It really does!!!! I did just make comment of how I’d only feel it would be ok if it was folks needing reach for advertising commissions but it’s never that! I wish folks weren’t prioritizing numbers 😭
I'm honestly surprised people are still uploading there at all.The engagement is so much better here on Bluesky, and we have a block button that's 100% working lmao.
I'm still on Twitter because some artists I like still post there (and nowhere else lmao) but personally I deleted all my art, it has become a depressing place to post...
I deleted my acc last week monday. Followed everyone I had on my list on other socials, but there were like 2-3 artists that has nothing linked and I also couldn‘t find them anywhere else 😭
Like it’s aaaaall unglazed and got a very small watermark and everythiiiing, they keep shoveling material onto there for what I feel only is for their need for engagement? It feels sucky!
ITS SO WILD, its literally just a twisted need for big number go up, when so much of that number isnt even real people interacting with it... I've seen several artists I really like complain how they dont get enough likes on bsky and go back to posting on twitter, it makes so feel sooooo 🤪🤪🤪🤪
That shit makes me furious!!!!! I feel the only acceptable reason would be if they needed reach for commissions but I haven’t even seen that nor believe these folks are doing it for even that, I wish they would stick it out over here 😒
There's that, and then you had the folks running it that really weren't doing a lot with the site and were slow on the uptake of features other sites had for years, and drama involving the owners, etc.
But a lot of folks use the whole "well my followers!"
I guess that's ONE good thing about me not really "having a following" anywhere, I don't yet have the issue of "my followers are all there so I can't leave"
Oh my god I didn’t even hear about that, maybe it could be that if that’s happening? It’s coming up as recently posted images n stuff too so I wouldn’t know
Went back to find one tweet left after thinking I got them all … the site’s so understaffed now I’d be more shocked if it worked properly.
Could also be caps and rate limits on how far the API will load or make changes. Heard this was true of likes some years ago, requiring multiple passes.
Thank u all for entertaining me stomping around and being cranky about this lmao, I’m just so mad artists are still hanging onto X!
like AGH, let it go!
Honestly at this point I still don’t know why I still had the app. I suppose incase I ever did short form video breakdowns again but it’s just not worth seeing all the hate and nonsense over there anymore. Should have deleted it many months ago
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yeah because you keep posting there. They're called followers - they will follow you if you leave
But I give no one active support. No likes, no reposts, no comments.
Plus their block function is lukewarm as hell too
But a lot of folks use the whole "well my followers!"
Could also be caps and rate limits on how far the API will load or make changes. Heard this was true of likes some years ago, requiring multiple passes.
like AGH, let it go!