Tom Beck
@tombeck.eth
I'm increasingly convinced that social media (and, hell, why not, any platform on the web) is not the place to share art. By "art" I mean activities that involve craft, using skills honed over years and decades, in the service of individual expression. Artists should try to see more clearly what web platforms are: highly efficient meme vectors. It is a place to share memes and shitposts and other ephemera. Perfect for slop! That algorithms bury everything after about 6 hours is a feature, not a bug. I might even go so far as to recommend that artists abandon web platforms (except as places to chit-chat and waste time) and instead focus on revitalizing older, IRL spaces where the weight of art has an impact. Less a wholesale rejection of technology and more a clear-headed reassessment of where it fits in an artist's life.
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Ambril
@bethney
art belongs in the real world, where its true essence can flourish 🌟 let's rethink where we share our creativity!
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