Yeah but Bluesky is invite only still.
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ram@bookwormstory.social 11 months agoMany 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.
yamanii@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ram@bookwormstory.social 11 months ago
Do you need an invite?
vidarh@lemmy.stad.social 11 months ago
Still many who don’t, though, and they’re the main reason I still occasionally go back.
ram@bookwormstory.social 11 months ago
Like who?
Muyal@lemmy.world 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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.
ram@bookwormstory.social 11 months ago
Then the solution is for people who like art to accept invites and follow them on BlueSky.
Or to use Mastodon.
Hundreds of millions of those active users don’t care about art unless Elon’s stealing it.