Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos.
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Lols, you might be right.
My personal pet peeve is people who don't use hashtags then whine about nobody seeing their posts b/c they don't have lots of followers. The fediverse was always supposed to be about conversations, and topics, not "influencers" or a popularity contest. But, you know, my opinion.
PS - Same goes for people who don't subscribe to any hashtags then whine about their home feed being empty...
@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?«
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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.
@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. -
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.
@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.
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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.
@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
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@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.
@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.
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@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.
@BriBear @mattblaze Agree, I am not an apologist who worships the free market. The powerful collaborating to exploit the system is a huge issue.
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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.
@mattblaze Just ignore them. Silence or block.
Nice photos by the way. -
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.
@mattblaze (dog with ball meme) no post, only boost!
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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.
@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. -
While true, people would be entirely justified to scold about posting GWAR fan fiction without some sort of hashtag.
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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.
@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. -
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.
@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!
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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.
@mattblaze uh, promote all you want. Thats nobody else's business.
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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.
@mattblaze I remember the mastoscold who hated black and white photos
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