@puppetstrings's post on Artfol
What's everyone's deal with Twitter? Does it work for you or is it just another platform?Jan 30, 2022
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I sound like a boomer, but I've never used Twitter and I could never understand how it works.
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It's a dumpsterfire. 
I only have the app because one person posts stuff that I like a lot, and otherwise I would have deleted it.
5 years on twitter, I don't follow anyone anymore and even the news page I've set to japanese so I don't know what the app is trying to push but can feel good about recognizing some kanji.
I post my art there because why not, it doesn't take too long, but with 60 followers it's not
amazing for my art, I got double that on artfol in a few months, so that means more & meaningful interactions in a safe relaxed environment. Artfol wins. Instagram I wish felt more personal, but it's okay. I just wish there was a sense of community there like there is on Artfol.
I only have the app because one person posts stuff that I like a lot, and otherwise I would have deleted it.5 years on twitter, I don't follow anyone anymore and even the news page I've set to japanese so I don't know what the app is trying to push but can feel good about recognizing some kanji.
I post my art there because why not, it doesn't take too long, but with 60 followers it's not
amazing for my art, I got double that on artfol in a few months, so that means more & meaningful interactions in a safe relaxed environment. Artfol wins. Instagram I wish felt more personal, but it's okay. I just wish there was a sense of community there like there is on Artfol.•
•It's incredible inconvenient to use for me, algorithm does its best to make sure of it. If I wanna post something, I'll go to Artfol. And if I wanna see memes and fanart, I'll go to Tumblr.
Maybe I'll give it another chance someday. Not today though.
Maybe I'll give it another chance someday. Not today though.
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For me it's been really hard to get seen AND hard to find other artists to follow, and besides the less censorship aspect, I feel like it doesn't suit art at all. It's better for memes.
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I personally don’t have it because I don’t want to risk my stuff getting stolen by NFTbros, & I know avoiding the stuff that goes down on there is definitely good for anyone’s mental health. I do check in a handful of artists on there through the desktop version of Twitter though. It’s as close as I’m currently getting to it.
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