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• ARealDinosaur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I did. I tried, I'm just not getting it. I mean I'm here...I'm not giving up on learning this stuff. It just doesn't click for me so far & as a visual artist, the traffic on these mainstream sites is still important for me too. I'm kinda trapped into whatever alternative the masses settle on.

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  • sab@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That makes sense. Hopefully when Threads joins the Fediverse it will be easier for those who depend on traffic for income to reach a broader audience.

    Some tips on the fediverse, in case you'd want to try it out more more:

    • Pixelfed might be more suited for a visual artist, and seems to be gaining traction. It of course federates perfectly with Mastodon.
    • While Mastodon is to a degree designed specifically not to be Twitter, services like Firefish might scratch the same itch while being more feature rich
    • Use hashtags liberally, as people might follow hashtags to find content that interests them (if you post something with #fediverse on a federated server, it will also show up in kbin.social/m/fediverse/microblog)
    • Start of with an introduction post (#introduction), include hashtags related to your work
    • Don't start out on a very tiny server if you're there to try to reach a broader audience. That's easier from a more central node, unfortunately

    Good luck, no matter what you opt for!

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