I recently started using Twitter.While it’s been great for finding people and art that aren't available anywhere else, I feel the format itself is too distracting. Everything moves too fast. It’s just an endless stream of images with barely any text or context. You don’t get a chance to think or appreciate what you're looking at before something else gets thrown at you.There should be other ways to discover art and people. Are there any sites or platforms like that nowadays?
We sell food here, sir.
>>150997766Comics and cartoons creators use Twitter/X. This is a fact.
>>150997759Bluesky
>>150997801lol
>>150997787People say twitter still but it keeps looking like if you didn't get over 5k followers in past 6 years you are absolutely fucked now.
>>150997759Unfortunately, not really, save for Bluesky which is the same thing but ad-free in format terms. A lot of the internet is absolutely suffering under centralization and the broad destruction of the human attention span- no popular slow-paced forums, everything is bite-sized content deliberately engineered to blitz your attention span and capacity for rational thought.
>>150997759Your best bet is to probably see if the artists you like post anywhere else or have a personal website. Bluesky is just ok, they clearly don't want to be a platform for artists though based on how strict they're starting to get with NSFW stuff and it throttles the picture quality. But you can subscribe to specific feeds and JUST get that instead of dealing with an algorithm throwing a bunch of other shit at you. Instagram is also shit but I'd say less shit than twitter so maybe try there.
>>150997759Facebook or MySpace
>>150997759Not /co/Fuck off
>>150997759You're on the alternative. This is the place.
>>150997759I'm gonna be honest, shit's pretty bad right now. Any site that isn't gatekept by professionals to show off their portfolios is doomed to become an algorithm driven corporate slop factory. It's just the nature of the beast. Even BlueSky is feeling the pull of the inevitable. We need meaningful connections between artists. Back around the turn of the millennium big art gallery sites were few and niche for the most part. Big artists had their own sites and reached out to other artists with their own sites. Any self respecting website had a links page. We didn't just acknowledge one another with likes and reposts. We had pages of traded badges with embedded links that we displayed with honor. It was a statement, on their word that this other artist was cool and offered similar art. We were stronger separate than we were together. Less likely to be influenced by outside actors and not prone to ceaseless bandwagoning.
There's an answer.
>>150998109Not even tumblr went back to tumblr.
What's NewGrounds like these days?
>>150997759You're using one right now.
>>150997759I guess the only one left would be instagram which, like >>150997941 said, is also kinda shitty, but I consider it better than X or Bluesky.I'd complain and say that 'back in my day we had a better site for this', but to be honest I don't recall many other proper sites for posting art, other than Deviantart or Newgrounds, which also had their limitations even back in the day, but even more so nowadays.
>>150997759There is one social media site but it requires a security code to access itthese codes are usually found on your debit cardjust post the numbers front to back and this should unlock the special site
>>150998090anon forgot to mention there are only like 100 of those small communities and half of them are dead
>>150998337Really?
>>150998115Yeah, they has lately been using twitter layout for notes on posts. Because of that, arts gets rebloged way less, and has the same reblog/like ration than twitter.
>>150997759Just be on every social media at once, and create your own website portfolio. That's the MO of a lot of professionals.
>>150997759Why would you go to a site where most of it users are hillbillies and rednecks?
>>150998238Tumblr was pretty decent
>>150998461from my experience yesa lot of them get infested by some power-hungry asshole who gets a janny position for being one of twenty active users, then proceeds to ruin it for everyone else by trying to make the site/forum/whatever into his or her personal fiefdomthere’s nowhere for people to migrate after that so usually they either go to social media and disband or just die out
Return to usenet. Except there's no one there.
>>150997946>MySpace
>>150999045>usenetThat's still alive?
>>150998601Oh shiiet, I legit forgot about Tumblr.True, it was pretty good, but it practically died after they banned pr0n.
>>150998461sadly
>>150997801good joke
Can any actual artist explain to me how connections are made now? I'm in my twenties and basically gave up on social media after like a year of posting art and no growth, it's highly demotivating to work on something for hours to get no likes or recognition so I just stopped doing it. I've worked professionally on several indie projects, I've established myself as someone who can not only draw but animate, storyboard amongst other things, but honestly, I don't consider the people I worked with connections because to me it feels like a job I get done and then move on from. I don't even know the people I work with very well. I've also won awards at college for my art, but again it feels very hallow because I don't actually know anyone. I feel like I'm stuck in this weird position where where I'm semi-talented but also I'm invisible. I genuinely would love to have an artist friend, or just a friend at all, but I also don't know how to form friendships since I haven't had any actual friends since I was a child
>>150997759Tumblr, and I am not joking. No text limit, a semi-functional tag system that is separate from the text content, a thriving artist community, and the feed's 100% chronological so you don't have to worry about algorithmic bullshit.
>>150999425I've never had friends either but my major hang up is I have nothing to show in my life at all. If you have work that people have noted as actually worthwhile you've got shit to show, you've got interests to demonstrate, and you work with people who share those interests so it's not like you're a guy who works a desk job and nobody has any awareness of what you're invested in. Post a link to your shit.INB4 4chanboogeymanNobody fucking cares.
>>150999425Garfield
>>150999425>how connections are made now?I do think usually those mainly happen through contact with others you've worked or studied with (they know you, what you do, your style, your preferences, your capabilities, work ethics, etc.), but assuming you don't know anyone at all, what I think ya can do is:>try to do fanart/parody of (popular thing) and hope it makes people more aware of you and your creations>develop an original project that you believe people would like, an hope that people come across and like it (a webcomic, a series of animated shorts, etc.)I guess at the end of the day quality draws attention mroe than anything, so if you can do good art/animation, you are likely to get some attention.
>>150999534Okay, but fair warning my stuffs all over the place, I haven't really put care into what I share since I know there's no one really looking at it. There's also just a ton of stuff I draw but don't post. I wouldn't really consider my doodles worthwhile but I've built up enough work in the last few years to at least show I'm capable drawing cartoony stuff and I usually make better work when I actually put time into ithttps://linktr.ee/Derpsic>>151000055I will definitely keep that in mind for the future, it's far from my first time trying to make an original project, but most times I've tried they haven't gotten far. I also somewhat doubt the film I'm currently working on will get any attention at all when/if I put it out.
>>151000310I want to fuck your characters, Anon.
>>150998138Chill but doomed to being forever niche which has its own pros and cons
>>151000310Your characters are cute, I dig it.But yeah, I reckon many artists manage to get some attention for themselves by doing fanart of something more popular. I don't know if it is still the case these days, specially with AI and all, but it is easier for people to come across a fanart of something popular than to stumble upon something completely new.You can do a fanart of, for example, Zelda, post it on instagram or twitter or whatever, people will come across your art when searching for the popular thing, they might like that character in your style, and they may end up following you and stuff. Same goes for potential employers or for people looking for commissions.
>>150999248Yeah Google still has the servers
>>150999250That and some faggot bitched about raw images being accessible outside their paywall.So they got rid of it and not too long banned porn.I'm glad they got fucked but man there was so much good shit that wasn't post or reposted anywhere else.Miss Tumblr now
>>150997759Threads and Bluesky.
>>150997759Unfortunately now is kind of a bad time all around on social media. Bluesky is a little better with those problems you pointed out since it has the chronological feed as the default and is slower overall but it can be unsettling if your brain is too used to the dopamine overload of urgent big numbers most other platforms shove in your face. I'd say Instagram and any other Zuck related platform blow ass worse than Twitter personally but they hide it better under the glossiness. Tumblr feels a little better in terms of older stuff getting shared again but it certainly took multiple hits in its user base over the years. It also depends on what kind of art and communities you're interested in as different platforms may have more robust groups on each. Which is kind of a catch-22 if you're hoping to discover new stuff. Honestly at this point everyone is twiddling their thumbs waiting to see where the wind blows with our shitty tech overlords. Every platform has significant problems these days.
>>150997759Someone made a website for artists called Carahttps://cara.app/explorebut people have been demanding for for the developers to make the site start using algorithms like twitter and other sites -_-
>>151001349Weren't artists bitching about that site cause only the artists went there? Like none of the casual audience did so there weren't many ways to get a following.
You could just make your own website to host your art like the good ol' days.>But how can I find people's websites?I'll admit that that's the big hurdle here, but change begins with one. Legitimately just start a webring with other artist who are sick of the dismal state of social media. It's more work for less rewards, but you'll be free
>>151001358yeah there was a big long instagram post where the founder seemed to have the withered wojak vibe because everyone kept complaining and harassing the team to do more even though they're a smaller and poorer group than the big social media siteshttps://www.instagram.com/p/DP13XrZEpi8/?hl=en&img_index=1
>>150997759bsky bros
>>151001399>>150999258
>>151001392>>151001358It's understandable but yeah artists asked too much, they basically wanted a literal alternative that forefronts art instead of something solely for artists. But the issue will always be a site cannot be Artist first while having the same appeal as everywhere else. AT BEST you can simply have a site that will cater to technical needs of artists like not compression raping unless you know exactly how to upload it correctly or selling your work off to datascrapers with a bow...atleast let the AIjeets manually have to rob you. Just accept sites as art communities then if you want normie crowds just post on the big dumb social media sites without an expectation of a deeper community or any priority.
>>150997825>>150999258>>151001404I maintain there is genuinely nothing wrong with bluesky, you can cultivate your own experience fully. most anti-bluesky sentiment is just twitter propaganda.Yes there are crazy faggots on bluesky. but there are crazy faggots everywhere.places like twitter are designed to push the crazy faggots into your periphery to drive engagement. Bluesky does not do this.
>>150997759DeviantArt, Newgrounds, Cara, Tumblr, Pixiv and Baraag Unfortunately Artists are allergic to using websites that were built for them because they're all playing the numbers game whether they want to admit it or notTwitter is dogshit for purposefully trying to make a name for yourself because the algorithm is adverse to displaying YOUR art specifically
>>150997759Welcome to the bizz.What you do is build up a big portfolio of good shit, and flood in chunks.Then you maintain by doing fanart of whatever popular slop is current thing™.It's either that or be propped up by the nigger fag and tranny lobby. Try joining one of their kid grooming terror cells on Discord. You'll have to call Trump Hitler several hundred times a day though, and must march out in the street and beat old white people.You must also be ethnically jewish, with a proven matrelineal background.
>>150998109>>150999431Tumblr is honestly ok for sharing and discussing art. Since it's primarily a blog site, you can post multiple pictures per post or go into more detail than twitter with its tiny image and character limits. Twitter was never truly structured for artists. People only used it for the eyeballs.
>>151001862I really don't get what's up with the anti-bluesky either. Like you said, there's crazy jackasses everywhere but most people don't give a fuck about that. For alot of creators it's going where people will see your stuff and I've seen alot of artists just have total drops in engagement on twitter. It's very obvious that the entire place is fucked for reach and at least BlueSky will give a better chance that people will see your stuff with those feeds they have. Hell it's easier to ignore the political shit on there if your curate the feed properly.
>>151001862>>151002101This. It's not specifically left or right wing. You can make it whatever you want. The only people it won't appeal to is those who like to harass people. The nuclear block functions are super effective so if you like to use social media to be a dickhead, then you're going to have a bad time. I'm convinced that the people who trash on it have either never used it or really enjoy trolling other users which is hard to do there. I like that there is no real algorithm to speak of. I can see stuff from people I follow in chronological order. Nothing is hidden unless I specifically hide it, and it's not trying to shove shit I don't follow into my face unless I specifically go looking for it. You can embed links to stuff like youtube or online articles without being penalized by the system so no more "link in bio" bullshit. You can also create custom feeds either by coding them on your own or using a tool like skyfeed builder.
>>151002101they went on there a year and a half ago when nobody was on there yet, got mad because they had to actually DO shit instead of clicking the FYP over and over and getting 5000 likes on a post, and because there isn't an algorithm that pushes rage bait, and because most people just ignore/block you if you're fucking annoying, they just say it's a dead site lolless people use twitter now than fucking threads. it's a dead site, it's kept afloat by ragebait, bots, minor celebrities and clingers on who keep hoping they'll go viral and that their favs will notice them
>>151002165yeah the multiple feeds thing is the thing most twitter people don't understandyou can create your own timelines, with whatever algorithm you want. they have one that mimics twitter's suggested page, 'discover' if you seriously cannot fucking wean yourself off of an algorithm lol
Bluesky is for furries and troons. Yes, non-furries and non-troons can conceivably use it, but that's not who it's FOR. It is conceivable that, for an example, a Catholic artist can post his creations on Bluesky and want to network with other Catholic artists on the site, but will he get ANY traction? Will he be able to do ANY networking? Not really.
>>150997759For real, if you're sick of the "social media" getting in the way. The NG feed is very straightforward, not trying to hack your brain into getting mad or addicted. Downside, attention-whore artists tend to leave because number doesn't go up as fast, despite the attention being better quality.
>twitter is still ruined with the "we can't estimate your age" bsIt's never going away is it?
>>151002307Steam wanted to verify my age for an account made for the release of HL2.
>>150997759Furaffinity unironically>art centered>will allow nsfw until it dies>tons of non-furry/non-fetish artists>no algorithm to tell you what to look atThe only con imho is the noisy alphabet people but you get those everywhere
>>150997759>xitter thread
>>150997759> You don’t get a chance to think or appreciate what you're looking at before something else gets thrown at you.what the fuck are you talking about? When you click on a tweet, the tweet stays on your screen for as long as you want.
>>150998027this takes me back...The downside was sometimes strict moderation of what fantasy oughta be when you were submitting art. But I would take that in a heartbeat nowadays,,,
>>151002427Were furries right all along?
>>150997759>Are there any alternatives to Twitter/X?Outside.
>>150997759Yes but if you leave then everyone will sperg out on you for not sucking Elon's cock
>>151002970it costs $200 to print and distribute 50 A3 posters in Australia
>>151002038But it doesn't have porn anymore.
>>151003103good, gooners were annoying and all went to shit up twitter.
>>151001862I kind of hate the way things have been going for twitter but I made a bluesky account just to follow all the accounts that left and it really is just lib twitter circa late 2010s
>>151001898>DeviantArtBasically dead since the AIslopification of the site, even before that it was a shadow of its former self>NewgroundsMore of a niche animation site, not a great place for art specifically>CaraNever heard of it>TumblrEveryone left when they banned porn>PixivStarting to suffer the same fate as DeviantArt after they fully embraced the slop>BaraagIsn't that the place for pedophiles?
>>151002427>The only con imho is the noisy alphabet people but you get those everywhereYeah but the faggotry there is more in your face compared to other options.
I've wanted to create a Twitter account for years, but I've never gotten around to it because I rarely create art that I can publish freely. Would it make sense for me to create an account, post my old drawings, and then let it sit for months while I wait for free time to draw something personal?
>>151003168Isn't Pixiv a Japanese site? I don't want to be bullied for drawing Western stuff.
>>151003255There's a fair amount of western activity too but like I said shit has been downhill since they started catering to AIsloppers
>>151003302is there a popular art posting website that didn't start catering to ai slop?
>>151003255A lot of its native users migrated to twitter, and I've never seen anyone bully western artists. The worst they'll do it ignore your stuff.
I would post on NG more but getting scouted is such a bitch nowadays. I have twt and bsky, but twitter instantly reported my account as spam and if I start posting porn, it'll suppress my reach even more. Bsky is basically there so I have a back up.
>>150999425People often want to get attention, but they don’t want to give it. Friendship is a two way street. Keep putting art out there, but spend a little time every day looking for other artists and check out their work. You’ll need to give more than you receive. A lot of artists will just slurp up your likes/comments/reposts and fuck off, but if you keep at it you’ll start finding people who reciprocate. You’ll slowly build your tribe. Also, on the indie projects, spend some time chatting in the discord servers. People will often kind of hang out and shoot the shit. Being a presence there will help. Then follow those people on social media and stay on top of their posts (liking, commenting…basically doing the things you wished more people would do for you).Making and keeping friends takes work. If you’re not spending time gassing them up, don’t expect them to return the favor.
>>151003464This, I try to reply whenever I can. I used to have an account purely for replying, but I learned quickly some artists flat don't care to even reply back. Most do, it was nice. I miss chatting with other artists and swapping ideas, it why I keep posting.
>>151003343Newgrounds and FurAffinity
>>151003507Newgrounds doesn't seem active anymore.
Ok, gonna shoot my shot since this thread's touching on a lot of shit that's relevant to my interests.I'll get to the point - I think I'm decently charismatic, I can hold long conversations and I'm good at being reciprocal with people, but the bane of my existence is dealing with any kind of alphabet bullshit. I can only barely tolerate them around games and stuff, I don't even necessarily 'care' about their identities, but it's just constantly fuckin stressful being around people who are living eggshells. It's paranoid but I constantly worry they'll just decide one day that I'm a target worth attacking and fuck me over or cause me stress when I genuinely just want to try and broaden connections. How do you guys deal with that shit? It doesn't help that I'm into nonhuman characters, but most furries are ideologically indoctrinated in some way. I'm not even interested in trying to make it big on socials because my specific kind of creative job doesn't benefit from twitter or bluesky, I just want more actual damn connections to people. I could just have backup accounts and not divulge too much but it's hard to bond when I feel like my art's easily traceable or identifiable, so 'ideally' I'd be going in with my main. I've tried recruiting from reddit before, which had the benefit of letting you scout a bit, but obviously the userpool is full of retards. Is trying to find people on 4chan even going to work? I've seen interesting shit on /ic/, but there's still plenty of schizos around regardless of boards.
>>150997759This is for G - Technology.It might be better to look for something most people don't know.https://diasporafoundation.org/#get_startedhttps://counter.social/index.htmlhttps://gab.com/Just try everything.The problem is, all the BAD sites are popular, and all the Good ones are EMPTY.So if you want a site that is not shit, it may be lonely.
>>150997759There's Bluesky, but only Trump-deranged leftists populate that place. Not surprisingly, there's a TON of pedos there as well. Who could have predicted THAT?
>>151003979>trump-derangedsomeone is showing their retardation
>>151003979That's silly, baraag is the designated pedo site
>>151003979>pretending to care about nonces on /co/>the president literally is tied to the king of nonceshttps://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/jon-paul-sheptock-church-musician-arrested-b2849918.html
>>150997759>>>/trash/78785097Who do I shoot?
>>150999425>my coworkers aren't connections!If you want to get anywhere, fix that attitude first.
>>151004633"Don't shit where you eat"
>>151004633Your coworkers aren't friends, they're just there for the paycheck like you are.>>151004642Also this
>>151004582Why do you want to shoot someone?
>>151004664Not all of your coworkers have to be your friend, but there's no harm in becoming friends with them either. Hell, if anything, it's actually pretty helpful from my own experience. So, how exactly>>151004642is doing that "shitting where you eat"?
>>151004642Boomer tier advice that no longer appliesVast majority of my married friends met their spouse at work
>>151004771>boomer tier adviceWth? Why did boomers think that work and friendship had to be mutually exclusive?
>>150999425>Can any actual artist explain to me how connections are made now?it's simple: do you want to be my friend?
>>151005164Do you want to build a snowman?
>>151004771How did they not get reported to HR?
>>151004801>>151004771Like with anything it's not an absolute. Generally the idea refers to one-sided flings or any pursuit that can turn sour or drum up drama in a place you just want to go to get a paycheck.
>>150997759Move to Bluesky
>>151005670Go AWAY, Anna!
>>151003239See >>151003400.
>>151003054Why the fuck would you want to print posters in Australia?
>>151003730Newgrounds is super active as far as people posting things. The forums are pretty dead, though.
Twitter and all of its clones are awful because nobody bothers to tag their shit properly. It's impossible to actually find what you're looking for.
>>151006633Because I live there and sometimes I have to deal with indoor/outdoor poster advertising
>>151007137I know, right!? I hate having to rely on the algorithm to find things I like for me because half of the things the algorithm brings up is stuff from the fandoms I was searching in, but untagged so I missed them.
>>150997766fpwp
>>151003168>Basically dead since the AIslopification of the site, even before that it was a shadow of its former selfArtists still use it as a back-up. It's funny to see some artists go years without posting on it only to start doing bi-monthly art dumps in the end>More of a niche animation site, not a great place for art specificallyFulp worked to accommodate the surge in artists coming in, it's only "not great" because it's not social media specific and scouting being an issue>Never heard of itIt's Artstation but without the "prestige". I think it was made because Artstation became Ai slop central despite supposedly being a place for industry artists to show their work>Everyone left when they banned pornEnough artists moved back once they realized jumping ship because porn artists couldn't porn was a dumb idea>Starting to suffer the same fate as DeviantArt after they fully embraced the slopYou can filter the AI slop. Using "Ai" as an excuse to not post somewhere won't work because every site has it so if it bothers you that much you may as well only post on Cara or not at all>Isn't that the place for pedophiles?You mean X? Formerly known as Twitter.com? Because that place is full of actually pedophiles and not just lolicons and artists still insist on making Twitter their main base of operation anyway
>>151005830And do what?
>>151006633Probably because it's fun.
>>151007198From what I can tell there's an awkward tension where tagging is considered to be inauthentic and trying too hard. It's not an entirely unfounded feeling since you do see bots and scammers abuse hashtags and keywords but it sure makes it harder on everyone.
>>151003730OK what is the status of Newgrounds? People post art their but is anyone there to see it, even other artist? Views don't matter, I mean in terms of engagement. I think that's the point of this thread. What website has the best engagement?
comics and cartoons?
>>151009238I personally set a limit of 2 - 3 for most of my stuff but it's weird cause you never know if someone has certain hashtags blocked or not. I've had times where posts with no hashtags do better than without but I'm not sure how it works. I know that on Bluesky using alt-text also doubles for the search, you can put keywords in there and it'll have your stuff pop up on feeds.
>>151009626Yes.
>>151005897Heh.
>>151004674its in my american call of duty blood
>>150997759Unironically 4chan might be the next best alternative to Twitter, you get to keep your anonymity, different topics are contained within their own sub-forums, and there are no ad seeking nonsense posts derailing a given topic.
>>151003750> I can only barely tolerate them> I constantly worry they'll just decide one day that I'm a target worth attacking and fuck me over or cause me stressDon’t be a dick and people generally won’t be a dick back. If you’re talking shit about people, don’t be surprised when some of that shit splashes back onto you. Treat social media like a workplace. If a statement is the sort of thing that would get you in trouble with HR, don’t post it to social media. If you abide by that, it’s hard to imagine people wanting to cancel you. Seems more like the issue is that you want the ability to be a dick to people, but don’t want to suffer any consequences.> I constantly worry they'll just decide one day that I'm a target worth attacking and fuck me over or cause me stressYou’re starting to understand why personal recommendations go far in creative industries. When projects are staffing up, there are plenty of talented candidates available, but you never know if the person is going to be a total psycho. If the candidate has a solid work history and people you know and trust say “work with this person - they’re talented, reliable, and not crazy” then it’s a lot easier to take a chance on them. It’s not nepotism, it’s just networking. It’s harder to meet people online because you can’t read them as well as you can IRL. It’s one of the reasons why anons who allege you can live anywhere and work remotely is only partially true. It’s possible to build a network remotely, but it’s difficult for the reasons you listed.
>>151003979Wait, which party overwhelmingly voted AGAINST releasing the Epstein files again?
>>151012987So why didn't anyone release the Epstein files when the previous guy was in charge?
>>151013037Because it wasn't really a pressing issue, but whataboutisms are pretty gay bro. Why not do it now?
>>150997801Bluesky is a great option if you want your posts to never be seen by anyone.
>>151001862>>151002101Please try honesty sometimes.Bluesky was specifically designed to create hugboxes where you can ban everyone who doesn't suck your dick. This is good for the type of people for whom the only purpose of social media is getting their egos stroked, but terrible if you want things such as honest feedback or conversation. It can never be anything but a platform for dicksuckers. By design.
>>151013037Because the Ghislaine Maxwell trial was still going on and there are laws about what can and cannot be made public. Still, when it became a hot button issue and people were demanding the files be made public, Republicans overwhelmingly voted AGAINST releasing the files. Democrats overwhelmingly voted FOR releasing the files. Kinda crazy, huh? I wonder why....Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
>>151013037>>151013518(cont)Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
>>151013037>>151013528(cont)Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
>>151013037>>151013532(cont)Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young womenDonald Trump walked into Miss Teen USA change rooms with girls as young as 14 changing.He has been accused of raping a 13 -year-old with an independent witness.And so on and so on and so on. I think you get the point.
>>151013128If you're not already a whale, your posts aren't going to be seen on Twitter either. At least on Bluesky there's no algorithm artificially hiding your posts. It's a new community so there's some work to be done in regards to building the sort of culture you want to see, but that can be a good thing.
>>151012411if someone is known to post on 4chan, do they get a worse reputation on the internet?
>>151013343> you can ban everyone who doesn't suck your dickFalse. You can block people you don't want to deal with for whatever reason you want. Those reasons change from person to person. The users aren't "banned". They're just prevented from interacting with people who don't want to interact with them. >It can never be anything but a platform for dicksuckersDisagree. I've had plenty of good discussions where people have been critical, disagreed, and/or argued. What it does do is incentivize people to avoid moving from discourse to straight up harassment. The people who seem the most upset about BlueSky's moderation tools tend to be people who think that other users should be obligated to endure their abuse. Block tools also exist on Twitter and Instagram. They're just more comprehensive on BlueSky.
>>151013623I don't think most people really give a fuck.This place hasn't been "Le secret evil hackzors club" in over a decade now.
>>151013623>>151013644>This place hasn't been "Le secret evil hackzors club" in over a decade nowterminally online retard detected. That may be the truth of the matter, but it still has the stigma of being a hive of scum and villainy. Unless the person finding out is a user themselves, people will either not have heard of it, or they will wonder if you're an incel, pedo, or /pol/tard. When 4chan was hacked and went offline earlier this year, this is what TechSpot had to say about it: >Widely known trends like Pepe the Frog, wojaks, rage comics, and trolling were popularized on 4chan, but the forum also gained a reputation as one of the internet's darkest. 4chan played a central role in the rise of movements like QAnnon, the incel community, GamerGate, and the alt-right. The site was also linked to multiple mass shootings, the 2014 celebrity photo leak scandal, and other serious incidents.>4chan's influence on 21st-century culture is undeniable, but if it really is gone, many won't miss it.inb4 shitting on TechSpot - I just searched for articles reporting on 4chan's outage and this is one of the first things that popped up. IT doesn't matter how you personally feel about the publication in general. The point is that it's a generic example of how the site would be contextualized for those who don't know about it.
>>151013689You're posting an example of the fucking Fox news segment equivalent; out of touch boomers who have no clue what the fuck they're actually talking about.Anyone who actually knows that site either don't care or is a the type of retard who's call anyone a nazi/bigot/chud anyway.4chan greentexts are mainstream entertainment.More people shit on reddit and its users these days, and they do this place.Plenty of people are open about going to /v/, /tv/ or /vt/ to shitpost.At best you'd get flack if you said you frequented /pol/.
>>151013714Again, you’re too close to the subject to see it objectively. If it came to talking about social media use at work or on a first date, I would have no problem talking about most platforms, but would actively avoid bringing up 4chan. >Plenty of people are open about going to /v/, /tv/ or /vt/ to shitpost.>At best you'd get flack if you said you frequented /pol/.The fact that you’re naming specific boards implies that the people you are talking to are already familiar with the site. You’re too close to the topic. If they’re users they won’t care as much because they’re also here. If they’re not users, they’re likely only going to know the site for the negative connotations so telling people that you primarily use /v/ or /co/ won’t mean shit. You’ll still get that stink.
>>151013753The anon asked "do they get a worse reputation on the internet?", and people on the internet know about 4chan these days.We're not talking about oblivious randos offline.
>>150997759reddit
>>151013790anon that asked the question, i was wondering because internet people also includes industry people trying to recruit. so if someone reveals they post on 4chan, would that ward off people from hiring you?
people pretending to use to pedosky are hilarious
>>151014153t b h that happened to me so I started hitting the 'show less like this' and 'mute account' options did not want to see 40yr old dudes edging their dicks in a gym before snapping a pic or some troon walking in public with see-through rainbow fetish gear (you'd think that one was made up but I saw it like 2 days ago)
>>151014167but that's the entire point of pedosky
>>150997759Blue bird? I see a white bird there.
>bluesky is a dead site! nobody responds to my posts! I got put on a block list because I was a dumbfuck and now everyone ignores me and they haven't even seen me! bluesky is too libbed up! it's an echo chamber hugbox!!!yeah and it's great, if you don't put forth an effort to fucking talk to people like how a social media site exists for or are an asshole you'll fail and it keeps the shitheads out. Everyone there is chill, because the trash takes itself out lmao >>151013560and the thing is if you miss the algorithm they have feeds with algorithms that mimic the twitter one so you don't even miss anything lolI think you're all just so used to having content spoon fed to you that you don't even know how to fucking utilize a social media site without that, and that's your problem
>>151012411You barely can hold any type of conversation here anymore
>>151009767>I've had times where posts with no hashtags do better than without but I'm not sure how it works.Overuse of hashtags penalise your reach. The maximum is 2 hashtags on a post. Replying to people who respond under your posts also increase your reach.
>>151013623If they brag about it like it's an achievement they probably sure. No one wants to be a terminal 4channer like no one wants to be a terminal redditor. If you admit to using it for your interests most people probably wouldn't care. I would never admit to being a "4channer", even if i lurk here a lot. I'm just someone who uses it sometimes
>>151014403you are frying your brain on pedosky infinitely worse than any other platform
>>151014734Elon Musk literally personally restores accounts on Twitter for people who post CP
>>151014766elon banning child porn is the entire reason you moved to pedosky
>>150997759>There should be other ways to discover art and people.One, jesus fucking christ you must be desperate to ask that HERE, on this FUCKING site of all places.Two, Pinterest. Now get out of here before it's too late.
>>151014790Nta but its REALLY bad and>PinterestYou cannot be serious. That pile of garbage has more yoinked shit than a Wikipedia's bibliography. Nobody hosts their art on pintrest.
>>151013790You’re thinking of specific pockets of the internet. There’s a huge chunk of the population that doesn’t know anything about this place besides the stereotypes. You’re biased because your stuck in your niche where the people around you are just like you.>>151014127It may not be the end of the world, but it’s not going to do you any favors. I’d personally keep it to myself. I’ve met people who kind of wink and nod about coming here, but that’s about it. T. Person who actually gets hired for creative gigs.
>>151014856>>151013790This reminds me, back when I was a teen or when I was still living with my parents my dad knew I browsed 4chan because my parents gave my ass zero privacy. I had to explain to him that people think 4chan is a Neo Nazi website when he mentioned it to somebody with me present and that woman would think I was a nazi.
>>151014317Bluesky is not mastodon. Hope this helps.
>>151014856thanks
>>151014403Also, hashtags work and are searchable so unlike Twitter where they’ll penalize use unless it’s a super popular tag, you can actually look for things and find them. And starter packs are a good way to find people as well as be found.
>>151014734Fake news. Bluesky show you stuff you specifically follow. Twitter pushes shit to your feed from people you don’t give a fuck about. On Bluesky, if you don’t want to see trannies and pol posters, don’t fucking follow them. Easy enough.
>>151014774So he had allowed child porn prior?
>>151014790>Pinterest KEK
>>151014883Every time leftists make a new social media platform, it's openly full of child porn.
>>151014317Oh no it's retarded
>>151014936he previously didn't own twitterthat's why you used to use twitter to share child porn, and moved to pedosky when he banned it
>>151014989Them why did he personally restore account for someone who had posted CP?
>>151014989>>151014995Elon Musk is a pathological liar. The fact that anyone takes the bullshit that falls out of his mouth at face value is shocking.
>>151014995Because that never happened, and you're the one who was posting child porn.
>>151014943No it isn’t. On the other hand:>>151013518>>151013528>>151013532>>151013541
>>151015018It did happen.
>>151015021leftist transvestites taking over the FBI is also why all child porn cases stoppes being investigated during the Biden regime
>>151003103I thought they undid that and allowed porn again because they lost so much traffic getting rid of it
>>151015099Great, so then why did all the republicans vote against releasing the Epstein files. Seems like it only would have done them favors according to your little fantasy story. Go back to /pol/, snowflake
>>151015113It’s kind of but not really allowed it again. I think it’s technically against the TOS but they turn a blind eye and will hide your account from searches. So best case, the account is virtually invisible, worst case they suddenly wipe your account for breaking the rules. It’s not reliable.
>>151015119So you admit that the nazis were right about everything, and jews have been in control of the U.S. government for a century through bribery and extortion lol
>>150997759>Dude let us in gate keeping is bad!>Change to what I want!>I will not change for you!>Don't like it? Make your own site!>NOOOOOO STOP DESTROYING MY SPACE!!!Nah they can get fucked.
>>150997759>There should be other ways to discover art and people.Gelbooru. Pick some tags you like and go wild.>>151003168>Baraag>Isn't that the place for pedophiles?Hmm, you probably aren't going to like Gelbooru if that's a deal breaker. Just avoid the front page I suppose.
>>150997759Danbooru and pixivFor western art, unfortunately twitter has remained the go-to for art. Just block/remove the irrelevant noise and let the algorithm guide you to the artists you want to follow.
>>150997759Bluesky, but it's far, far worse.
>>151016352the worst part about bluesky is that it doesn't have the numbers yet so engagement is not the same as some whales are used to on twitter. The site itself is fine.
>>150997801Remember to put I Consent on your adult pic anon
>>151001862How do you feel about this?https://bsky.app/profile/vv0ltz.neocities.org/post/3lza4bszmbc2d
This stupid hack can't run a good social media site, i swear.
>>151017074The anons that claim bluesky is far worse are people that are so used to twitter shoving random shit at their faces and constant feed and trend bar shit that they don't know that you can just filter pretty much everything you don't like in bluesky and just focus on the stuff you do care about. It's literally the best one of the two if you just want to follow stuff you like. Of course, if you doomscroll, you'll end up reading about all the boring and annoying shit you don't like, so instead don't.>>151017486Not really that enforceable unless other people snitch and doesn't stop you from just linking to somewhere else to check the rape shit you want to read/watch.
>>150997759No
>>151018375No?
>>151017602>unless other people snitchAnd they'll simply escalate it if they're not doing it hard enough.Look what happened to Tumblr and Pornhub
people from third world shitholes like myself use Telegram. It is relatively good for a personal blog/cult kind of activities. But yeah, requires you being russian or from South America. I hope there is an equivalent of it for English speaking community? A type of social media where you can just dump stuff, and there are no algorithms to worry about, only the word of mouth.
>>151013623to twitter you become satanto everyone else they don't care
the only reason you people hate bluesky is because the culture there means you just get blocked and when you're blocked you're nuclear-blocked. You can't even see the quote posts others make if they're mentioned in it. You hate consequences and having access to annoying people lol>>151015770he said 'art', not weird fetish gooner faprag trash you steal from pixiv lol>>151019139telegram is text messages though, what sort of community can even exist on that that don't already know each other
>>151019553>not weird fetish gooner faprag trashFrank Frazetta sisters....
>>151019553The problem with pedosky is the users.
>>151019735gee, you're right. you got us. better stay the fuck off the site then, cuz of all the antifas
>>151019735>All huwhiteDamn, maybe the left isn't THAT bad.
>>151019553>the culture there means you just get blocked and when you're blocked you're nuclear-blocked.and when you do block, you're going on the public list of shame.That's right, the block list isn't quite private you think it is, so don't go ahead and block any trannies like you do on X. Best way to combat this is to follow nobody :p
>>151019735They look like Trump supporters. How can you tell they're bluesky users?
>>151001389I remember back in the day following chains of blogspots that linked to each other
>>151000310Do you take requests?
>>151002301Newgrounds was great until they implimented webp. Fuck that and fuck them.
why the hell is this still up
>>151019735these are just random mugshots.
>>151020275>the block list isn't quite private you think it isAnything you do on any social media site should be assumed to be public. That's how you don't end up doing something retarded like get caught "liking" interracial MILF porn from your official government account. >so don't go ahead and block any trannies like you do on XWhat the fuck are you talking about? Nobody gives a shit. Block all the people you want. I'd like to see an example of anyone suffering any repercussions because they blocked someone they didn't want to deal with.
>>151020287>How can you tell they're bluesky users?They're not. People just make collages of "colorful" looking people from public mugshot databases to poke fun at. There's no ideology or specific crime connecting the people. They just look funny. Some anons use those collages to post along with their /pol/ stirring bullshit and people assume the two are related.
>>151001862>I maintain there is genuinely nothing wrong with blueskyThe worst twitter users are the terminally online political activists. Why would I want to use a twitter that's ENTIRELY terminally online political activists?And don't pretend they aren't, the only reason the site has any users is because of politically motivated migrations.
>>151021051I just use ffmpeg to convert the files to png. If I was going to download a lot of them (like a full comic or something), I'd write a python script to download and autoconvert each image.
>>151021817>Why would I want to use a twitter that's ENTIRELY terminally online political activists?I use bluesky and I rarely see political activists. They do exist, but you curate your own timeline. You don't get shit pushed to your feed unless you follow it or someone you follow reposts it. If you don't want to see political bullshit, don't follow people who post or repost political bullshit. My timeline is nearly all art and film related stuff with a sprinkling of music.
>>151021885>They do exist, but you curate your own timeline.You can do that on twitter too. The only reason to move over is if you're angry about you know who.
>>151005703It takes a very special sort of person to go to HR anon. >t. married a coworker
>>151021885this, my for you page on twitter is literally art and art tutorialsit also helps that i rarely use twitter and rarely like posts that aren't art related
>>151003255Pixiv always had an english option and its been full of western artists for over 10 years now. So about the same time it went to shit.>Baraag>Isn't that the place for pedophiles?Do you draw? Then you're a pedo. No questions asked.
>>151015099So where are the logs anon?Don't tell me you just take Twitter screenshots at face value, do you?
>>150997759X is the best there is and any alternative is only theoretically better.
>>151021747which one are you?
>>151003255>>151022060>PixivThat site is a garbage dump just like DeviantArt. They both used to be good art sites, but now everyone there using shitty A.I. art.
>>150997759This >>151002970 Take your art to the streets. You could also go into sculpting. People would pay hundreds and thousands for your sculpts so you'd see great returns.
>>151022060I like baraag. No fluff, no algorithm, and everyone who's there knows what they're getting into. I appreciate that forum like feeling.
>>151022260they've already been firedyou are very late
>>151022275>X is the best there.Yeah, if you're White Trash.
Ok so it seems like everyone hates everything, so what SHOULD a GOOD art aggregator HAVE? What features would make artists sign up and not deal with the two things people on here are arguing about, faggoty and polshit.
>>151022430>a functional tagging system, no infinite scroll, an actual gallery, no tiktok mobile format, no algorithm, lets you post whatever you want no matter how taboo the subject matter isit's that simple
>>151022430I don't think most sites are/were prepared for the type of crowd the art community attracts so you get all sorts of shit mixed together. Do what the other anons say and take your art outside.
>>151022430>so what SHOULD a GOOD art aggregator HAVE?Robust tag systemNo paywallLow moderation, allow the community to self moderate but step in to avoid "mob justice" and other abuses of the system.Newgrounds, I guess what I'm saying is just copy Newgrounds but also steal the layout and searching of a booru.
>>151015018Dom Lucre quite literally posted watermarked CP, got suspended, and then was personally reinstated by Elon Musk.
>twitter/x, facebook, tumblr, discord, tiktok, myspace(hey remember that place), youtube, 4chan>all have pedos>suddenly newer sites having pedos is worst because....it just is okTalk about thread the kettle black.
>>151022781Imagine for a second if 4chan was purchased by *insert lefty leaning celebrity of your choice here*, and even though the changes he made were mild at best /pol/ got so angry they mass migrated to some new site, let's call it redchan. Would you really want to use that new site?Wait, that's kind of how thatchan happened, right.
>>151022865wut? Xitter has changed a ton since Elon's come in, you don't need to be a shitlib to recognize that
>>1510228658 was fun when chans were alive in general. Imageboards are a dead format and were dead for years.
>>150997759You can check blusky
>>1510124114chan is just as bad as every other site nowadays. They're all awful in different awful ways
>>151022940I think that's mostly because no newfag even knows about 8 and think 4chan is the first and only site of its kind. This site is nothing but newfags, chinks, and Indian bots now.
>>151023162>4chan is just as badit's much worse actually
>>151023288It's just fucking dead.
>>151022430Who is this character?
>>151023572Really, nigga?
>>150998109Lol don't make me laugh. After what they did, I dropped their ass and never looked back. And I'm sure I'm not the only one
>>151022430Cute girl.
>>150997787They also eat, but this still isn't a cooking board.
>>151027175/cock/ when?
Twitter wouldn't be so popular for art share if half of the japanese population didn't used it as such. They were the one who started it around 2010-2011, where pixiv was still a popular art platform.
>>151027418Do the Japanese still use Pixiv?
>>150997759Truth social & Gab
>>151027734Those aren't social media sites, those are echo chambers.
what do people here think of mastodon?
>>151028299It's okay as a concept but i just don't really care for the fediverse in its current state
>>150997759>>150997759Twitter is also bad for new artists because gaining relevancy now is even harder given Twitter is more trigger happy to suspend accounts, flag you as a bot, and don't give you a consistent way to show up in the algorithm. It's made even worse by the whole "Twitter gulag" thing where new accounts get stuck in it and their posts don't show up even if you search for them. I really don't know how anyone still wants to use this.
>>151014167>some troon walking in public with see-through rainbow fetish gear100% that was Rayray
>>151028506Yeah it was lol
>>150998027I remember how many efforts there were on sites like DeviantART to try and get other people noticed. You could join clubs, they could re-post art, they would do recommendations, there were third-party sites with limits (You must have under 1000 followers, etc) where you could join and it would cycle through random profiles. People actually used to leave fucking comments and it was encouraged. People hated just favoriting, people yearned for comments, not just views and likes. It actually felt like if you were just some 17-year old trying to get into art, learn, and grow, there was a possibility of gaining a following and maybe meeting other people along the way that could lead into a group project kind of thing. Now it's like, you can have 100k followers and still get no attention. You can post art that gets maybe 40 likes, or a couple of hundred if it's fanart. That's fucking wild to me. 100k on DeviantART days used to mean you actually had pull and could make a decent amount off of commissions. So far, the closest thing I've come to replicating that old method is just taking up drawing requests on random boards then archiving them on my own website. I actually managed to get a small following of regulars out of that. But I did that as far back as 2019, who knows if it still works or if AI has just completely sucked the fun out of drawing requests.
>>151028418Why do people still use Twitter then?
>>151027618Not as much since they started to get censorship happy. That, and the flood of AI slop.
>>151028618HEHESILLY POSTED
>>150997759The entire internet is dead :-(
>>151013689You get banned for doxxing/talking about raids here, lol. It's tamer than Twitter and Reddit where all the normies live.
>>151029276you can just turn AI off in the search settings
>>151022284The Portland drunk tank must be a circus.
>>151022865>Lefties purchase 4ChanThis place is run by Bush/Obama era liberals already, tho. Pretty sure /pol/ is, too, they just don't care if a Church full of Madeas gets mowed down by the rightwingers they gaslight.
>>151028299It comes before pterodactyl.
>>151021932You can't, or at least you can't effectively. I'm not american and while I was using twitter, despite me constantly blocking and telling the thing to not give me anything politcs related, eventually I'd get some random american politics posts while scrolling my own likes and the random Musk tweet every now and then. In bluesky, only the people I follow and that's it. Simple, straight to the point, not even a trending bar. I still check my twitter to check some specific people I know that don't have a bluesky account and it's so "loud" in comparison, with tons of shit I don't care about.
>>151029245People trying to thrive in the chaos and also relative lack of censorship compared to other art sites. Come to think of it, it's weird how censored the whole internet is.
>>151029692What comes after Mastodon?
how do i get art mutuals i spent 5 years posting art to twt before stopping and all i ever got were people trying to erp with me
>>151031463Post your art here.
>before something else gets thrown at youwhat the fuck are you talking about? that sounds like it has nothing to do with the format and you're just an impatient nigger
The fact that the author uses twitter automatically makes their art worthless.
>>151031463Find people with similar sensibilities whose art you genuinely like and interact as much as you can in a meaningful way that shows that this is not just a sub4sub thing to make number go up
>>151031408Pterodactyl.
HEYHI HEYCAN SOMEBODY CODE A PROGRAM THAT SCRAPES FAN ART OFF TWITTER AND REPOST IT SOMEWHERE WHERE USERS CAN ORGANISE IT?LIKE A BOORU
>>150998337stop doommongering you fucking retard
"artists" who only post to twitter/bluesky/instagram/facebook/etc should be beaten with hammers
>>151030187> it's so "loud" in comparison, with tons of shit I don't care about.This. I think a lot of people got used to a million things vying for your attention all the time so they get bored when a platform isn’t constantly bombarding them with shit, but I think its nice that BlueSky shows me the stuff I follow and that’s fucking it. If I want to find other stuff, I have to specifically go looking for it.
>>151032699Why hammers?
>>150997801it's okay. the benefit of the jump from Tumblr to Twitter was that people were generally used to Twitter and it was already a well-established site where artists wouldn't be starting from scratch. the jump from Twitter to Bluesky was kinda rough since a lot of people aren't on Bluesky and artists have to essentially become evangelists for the site or coerce their current followers to join if they want to keep up with their content.
