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Azurry's Quill

November, 4, 2025

Privacy is so important

I need to fix my code, so bear with me if it's a bit broken. I'm working on it. For now, I just wanted to write a journal here since it's been a month since my last update on my website, and it's been some months since my last journal. So, I'm realizing more and more how important privacy is. It's not about having secrets, it's important being safe. For safety reasons, I think people shouldn't give up their privacy so easily. This is just a vent about how I was feeling online about somethings. I don't like it when people I barely know feel entitled to my time or privacy. It would be one thing if they're like family or a close friend that I spoke to for years and that I spent a lot of time with them, but I know that it's a bigger issue when some people feel entitled to people's time.

Just because one was friends with someone in the past, does not mean they're entitled to their space, time, or privacy. I don't like how some people feel entitled to my time, even though I barely know these people. I'm not gonna name any names here, how some people just try to start drama online. I would never want to be friends with someone like that. That is not a good person. If someone wanted to actually be my friend they won't do what these people do. It's so disrespectful and inconsiderate. I don't think I can ever trust some of my ex-friends ever again because of what they did. There's no use talking to them, and if they were yet again to bother me, I will block them again. It doesn't matter how much time passes. I could be an old woman, and still block them again. It does not matter.

I'm aware there isn't really any privacy at all on Bluesky, except for maybe mutes. That's the one thing I don't really like about that, and it feels like walking on eggshells with the moderation lists. I haven't checked on there lately, but some lists are atrocious that I was added on. If one thinks that they can just put me on a list to get me to respond to them, then too bad. I'm not gonna be forced or pressured into something. I'll just ignore them like I've done as of late.

Bluesky isn't the whole social media. I don't take that place seriously, and it's been better for my mental health overall. Most of my friends aren't even are there, they're on discord, so I don't need to worry about that place anymore. It'll probably get replaced, just like Twitter did. I feel that stuff doesn't need to affect me, if I don't want it to. I've learned quite a bit. It felt like a test of some sort, but I'm glad that chapter is over and done with.

It's now been a year since that mess started and since I started to be more careful and take my privacy way more seriously. Some people are just too weird. I can understand that yes, it's public online, but it's something to be said, if y'all block someone and their still making many accounts to just see your stuff is creepy. I was lurked over too much for over a decade and then stalked fairly recently. I never knew how bad stalking could get until it happened to me, and that I did research on it. It's sadly, not taken seriously enough. I almost left the Internet for at least a few years, but I feel that I come too far to give up now. It was exhausting, but I fought back. I understand mental health issues are pretty serious, but it doesn't excuse what this person did. They wished me the worst, and kept making accounts to attack me.

What was worse was that it was not just me, but another black woman. And not just that, but more people were being cyberstalked. Now, being a person of color, especially black is hard. I don't expect a racist misogynistic nazi simping for the rich to understand this, but it makes sense that this happened since the timing, and that Trump was in office again. So the timing is questionable.

A lot of right wing fascists started bothering the left, that was trying to have some breathing room, and they just keep harassing people. So for a lot of people discord is a safe haven, and I'm grateful where I can have a place to express myself, and heal. It felt like old wounds were reopened. I dealt with racism since I was a child so I know when I see it, and it made me sick that someone in the LGBT+ community was doing this. They're disgusting, and someone like that isn't isn't allowed to be around me, or my friends. So glad all my current friends are Antifa. I will keep fighting for my rights, and equality, while also being mindful of my privacy.

This was kinda a long one, but yeah, I will no longer back down on things that make me uncomfortable. I will defend myself when necessary, and it gives me peace knowing that I'm not around people like that. I'll try to make my next journal less serious and something more fun, but in the current political climate. I just needed to get this out there that I won't tolerate this anymore. I appreciate y'all so much, and thank you so much for reading! <3