registration is blocked by a bug causing false positive VPN flags - fix coming for this soon

RESOLVED

Areas that need the most development:

• Canvases
• Doll Profiles
• Wiki browsing
• Wiki contributor hub

Canvases are designed to be collaborative, and multi-user features are expected to rollout later in the week. However, they need a fuller feature set, and I'm looking for suggestions for tool improvements.

Doll profiles. The doll profiles UI is... well, it's a long list of optional fields with an overwhelming presentation. I could really use a keen eye or some designer input for figuring out how to organize doll profile options to give users real flexibility without throwing a bunch of stuff at them.

Another sticking point is how different features interact.

The connection between doll profile and gallery or doll profile and closet is currently very awkward/clunky, for example.

Wiki browsing needs a more intuitive layout, and the wiki contributor hub is currently nested behind the Contribute menu on the main wiki page. This is where you go to review other users' submissions, so it needs to be easier to find.

If you find bugs, have suggestions, or need help you can message this @admin user, send an email to [email protected], or just reply in a comment here.

I appreciate you so much for being here! Thank you!

If you're interested in helping moderate the site, send a message to the @mods user

• Sorting feed is restricted to newest first and the dropdown is not interactive
• The Wiki Contributor Hub has mysteriously vanished along with the review queue
• Blog and profile navigation items are missing their icons

I found it: