<![CDATA[Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos.]]>Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos.

For the record, I don't generally sell my photos, here or anywhere else. But even if I did, I fail to see why that would be a problem.

Preventing artists from making a living is a strange hill to want to die on.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/44b6e1f5-0b85-4b84-a145-3f4473b9d8b8/got-another-mastoscold-yelling-at-me-for-using-the-platform-to-promote-my-photos.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 11:20:20 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 19:39:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:42:16 GMT]]>@mattblaze I remember the mastoscold who hated black and white photos

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116413493199847105https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116413493199847105Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:42:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:39:52 GMT]]>@mattblaze uh, promote all you want. Thats nobody else's business.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonsweden.se/users/meraord/statuses/116413483734447213https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonsweden.se/users/meraord/statuses/116413483734447213Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:39:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:27:22 GMT]]>@mattblaze I think those people are in a tiny minority and should be ignored. I love seeing art on here. I've bought quite a bit of music on Bandcamp via posts on Mastodon, and even some actual art to put in a frame. It's a great place to discover new things without having corporate hype shoved down my throat by an "algorithm". I love it here!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/macronencer/statuses/116413434611563349https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/macronencer/statuses/116413434611563349Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:20:03 GMT]]>@mattblaze I boost artists a lot. I follow some artists. I think to do otherwise is mean-spirited. Artists have enough trouble putting a roof over their heads.

I got mastoscolded for not using the word "Gaza" in a song about Gaza that literally had Gaza City in the video. 🤷‍♂️ I guess it's a hobby. Everyone needs a hobby, I've been told.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116413405816343093https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116413405816343093Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:20:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:46:32 GMT]]>@draNgNon @chronovore @mattblaze

Why?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/simon_lucy/statuses/116413274044171927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/simon_lucy/statuses/116413274044171927Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:46:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:41:38 GMT]]>@mattblaze I don't get these comments. Though my account is locked to filter in the cognoscenti, and I only post my 'snapshots' from the phone on here.

At some point I will restart my photographical Journey with my Camera and Lenses. It paused when the kids arrived in 1998.

There is a local club that I am being encouraged to join in the south of France.
One needs to bring images on a memory stick. Only Camera photos permitted.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WestLawns/statuses/116413254790018898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WestLawns/statuses/116413254790018898Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:41:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:30:38 GMT]]>@mattblaze (dog with ball meme) no post, only boost!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116413211505819322https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116413211505819322Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:30:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:24:15 GMT]]>@mattblaze Just ignore them. Silence or block.
Nice photos by the way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116413186375793705https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116413186375793705Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:24:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:23:05 GMT]]>@BriBear @mattblaze Agree, I am not an apologist who worships the free market. The powerful collaborating to exploit the system is a huge issue.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/116413181830818394https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/116413181830818394Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:23:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:17:38 GMT]]>@davidbcohen@twit.social @mattblaze@federate.social I mean the capitalism experiment seems to be failing spectacularly itself. I don't disagree with your general point though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/al4poaj1yvpy000phttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/al4poaj1yvpy000pThu, 16 Apr 2026 07:17:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:07:42 GMT]]>@mattblaze If I were in the market for some photos, I would definitely prefer to buy from somebody I saw in the fediverse.

There, unfortunately, are some people with "strange" standards, which they wish to impose on everybody else 😞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/pegdhcp/statuses/116413121301752738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/pegdhcp/statuses/116413121301752738Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:01:15 GMT]]>@mattblaze Ah, the hippy neck beard types who reject any form of commercialism because it pollutes their FOSS vision are particularly tiresome.

They don’t see that the privilege that commercial society has given us is what allows them to live within their values. We ran the communism experiment in the 20th century and it failed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/116413095959664446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/116413095959664446Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:01:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:34:22 GMT]]>@mattblaze I can squint and get where they're coming from, since every commercial platform is full of purely commercial concerns and it can feel like an intrusion to have a sense of something commercial going on here. But, and maybe this is just my Lapsed Trotskyism showing, I reckon such scolds need to think and read and ruminate more and ask themselves what they're actually upset about, why they think this is it, and how their demands in this moment would aggregate and play out.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/c82fe5d7-ea7f-4a5f-920d-e4c9e8806297https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/c82fe5d7-ea7f-4a5f-920d-e4c9e8806297Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:34:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:05:37 GMT]]>@MissGayle @swelljoe @mattblaze the only thing worse is people like that that also complain when others try to suggest things to do to get a better experience here. And sure enough there's different ways to come forward with these suggestions, but from what I've seen at least a solid 30% of the HOA perception on Mastodon comes specifically from people who like to complain about how things don't work but don't like being told how to make it work. «I need to put alt text? Who are you, the HOA?«

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116412877178759501https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116412877178759501Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:05:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:47:56 GMT]]>@mattblaze

Meh, they'd hate me.

They can do one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/adaddinsane/statuses/116412807647561686https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/adaddinsane/statuses/116412807647561686Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:47:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:06:39 GMT]]>@mattblaze please promote more photos. We like them

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/meercat0/statuses/116412645330440230https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/meercat0/statuses/116412645330440230Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:06:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:57:16 GMT]]>@mattblaze I see lots of artists posting their own works for sale. I often boost their posts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/AskPippa/statuses/116412608467886205https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/AskPippa/statuses/116412608467886205Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:57:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:49:35 GMT]]>@mattblaze Why do they follow you, if they don't want to see your pictures? Don't they know, they even can prevent picture loading?
hm might be lack of information or ignorance

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116412578238183642https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116412578238183642Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:49:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:46:10 GMT]]>@mattblaze This make-no-money thing is an aspect of Mastodon I don't really understand. Plus, the solution is simple; we can block or unfollow people we don't want to see in any way.

Like many others folks, I enjoy your photos and think it'd be great if you earned a little (or a lot) of money.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/falcon14/statuses/116412564821606370https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/falcon14/statuses/116412564821606370Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:46:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:31:33 GMT]]>@mattblaze It's so odd.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Dkyap/statuses/116412507354846137https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Dkyap/statuses/116412507354846137Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:31:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:08:50 GMT]]>@mattblaze
I honestly don't understand the problem. Sell all you want here. If i don't want to See it, i block you and that's it. So I agree in not seeing a Problem.
@Em0nM4stodon

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/khw/statuses/116412417975103793https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/khw/statuses/116412417975103793Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:08:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:39:11 GMT]]>@ZDL @mattblaze @wagenseil Tea is the shit, Matt. You should go for it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/xmacdonald/statuses/116412301425663134https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/xmacdonald/statuses/116412301425663134Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:39:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:25:16 GMT]]>@mattblaze

I make this and it’s an important part of who I am and I want to share that with people is like a central aspect of what social media is all about in my view.

If you happen to also sell them either to put groceries in your fridge or so that other people can enjoy them closer then I thinks that’s a bonus not a problem. 🤷‍♂️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/116412246707854084https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/116412246707854084Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:25:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:13:39 GMT]]>@mattblaze Some of my favorite people on here are artists who post their work, whether it's for sale or not. And I've happily bought from people who are selling their art.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116412201032402589https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116412201032402589Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:13:39 GMT