@hiisikoloart You're talking about things like those underground-bookshelf posts that get... 7 boosts and zero likes (including one boost by you) if it's a good post?

It's not AI that steals anything from me. It's people's ignorance that destroys all my joy on creating things.
It's always humans that destroy other humans.

@hiisikoloart So now we're at the point were at least you agree that I'll need pictures, because my word-work alone will never count.
At least you're finally admitting that part.

@hiisikoloart @Lana I'm not making art. I'm a author.

And word-work doesn't matter to anyone.

(In MY OWN language, I have to say. I hate English and I'm bad at it. But, well - according to the EP my bad English does not matter, so I can still ask that 6k account why I never see them boost any small, bad-writing author and thereby supporting them).

@hiisikoloart @Lana Oh, I have been doing that as a hobby, just for others, just to connect, without making any money from it, and with my passion, and with all my free time.

And still having an image boosted by a big account that fits into one post will be much more successfull than trying to get that same big account share a post with a link to a website where they'd have to read a story with 6k words.
I've even started to cut my stories into easy-to-read 1k-parts and still it's too much.

@hiisikoloart @Lana Yeah, visual art can at least give you a LITTLE bit of attention over time, because people can consume it with one glance.

That's not the case for words and reading.

@Lana So how many musicians do you follow and support who aren't good? How often do you offer your visibility with 6k+ followers to give unknown authors and artists a chance of gaining an audience, and how many of your followers would like it to get spammed with bad content?

It's still capitalism. Less than 1% of artists or authors ever got enough money to live from this.

Serious question. Because I am one of those authors who are currently giving up. Nobody misses it.