A problem I have with art on social media is, unlike in art communities with dedicated areas for different types of posts/needs, it's usually unclear what the artist wants out of each art post. Do they want appreciation? critique? sympathy? numbers? to bring out fellow [subject] enthusiasts? Hardly anyone bothers to say, and "getting it wrong" tends to lead to unpleasant experiences.
The result is that I tend to just not respond to art posts on social media.
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@eishiya possibly a problem more with microblogging specifically than social media in general? To wit, U would assume that posting on a Lemmy or other Reddit-like forum/channel would make it more clear what the intent was (based on forum theme). I would say that still counts as social media. I guess in theory this would be possible also on microblogs, using relevant hashtags like rateMyArt or whatever?
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@oblomov This is a problem on Tumblr, Reddit, etc too. People could use tags and could use specialised subreddits, but they usually don't, perhaps due to microblogging setting the norms. On Reddit, it seems like people are more concerned with reach and go for the most generic, vague option instead of choosing a subreddit appropriate to their other intents.
Other services don't force this problem, but they still have it, if only due to microblogging's influence.
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@eishiya you're right, there's definitely been a cultural shift, and now that you make me think about it more than because of microblogging specifically it was due to the shift from “topic-centered” social media to “user-centered”. After all, already MySpace or even just blogs changed the perspective to “who you follow” from the “what do you want to talk about” that was characteristic of newsgroups and fora.
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