a question please for people who are here and on bluesky:
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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)
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 #pixelfed , read about it here: https://fedi.tips/pixelfed-photo-sharing-on-the-fediverse/
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@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?
️@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). -
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.
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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)
@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 #WIPSnips is good
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@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).@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.
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@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 #WIPSnips is good
@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.
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@thebaywindowgirl
thank you. and i'm sorry ... this world really is not right. -
@moonrabbit I've never had an issue with people on Bluesky regarding my bridged Mastodon account. I've seen the reverse though.
@Tim_Eagon
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@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.
@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 ... -
@moonrabbit Different people have different experiences on BlueSky, but unless your art is particularly interesting/novel, you probably won't get a whole lot of engagement without interacting with others.
Feeds can be useful for getting your posts "found", and can help get more eyes on your work, but you'd have to put in the work to find appropriate Feeds and do whatever is required to get your posts to show up in them. Feeds are mostly maintained by individuals, so they can come and go in terms of popularity.
@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.
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@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!@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! -
@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!@moonrabbit @BlueAppaloosa I feel you! I wouldn't go back either.
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@raye tyvm
i've just gone to it and the homepage is a bit overwhelming, but i'll see if i can get through it!
you ok?
@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.
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@Tim_Eagon
So you mean you had BS ppl upset that you are bridged?@Scofisticated @moonrabbit No, I've only seen Fediverse people upset about Bridged accounts.
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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)
@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.
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@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.
@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.
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@Scofisticated @moonrabbit No, I've only seen Fediverse people upset about Bridged accounts.
@Tim_Eagon @moonrabbit ooohh yes, you very clearly said that. My apologies.
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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)
@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.
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@janjonesauthor
hello! how are you?and thank you. i wasn't even on it for long enough really to follow anyone; i think it's just that it felt a lot like twitter to me.
but i'm glad to know you like it. maybe i'll have another look ...
@moonrabbit I'm okay, thanks. I like bluesky because I just like chatting to people, really.
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@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 #PretendPanel - 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.
