It's a discord bot that lets you create proxies, which you can then assign to specific text indicators, for example- say I make one for one of my dragons.
I'd set it to "D:text"
Whenever I type in something like "D: Good morning!"
It'll show up in discord like Dragon: Good morning!
The text I entered is automatically deleted by the bot, so it looks like my dragon said good morning, not me.
Like this: https://i.gyazo.com/c398e3a829775df6c6d2a8b20fdaf27a.png
There's another bot called Tupperbox that does the same thing, and folks usually use it for RP- like in my example.
You also can't block the pluralkit proxies, so one person with a handful of these can make a server unusable. Most of the time it's obnoxious but not malicious, basically just watching someone rp in a space not meant for rp. Occasionally you see people using it as a tool for harassment, since they know they can get around being blocked this way.
i feel like everyone who uses it is so over the top and extra, not only about their DID rp. i quoted someone using it so i could respond to their trade offer, and they got mad at me bc i didn't ping them right lmao
i also find it kind of uncomfortable to see what i initially perceive as complete strangers acting familiar with me.
if this really helps ppl with DID that's awesome, but it's getting to the point that i roll my eyes when i see pluralkit is in a server. and it shouldn't be like that. this should be an accessibility tool for people with a rare but legitimate disability. :/
OK yeah the first time I saw pluralkit and someone said it was for systems my first thought was "there is no way that there are enough people with DID for this to need to be a common plugin?" I know that fandom and online spaces tend to have a heavier presence of people in marginalized communities but it felt weird?
That said, the National Library of Medicine quotes a stat that DID is diagnosed in 1.5% of the global population, which in a world population of 7 billion about 100 million people, so maybe I'm mistaken. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568768/ link to stats if anyone's curious.
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Re: Unpopular Opinion...
(Anonymous) 2023-08-11 03:52 am (UTC)(link)I'd set it to "D:text"
Whenever I type in something like "D: Good morning!"
It'll show up in discord like Dragon: Good morning!
The text I entered is automatically deleted by the bot, so it looks like my dragon said good morning, not me.
Like this: https://i.gyazo.com/c398e3a829775df6c6d2a8b20fdaf27a.png
There's another bot called Tupperbox that does the same thing, and folks usually use it for RP- like in my example.
Re: Unpopular Opinion...
(Anonymous) 2023-08-11 04:17 am (UTC)(link)Re: Unpopular Opinion...
(Anonymous) 2023-08-11 04:37 am (UTC)(link)You also can't block the pluralkit proxies, so one person with a handful of these can make a server unusable. Most of the time it's obnoxious but not malicious, basically just watching someone rp in a space not meant for rp. Occasionally you see people using it as a tool for harassment, since they know they can get around being blocked this way.
Re: Unpopular Opinion...
(Anonymous) 2023-08-11 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Unpopular Opinion...
(Anonymous) 2023-08-11 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)i feel like everyone who uses it is so over the top and extra, not only about their DID rp. i quoted someone using it so i could respond to their trade offer, and they got mad at me bc i didn't ping them right lmao
i also find it kind of uncomfortable to see what i initially perceive as complete strangers acting familiar with me.
if this really helps ppl with DID that's awesome, but it's getting to the point that i roll my eyes when i see pluralkit is in a server. and it shouldn't be like that. this should be an accessibility tool for people with a rare but legitimate disability. :/
Re: Unpopular Opinion...
(Anonymous) 2023-08-20 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)That said, the National Library of Medicine quotes a stat that DID is diagnosed in 1.5% of the global population, which in a world population of 7 billion about 100 million people, so maybe I'm mistaken. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568768/ link to stats if anyone's curious.