okay im gonna try and put this in the most objective non-guilt-trippy terms as possible but i think the “reblogging content to support content creators” discussion gets a little heated sometimes and it makes it seem more complicated than it actually is
i know some people say “if you dont reblog content you’ll get less content” and thats true but sometimes the post come across as like, artists or writers holding content hostage but 99% of the time thats not whats happening
notes are just motivating. its not really any deeper than that.
likes feel kinda nice. reblogs feel really nice. reblogs with tags or comments feel EXCELLENT
you make a thing, and you post it, and you see that number go up and you think “wow people liked my thing. i did a good job. this makes me happy and when im happy i wanna make more art”
like. thats it.
like arent totally useless, they do make the number go up, but they only make the number go up once. reblogs can make it go up many more times, because more people see it and then they can like or reblog it to
like. its not really some grand moral dillemma. no ones trying to manipulate you into putting content on your blog you dont want to (though in the case of “its not my blogs content” i highly recommend organizing your interests into sideblogs, its actually great)
but. content creators are people, and people like to be validated and told they did a good job. when they feel like they did a good job, theyre happy and it motivates them to make more content.
conversely when things get only a few notes, most of which are likes, that is demotivating, because the content creator feels like people dont like it very much, and thus generally make less content
thats all there is to it. its really not super deep its just… we all have little children inside us, who drew a picture and brought it to our family. do you want them to say “its nice” and put it in a drawer, or do you want them to put it on the fridge for other people to see?
