bluesky is so fucking boring and more harder with getting followers why do people still wanna use it?
>>7773904>dead shithole for scorned millennial tumbleritesIt's not worth it unless you're already in a circlejerk or have a following because follow lists mean nothing for engagementunless you draw furry porn I guess?
>>7773904I created a account there out of boredom a few months ago and I was immediately bombarded with gay furry art. Is it that common?
>>7773904Do followers mean anything there anyways? It seems is just artist following artist, not very biz like, which may be a plus for some but lets be real
BECAUSE FUCK ELON THAT'S WHY
It takes 5 seconds to upload something. Why not use it?
>>7773904>why do people still wanna use it?lol like who? its dead man, no ones wanting to use it
i just use that site for the porn now. would be better if people actually switched.
Twitter is a cesspool of shit thats carried by its legacy users otherwise most people would permanently migrate. Bsky is also still in an infant phase, I'm playing the long game and anyone smart also is.
>>7773904I post on bluesky because I get zero interaction on twitter while I at least average 2 to 3 likes on bluesky
>>7774414Bsky has been in it's infant phase for almost 2 years now, and had years before that for influencers to set up shop in the beta, it's not doing too hot.
>>7774445Twitter launched in 2006 but actually blew up in 2012. Instagram launched in 2010 and blew up around 2015-2017. Bsky has been steadily growing and it's a lot easier to network and connect with people than on Twitter I've found.
>>7774450bsky escaped invite beta in early 2024, so based off of twitter we basically have another 5 years (ignoring the fact that those years also align with internet usage booms)
>>7774450The internet worked differently back then. That isn't sites 'blowing up'. That's normies starting to use non-Facebook social media en-masse. Bsky had it's rapid inflation phase, and has been slowly shrinking ever since. It's just not a very great Twitter alternative for a number of reasons. It's missing critical features, the auto-mod is far too aggressive, the list feature gives influencers way too much control over visibility, and it doesn't even solve the problem of political bullshit, it just caters to far-left bots instead.
>>7773947I created one last week and was bombarded with nothing because I don't follow anyone yet.
>you are only allowed to use the most popular website and nothing else
>>7773904I've been getting less followers and less impressive numbers in general, but I'm getting more interactions on bsky. Even though I only have a fraction of my Twitter numbers, I've been getting just as many comms from bsky. That is to say that even though its not as big, people there are more engaged and less likely to be bots. Only downside is that you could get banned if you're a loli artist.As other anons said its also good insurance even if it werent that good right now because Xitter is absolutely guaranteed to get worse the longer Elon is in charge, nearly every change he has brought to this website and to this algorithm have fucked over artists in particular. There's always something retarded on the horizon, for example I know that in just a few weeks they'll upheave the algorithm to run everything through Grok, even if it won't straight up murder the platform it's another change that's guaranteed to make it even shittier for your art to be seen by actual people. It will continue until it becomes Facebook tier of nonstop unhinged shit.tldr its less about using bsky and more about relying LESS on Xitter with the mongoloid in charge deadset on running it into the ground, go on Insta, Tumblr or whatever other option you fancy. It's not a big investment, all you have to do is post there and check it twice a day to like and comment on other ppl posts, literal 10 minutes investment.
No matter the platform, it's pointless.Everyone is leaving because it has been turned into nothing but advertising and engagement baiting.
I recently made a Bluesky. I haven't researched it much but it seems like an X clone like Threads. its a good enough format but I'm thinking it has less people on it. still, I think X is the best. although I think I'm shadowbanned or something. As I get like 3 views per update. even with a tag like #inktober
>>7774474excellent post anon
>>7774987#inktober is too diluted and general. You have to target a nicher mid-size, longstanding fandom full of autists who will happily repost your stuff. Think Sekiro, Houseki no Kuni or Scott Pilgrim. Make sure that it's adjacent to what (you) like to draw so the autists don't leave when you it inconspicuously swap their usual curry crackers for your OC paprika crackers.I just gave you the n1 secret to grow a small account on any platform, make good use of it.
>>7775002That's fine and all, especially on bsky which isn't cucked yet, but if you do nsfw that shit's been shadow banned on xitter a few months into Musk buying it. (Even if you have nsfw enabled, you'll only see it in the "for you" tab from people you follow). Unless you got your 10k+ followers before that happened, good luck gaining any traction there doing nsfw.
>>7774414>Twitter is a cesspool of shitoh no, mean people can say things you don't like on it? poor baby
>>7775073That's sad, I have no idea how to proceed if you are a NSFWbro, no platform wants you apparently. I did see someone getting numbers after spamming Helltaker lewds though so still probably worth a shot if you target the right tags, but I can't speak from experience there.
>>7774987It has less bots. Twitter is worse than Facebook in that regard. Also stop calling it X.
>>7774487what do you draw
>>7773904The exodus from Twitter was just a leftist anti-Elon thing. BlueSky isn't any better than Twitter.
>>7775144>It has less bots.that is probably true>>7775144I hate the name X too. its so dumb. I have instinctively started calling it X though now...shit.
>>7773904That place is just another safe space site
>>7773904It's going to fail. It's just a place for trannys and faggots to post dick "girls". Seriously, how the fuck did the tranny thing get as much momentum as it did? They are some seriously delusional people and they desperately need help and they need it bad. Trying to save lives and I'm getting so much push back from it.
>>7775162Who gives a fuck where your epic billionaire stands on the authoritarian wannabe graph. Any sane person can observe just how fucking incompetent he is regardless of politics.By the same token no one actually leaves a website because of political affiliations, they do it because they get fed up with how much enshittification they have to deal with. The changes he forced from the top that started happening since he took control are so bad they negatively affected a lot of users, THAT is what is causing people to leave and hate on him. Put your obsession with trannies aside and don't stuff all your eggs in the same basket just because the retard in chief politically aligns with your views, it will come back to bite you in the ass. That's if you draw and post online at all, though.
Even if it shuts down, what did you lose? There no downside to posting on as many platforms as possible.
>>7775073>especially on bsky which isn't cucked yetYou what? Its cucked since creation, cucked by design even.
>>7775262>no one actually leaves a website because of political affiliations>no, no one left reddit after it became obnoxiously leftist and communist>absolutely no butthurt leftie left twitter after moosk bought it>everyone is still on youtube, nobody went to alternatives because of politicsAre you retarded?
>>7775370he meant normal people not ideologically compromised subhumans such as yourself most ppl dont give a shit about your american idiocy. they do however care when X forces them to give face ID to access content or whatever
How is twitter actually doing? I think there was a study that its userbase was almost 75% bots, and it just gets worse everytime there's an update, but I don't even know if people are actually leaving, like even on a smaller scale.
>>7775300You associate with trannies and faggots, that's the downside.
>>7775493You associate with them regardless you stupid faggot. Aren't you dumb pieces of garbage always calling other people trannies? Obsessed.
>>7775300there is no upside to posting eitheryeah yeah if you spin the wheel and win the social media lottery you might maybe get one single follower and maybe if you repeat that a million times and get a million followers of which only 10 are actual real people and of which only 2 maybe give a shit about your work and of that maybe one of them will maybe, potentially commission you once you get desperate enough to drop your prices to third world tier, maybe it's worth itbut at that point just go sell ass on the streets if money is your end goal
>>7775493What websites do you post your art on?>>7775501You good?
>>7775498>You associate with them regardlessLol what?
It really seems you guys are not paying attention:Why would anyone post on any social platforms right now when every platform is bleeding users?
>>7775524It takes a few seconds to create a post. What are you doing with your drawings? Do you wait something to happen?
>>7775145Souls shit, vidya fan art, FFXIV shit (cheat code for receiving comms)>>7775436Even with 75% bots and a potentially dwindling userbase its still the biggest, so its worth going there for now
>>7775550Are you genuinely retarded or what the fuck is wrong with you, saar?
>>7775493hate to tell you this but if you are an artist you are already getting lumped with them
>>7775577I was wondering what you do with your finished pieces. Are you waiting for things to improve before you start posting your work online again?
>>7775587Explain to me why you believe anyone ""has"" to post their finished pieces online.I don't live off art and gambling is legal here, so i can just go do that if i want to waste time.
>>7773904I went to follow a favorite (fallen) webcomic artist cus they said they moved to bluesky, made an account thinking they had some spicy stuff, they just switched to bluesky and got even less traction. I'll stick with X/Twitter, and I don't understand the anger revolving the site, granted, I never really used it other than to follow and save nsfw artists.
>>7775262Who talked about the trannies. I just stated an undeniable fact, which is that the exodus was mostly due to political factors.You can at most talk for yourself, but in the way you speak, it feels that your core reasons aren't much different.>>7775435>most ppl dont give a shit about your american idiocyAmerican culture infected every side of the planet...>X forces them to give face IDOnly UK due to UK laws. Also, this was very recent. You are quite dishonest.
>>7775558>FFXIV shit (cheat code for receiving comms)Tell me more
>>7776221nta but>popular japanese mmorpg where you make your own unique characterseems like a given that people will want ways to express and show their OCs, just like suspiciously wealthy furries who want to show off their fursonas
>>7776221huge tranny player basemost of the game is about erp'ing on discord or having sex in the guild chatsgo take a look at the /vg/ generali wish i was joking
>>7775558Don't you have to play like 500 hours of singleplayer campaign before you are even allowed to get to the places where other players are?
>>7776337All players afk in the starting towns to grab up new players and spam macros to advertise their discords in the region chatalso base game campaign is like 10 hours and you already unlock every social feature a couple hours inWouldn't even recommend it as a game since it's also incredibly boring
>>7776221What other anons said kek, this game is pretty dead gameplay-wise so people AFK and obsess over their characters>>7776337Yes. It's not really a MMORPG, it's a mediocre singleplayer jrpg with good side-stories, coop elements and some hubs to AFK in.Anyways I'm not sure it's worth getting into just to get comms, the game is slowly dying now. But if you did happen to play it before and need to find clients, look into it.
>>7774054It's completely dead. Why use it?
>>7774414Yeah, threads and mastadon are going to kill twitter anyday
It's about the early mover advantage, why would you go to the unfamiliar option when you have the established one which you already know
>>7775262I don't think there's cause to call Musk incompetent because he's doing politics and it's compromising art, because he wants to do politics and that necessarily compromises art.The problem is that there isn't anywhere online that competently supports art. Yesterday I would've told you to go to Pixiv, but then they announced that they will be censoring everything in the anglosphere and the eurozone starting next month, because of politics of course. Art is anarchist now because other politics cannot tolerate it, if you're setting up a space for art you're going to be facing ten thousand dollars in fines and decades in prison in the future.
>>7776543It isn't completely dead.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
people are tired of social mediathe only ones pushing you to use it are google, pornfags and aijeets
