Yeah I've seen artists talk about how for the sake of their job they can't leave twitter. They've got footprints on BlueSky and Cara but those aren't bringing in anywhere near as many jobs for them. Which makes sense, but like, most people can't sit and not work for several years while waiting for a SM platform to gain a following. It sucks but I genuinely do hope for twitter to be saved from Elon rather than destroyed. If it's even remotely possible.
I mean I'd also hope for an economy where independent artists and workers don't have to depend on social media exposure to get jobs but yeah
Hello. I've complained about Twitter and mourn its annoyingly slow descend into hell before. Yes, as
an art studio (
follow us!), you can't really just LEAVE Twitter. Twitter was a really good source of leads for us and I still look back there for more leads occasionally. It is also where we track what our clients are saying. Especially if they are sharing our art. We are also on
Instagram,
Bluesky,
Cara,
Threads... heck, I've even gotten an account on Tiktok even though we don't produce video content. But those aren't as effective for lead generation.
Recently, I have discovered an extension that lets me get back Old Tweetdeck. So that made reviewing Twitter significantly easier for work purposes. Thank goodness. Returning to 'Tweetdeck'... Twitter isn't as good as it used to be. Tragic. I don't encounter as much rightwing nonsense as you guys. Maybe because I am quite particular with my search terms. Maybe because I will happily block or mute accounts that I don't want to see. I'll still keep an eye on Twitter but I really hope other social media platforms grow. Plus
my unverified presence on Twitter is bleeding Elon Musk. That is a small win in my books.
Comparatively.... Bluesky feels barren. Maybe I'm not used to it and there's not enough incentive to dig deeper. Especially when I saw that the one who invited me to Bluesky returned to Twitter.
I love Instagram on a personal level. But the algorithm favoring video content really hurts the studio account's reach since we don't really produce video content. We get some engagement but not enough. Sometimes, I wonder if the account is shadow banned.
Threads is the closest thing to Twitter. I like that every time I visit the site, it throws me a whole bunch of random 'Twreads'. Some irrelevant; some surprisingly relevant. I'll keep my eyes on this one. I think this has the most potential to take over Twitter in the very long run.
I have a really soft spot on Cara but part of me think that it is not meant to be a social media platform. Its main purpose is to be a portfolio site and the social media bit just sprung out of the ability to post without any art. The engagement there is great since they have no algorithm. So whatever you post, someone will see it and they might interact with it. No pay to play here. However, because it is all artist-funded, I got no idea how long it will last. Your average artist is notoriously piss-poor. I dread the dA/Artstation enshitification that might come with external VC funding. Also... most of the users in Cara are artists. There are a good number of art directors in there but I'm not too sure about Cara as a lead generation site... yet.
So here you have it. My opinions on Twitter as an 'artist' (or at least, an artist rep). And all the alternatives.
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