@dunnozaur's post on Artfol
Hey, fast question here
How much do you care about how many likes your posts gets?
And please be honest! I know how perfec it would be to feel like 'nah, I create art just for me and I want to become better for myself only', but ya know - since these buttons under your artworks exist you'll just see them no matter what.
I personally used to not care but when number of followers started slowly rising while likes are dropping it's just so unmotivating. Of course I mean it more about instagram than artfol - here I feel much better cause of algorythm and of course y'all guys cause community here is the best.
but! If your experience takes place here or anywhere else - also feel free to share your poinf of view. We all know likes exists everywhere, right?Mar 27, 2022
How much do you care about how many likes your posts gets?
And please be honest! I know how perfec it would be to feel like 'nah, I create art just for me and I want to become better for myself only', but ya know - since these buttons under your artworks exist you'll just see them no matter what.
I personally used to not care but when number of followers started slowly rising while likes are dropping it's just so unmotivating. Of course I mean it more about instagram than artfol - here I feel much better cause of algorythm and of course y'all guys cause community here is the best.
but! If your experience takes place here or anywhere else - also feel free to share your poinf of view. We all know likes exists everywhere, right?Mar 27, 2022#likes
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I did care on Instagram but since I am on Artfol I don't anymore - what is funny since I am an marketing person in my job u know 
so kinda a job where u have to analyse everything regularly xd
so kinda a job where u have to analyse everything regularly xd•
I used to care a lot about likes, ngl. I started on Instagram wanting to be popular, and of course I wasn't because I just started posting lol. I just adjusted and once I see how many likes I usually get, I just want to keep them to that number or above. I usually get like 50 likes on Instagram which is a cool number!! If I get a lot less (like 30) I get a little sad, but I can deal with it. I barely get likes on artfol tho so I really don't care about them LMAO, honestly on artfol I just post my silly drawings and say everything that comes to mind, if someone wants to stay on my page that's cool, and if they don't that's cool too
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It means a lot to me when I look in my memes feed and see someone likes my art! Especially if they comment, whether it s a tip, criticism, or praise, I’ll take it!
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•I do check my likes on Artfol posts, but not in an obsessive way, and I don't feel hurt if it isn't as high as I expected. I know the average amount of likes I get by now (~15) and anything above 10 makes me feel happy. Instagram is disappointing (I get 2-ish likes), but it doesn't upset me too much anymore since I know my art gets appreciated here, and ig sucks anyway.
I think I've had a more healthier relationship with likes since using Artfol. They're hidden here, so they don't get shoved in my face everytime I want to look at my art. I also don't compare myself to other artists, and I'm able to view the big artists on here like normal people like me because the app doesn't always show me how much more everyone likes them.
I think I've had a more healthier relationship with likes since using Artfol. They're hidden here, so they don't get shoved in my face everytime I want to look at my art. I also don't compare myself to other artists, and I'm able to view the big artists on here like normal people like me because the app doesn't always show me how much more everyone likes them.
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•On artfol I care less than I would on Instagram
On artfol, when I get likes it feels like "my followers saw my new post and liked it, that's nice"
On Instagram I'll start praying that shit doesn't flop and when I see some new account liked my stuff I do an excited arm pump and say YESSS
That's the extent of it, I used to care a lot but I went through harsh burnout after 2 years of doing that and that was like a reality check punch in the face
It took some adjustment to not immediately start raging when the post didn't gain as much as usual but now in content with my 10-15 likes with a 30 followers account :)
On artfol, when I get likes it feels like "my followers saw my new post and liked it, that's nice"
On Instagram I'll start praying that shit doesn't flop and when I see some new account liked my stuff I do an excited arm pump and say YESSS
That's the extent of it, I used to care a lot but I went through harsh burnout after 2 years of doing that and that was like a reality check punch in the face
It took some adjustment to not immediately start raging when the post didn't gain as much as usual but now in content with my 10-15 likes with a 30 followers account :)
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•I'm kinda in the train of thought that I'd get sad if I didn't get any and I'm super happy when I get a lot but I don't care to much when it's average. I don't get many likes anyway so there isn't a lot of fluctuation.
I am kinda sad I don't have more of a following but that's more because it's like to do commissions but that requires people wanting to commision me lol.
I am kinda sad I don't have more of a following but that's more because it's like to do commissions but that requires people wanting to commision me lol.
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I dont look at them, so it really is a "my art, my enjoyment" type of thing.
I value likes in the sense that I hope for those people to share my art or follow me.
Otherwise they're just numbers attached to your work for some reason.
I have no issue with looking at my likes as they don't affect me. But I avoid going into my profile so I don't see my follow count.
I value likes in the sense that I hope for those people to share my art or follow me.
Otherwise they're just numbers attached to your work for some reason.
I have no issue with looking at my likes as they don't affect me. But I avoid going into my profile so I don't see my follow count.
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•i don’t care much on artfol, but i care way too much on instagram
that’s why i get away from the app as soon as i post, honestly
that’s why i get away from the app as soon as i post, honestly
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•i dont care too much tbh! of course if they drop a lot i notice, but I dont really mind. for me its about comments (and reshares) really. i really like getting comments and they make my day, when i dont get them its okay too, but if i worked really hard on an artwork it can feel a bit discouraging sometimes for sure. i try not to care too much tho!!
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•I usually purposely put my phone away after posting so I don't have to deal with any anxiety over how many likes I am or am not getting. On the one hand I've come to a point in my art journey where I don't care about the numbers for validation anymore, but on the other hand I still crave the interaction with others in the art community, so I have a tendency to want a lot of engagement with my posts for the sake of reaching others for interaction. However, since switching to Artfol as my main social media pretty much all leftover anxiety surrounding the numbers is gone. Sure I still like seeing when a post of mine does well, but the sense of community here is so strong that I don't feel like I have to feed the machine in order to be part of the art community and instead can just exist as a person. Also the fact that the number of likes on a post isn't constantly being displayed here is really nice too, it helps to let art just be its own thing rather than a product that's only as good as the numbers it produces. When my main social media was still ig I definitely had a much harder time with not letting likes affect me or my art to the point where it completely deteriorated my art routine, which is what bummed me out the most. I used to draw every day and even tho I know that's just not reasonable anymore now due to uni work and other responsibilities I still am working to try and get any sort of routine back at all. With that too tho, I feel like the strong sense of community on Artfol motivates me a lot to get genuinely excited about art again
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•That’s a big reason why I came here. I use to care a lot when using Instagram. I would be like I had a drug addition. It be hard for me not to check it. I guess because it was my art I put a lot of energy into it what others thought. I want to use social media more like a place to meet and be social with other artists 
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•no, i don't even bother checking. just got rid of my last remaining ig account, and even there i just post and go.
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•I don't care at all lol. That of course doesn't mean i don't look at them? And i can see like oh people gave more likes to this one but i don't do anything with it XD i'm just havin fun with my inconsistent themes and art style beacuse i'm still a learning stupid baby and i do what i want
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•I used to care about it a lot and I got very stressed and unmotivated about it, but being on Artfol I really don’t care much anymore :) I also hide my likes now on insta because I don’t wanna see it
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well yea ofc i care but as time as passed by i understood not even bigger artist get a regular amount of likes on all their posts, especially on instagram w their shitty algorithm 
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i am used to getting few likes and losing followers, what really excites me are comments but i dont get those either. At this point i'm throwing art into the void to maybe someday connect with cool artists and make friends.
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•I try to not care but it definitely is discouraging. I just move on to the next drawing and see where the algorithm throws me next :,)
I’m pretty comfortable on here and my like count in general is disabled on my insta so all the numbers aren’t constantly in my face. I don’t have the energy or want to cater to algorithms tho so I somewhat expect the small numbers and I’m alright with it, as long as one person genuinely likes what I make!
I’m pretty comfortable on here and my like count in general is disabled on my insta so all the numbers aren’t constantly in my face. I don’t have the energy or want to cater to algorithms tho so I somewhat expect the small numbers and I’m alright with it, as long as one person genuinely likes what I make!
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On artfol i don’t tend to give it much notice unless I see loads of people liking one post- then I’ll check and I’m always amazed! On Instagram it does affect me a lot. My art account used to have 300 ish likes every post. Now I’m lucky if I get 30. I haven’t really changed anything (art style or how often I post) so it makes me wonder. But I love how the likes on artfol are hidden so it’s not the first thing that comes to mind
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Since I dont have many followers (neither here nor on instagram) I just get really excited every time I get a like, I dont keep track of how many of them one post has specifically
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•I stopped caring a long time ago
, I create for my own enjoyment/world building even if it's far from popular trends
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•unfortunately I do care (not much but in the end it depends on my mood) in my case, for example, I started drawing again after years, plus in general I am not very motivated, sooo not being able to do even 20 likes puts me a little down,i have to admit it lmao I will be honest, especially if I think a newly published work somehow it turned good for me(obv in my POV)it could also be the reason why I post little as a result now I'm almost afraid to post any of my work anyway sorry for my bad english
now I'm almost afraid to post any of my work •
•Oh, I used to care a LOT in the past, but then I noticed that the number of likes often went up or down pretty randomly, so I just stopped caring. Of course, I still feel bad if something I really like ends up getting very few likes, but it doesn't affect me as much anymore. If it gets a lot of likes, good, if it doesn't, better luck next time, and that's that^-^
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•For me, it was very discouraging to get close to 0 likes on instagram and I ended up deleting my account. It felt like too much pressure to try and gather the likes and followers I was hoping for. I'm not very good at posting daily, so that was definitely part of it.
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•I used to care about likes and followers but my stuff never blew up and if it did it was on a featured post which I wouldn’t get recognition from. So eventually I just stopped caring. Even on this app with a much better algorithm it’s very easy to go unnoticed even tho you try so I decided to just post for myself
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