Many artists have been hedging their bets the last few months, mirroring their content on Mastodon and BlueSky, so that when Twitter/X/Whatever it’s called now goes under/is closed/goes subscription only/is locked behind the blockchain, they don’t lose their fans, supporters, donators, and commissioners.
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yamanii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just wish the artists would leave, but no other social media allows porn too.
ram@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
Muyal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, but that’s the thing, most of them have not abandoned Twitter, they have just created accounts elsewhere. For now, at least on the case of nsfw artists, leaving Twitter is unfeasible.
ram@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
They mirror the content on other sites. Can you explain to me how Twitter remains integral when the content is available elsewhere too?
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s integral to them because the bulk of their audience, including crowdfunders and commissioners and other potential paying customers, remains there. It can be a difference between having a viable artistic career or needing another job. Xitter is in clear decline and worse by the day, but it still outnumbers the alternatives by hundreds of millions.
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah but Bluesky is invite only still.
ram@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
Do you need an invite?
Encode1307@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You got one to give out? I’ll take one if so
vidarh@lemmy.stad.social 1 year ago
Still many who don’t, though, and they’re the main reason I still occasionally go back.
ram@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
Like who?
HafizMuhammad@mastodon.social 1 year ago
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Mastodon totally allows NSFW content. Maybe Threads doesn’t, but why trade one deranged billionaire tech overlord for another?
Mastodon has some problems. It’s slow, the “instances” concept is confusing, discoverability is poor, and the UI isn’t as nice as Threads.
Still worth making the jump for the sake of community governance.
Twitter was destroyed by the governance problem. It proves how we can’t ignore the governance structure of the places we invest our time anymore.
But yeah, I’m very disappointed how many people who hate Musk’s changes to twitter – even trans people – are staying there.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just search on the #NSFW hashtag, can’t miss it.