<![CDATA[a question please for people who are here and on bluesky:]]>a question please for people who are here and on bluesky:

sigh. i don't want to start up over there but equally i don't want to get evicted for not paying my rent, and i might find some new customers if i try another platform.

but i did try it once, briefly and a while back, and i didn't last long. so i'm wondering whether it's the sort of place that i could just post sculpture photos and not really engage beyond that? i don't like the idea of doing that, but i can't maintain a presence in two places, i'm *not* leaving here, and i just didn't feel ok with the atmosphere on bluesky and wanted to hide when i tried it before. (and i'm not doing a bridgey account because i know that upsets people)

if anyone has any insights/ideas, i'd be very grateful.

thank you!

(please boost if you don't mind)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/32e063c8-b29c-4672-ac2f-3d807be24dab/a-question-please-for-people-who-are-here-and-on-blueskyRSS for NodeMon, 24 Aug 2026 17:26:08 GMTThu, 20 Aug 2026 14:56:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:31:56 GMT]]>@moonrabbit

If this is any help, I've done a list of all the ways you can make your account and posts more visible on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/117130206696590078https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/117130206696590078Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:31:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:31:00 GMT]]>@formflux WIPSnips posts a prompt word every day, you find the word (or something with similar vibes) and Quote or reply with the hashtag and a snip (a paragraph or so) from your current work in progress. If you search on the hashtag you will find instructions quoted with just about every post to the tag.

Another writing hashtag on BS is - a question to answer every day as though you were on a panel.

I'm sorry, I've never sold anything on Etsy and know nothing about that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/rubyjones/statuses/117129967079161783https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/rubyjones/statuses/117129967079161783Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:31:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:30:03 GMT]]>@moonrabbit I'm okay, thanks. I like bluesky because I just like chatting to people, really.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/janjonesauthor/statuses/117129491492235602https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/janjonesauthor/statuses/117129491492235602Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:30:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:24:40 GMT]]>@moonrabbit If you look for customers and want to broaden customer base, you have to go where THEY are. And not virtue signal about Mastodon, which imo is crap anyway.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/katharina_buholzer/statuses/117129234373705517https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/katharina_buholzer/statuses/117129234373705517Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:24:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:56:42 GMT]]>@Tim_Eagon @moonrabbit ooohh yes, you very clearly said that. My apologies.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://socel.net/users/Scofisticated/statuses/117129124395998006https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://socel.net/users/Scofisticated/statuses/117129124395998006Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:01:26 GMT]]>@mike i will absolutely not be leaving here, as i said in my post. but people *definitely* get upset about bridged accounts. and i can understand why really: if you're going to be in two places, then you should actually be in two places. imo! the problem is that i can't manage that. so i probably won't!

thank you for the reply, much appreciated.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128907112528207https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128907112528207Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:01:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:59:33 GMT]]>@moonrabbit I'm not sure why having a brdigy account would offend anyone. I'm a harsh BlueSky critic but I'm not going to vilify anyone who wants to have a presence is both worlds. I say go for it if you think you can make a few extra bucks. The only thing I'd ask is to maintain your fediverse presence as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/mike/statuses/117128899658534953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/mike/statuses/117128899658534953Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:47:55 GMT]]>@Scofisticated @moonrabbit No, I've only seen Fediverse people upset about Bridged accounts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/Tim_Eagon/statuses/117128853926170617https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/Tim_Eagon/statuses/117128853926170617Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:47:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:36:53 GMT]]>@moonrabbit I never look at the tumblr homepage, just my dashboard. And I ad-block. I get just the weirdness I want.

I am okay. Visited a cool Buddhist stupa with my sibling this week. Temps are garbage again, but my garden is doing decently. I think I have gained the upper hand against the Japanese beetles. My birthday is in a fortnight and I have no particular emotional feeling about it, which is nice.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/raye/statuses/117128810554210934https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/raye/statuses/117128810554210934Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:36:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:35:09 GMT]]>@moonrabbit @BlueAppaloosa I feel you! I wouldn't go back either.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117128803759568501https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117128803759568501Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:35:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:22:52 GMT]]>@NatureMC
thank you. i was on instagram for a couple of years before i joined mastodon and didn't sell very much even though i had a lot of followers. but they were mostly other artists who just wanted me to follow them. and it was SO MUCH work with very little actual community/care, and it got to the point by the end where i felt sick every time i signed in and kept avoiding it. so i'm definitely not going back there. excellent that it works for some people though! it just didn't for me. but tyvm again!

@BlueAppaloosa

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128755443628580https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128755443628580Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:22:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:19:08 GMT]]>@BlueAppaloosa This is exactly the problem on Bsky: you have to find at least one influencer who takes you into such a feed-list that really brings clients.
@moonrabbit I know that nobody in the Fediverse likes to hear it but most artists that I know sell via Instagram most. But that's as much work for mantaining an account as anywhere.
Or bridging to Bsky ... but you have to write there also directly in comments etc. to become discovered for those feeds.
Good luck!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117128740794642840https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117128740794642840Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:19:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:08:17 GMT]]>@rubyjones
many, many thanks for all of this. at this point, the whole thing is feeling super overwhelming and i'm having the "i just want to hide" reaction again before i've even got there. but this is all super helpful, and i've bookmarked it for when i can re-emerge ...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128698122512114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128698122512114Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:08:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:07:25 GMT]]>@Tim_Eagon
So you mean you had BS ppl upset that you are bridged?

@moonrabbit

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://socel.net/users/Scofisticated/statuses/117128694665977664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://socel.net/users/Scofisticated/statuses/117128694665977664Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:07:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:06:05 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl thank you. and i'm sorry ... this world really is not right.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128689436760440https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128689436760440Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:58:20 GMT]]>@moonrabbit >but I would be surprised if there weren't something similar for art. Hashtags games give you access to a community and a prompt to post something that's not just straight advertising without having to give too much thought and planning to your posts. It helps break up your posts so people won't look at your bio, notice you only advertise, and decide not to follow. And you can just drop a post to the hashtag before or after you do your promo and then leave.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/rubyjones/statuses/117128659001014829https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/rubyjones/statuses/117128659001014829Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:58:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:57:40 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl definitely your doing then

things here are. we never heard back from the estate agents after they said they'd send a video (by this am at the latest). but i know they had a viewing (because these days, it's just a free for all at one massive viewing, sigh) today, so probably they've been inundated with better applications now. i'll mail them this evening, but i think i know the answer.

mr kitten is *whispers so as not to upset anything* doing better ... *touches all wood* 🪵

beyond that, it's all not great really.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128656354924007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128656354924007Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:57:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:56:14 GMT]]>@moonrabbit I use it, although I spend much more time here. Like anything, you will get a lot more traction if you interact, but if you get on some relevant lists, you can get a lot of followers without much effort and people will see your posts.

I think my ratio of signal to noise is a lot better here, but I have made sales over there as well, and you can reach a much bigger audience.

It also helps to find some hashtags you can regularly take part in. I'm a writer, so for me is good

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/rubyjones/statuses/117128650708121054https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/rubyjones/statuses/117128650708121054Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:56:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:55:34 GMT]]>@moonrabbit

Aw, that's sweet. 🙂 I have all my stuff pinned and you're welcome to visit when you run out of important things to do.

I hope you can get the rent paid and maybe even buy some food and stuff.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/xenophora/statuses/117128648118165098https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/xenophora/statuses/117128648118165098Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:55:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:54:26 GMT]]>@moonrabbit Oh definitely. I only had to wish for a couple of months too.
How are things Over There, any progress with the Welsh house? And how is Kitten? (sorry if you’ve posted about all this and I’ve missed it).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/117128643642741946https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/117128643642741946Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:54:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:53:05 GMT]]>@moonrabbit

Two suggestions

1. hook up with Mastodon.art if you want to increase your visibility as an artist. @Curator may be able to advise

2. Pixelfed is based towards image posts and is part of the Fediverse , read about it here: https://fedi.tips/pixelfed-photo-sharing-on-the-fediverse/

@FediTips

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/srfirehorseart/statuses/117128638340433715https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/srfirehorseart/statuses/117128638340433715Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:53:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:52:59 GMT]]>@sinvega thank you so much, i have not tried that. i lasted erm maybe 2 days on bluesky before?

but yes that's definitely an idea. if i end up trying again, i'll try it, thank you 🙏

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128637951013593https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128637951013593Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:52:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:52:07 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl that's all very good, well done! even on the rain, because probably you wishing for it had something to do with its happening? 🌧️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128634539756068https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/moonrabbit/statuses/117128634539756068Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:52:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a question please for people who are here and on bluesky: on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:50:56 GMT]]>@moonrabbit

I wish I could do more than wish you luck sorting it out, but my own art gets lost in the shuffle no matter where I place it, so... yeah. 🤞

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