More Twitter shit and this time I'm feeling especially grim about it, oomfies.
The pattern my usage of SM took after trying to quit it is kind of indicative of why a lot of people didn't. You set up to leave, you start using alternatives, but because not everyone does you end up stuck in a transitional "I'm phasing this site out" state indefinitely. I use Twt far less now than I did then and really my overall general doomscrolling has been greatly reduced even across my now multiple sites, but in the big picture, shit has been fucking rough.
I've noticed, and no doubt you have too, how heavily I've shifted from creating to consuming. In addition to how tight my schedule is, how limited my resources are, my motivation has been utterly destroyed by having to start over. I never had a lot, but here the only one who consistently sees my posts is Alaska. I can accept just making things for myself but I can't imagine being happy as a hermit reduced to only in-person art showings. Still, that really feels like where things are heading. Every site is either bad for art, not even oriented towards art to begin with, gives zero visibility, or doesn't allow half my work to exist.
I kind of quit Tumblr as an art/writing outlet due to its AI thing, as I did on DeviantArt. But at least they have an opt-out even if that's an incomplete solution. I guess that's just where the bar is now considering what Twitter's doing. I'm still utterly lost though. DA had some instant success but with its slop problem that might not be waiting for me when I come back, Tumblr is obtuse at best and hostile at worst, Newgrounds has some pretty steep standards before it even gives you the privilege of appearing in people's recommendations, Bluesky is absolutely serviceable but its launch was a wet fart after a failure to build momentum up to then, I dropped Wix over Palestine, Obsidian offers something but it's paid and SFW, Reddit, I don't even know what Pixiv is, and Eka's is a walled garden and also, you know, not exactly something I'd use exclusively if give the option.
Am I being dramatic in saying that I think we're kinda witnessing the death of writing/illustrating content creators as internet personalities here? Because at this point I think we're gonna be reduced to posting decontextualized scraps in forums with nowhere to really follow us in the way YouTubers and Streamers have relatives security in.
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