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Eric P. Rhodes
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âť“Cryptoart Question of the Week âť“ Social media plays a huge role in how art is shared and valued today, but it doesn't always help the artists in the right way. What role should social media play in supporting artists? And how does it help artists? Please tag your replies with #CAQOTW.
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sgt_slaughtermelon🎩
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I think the whole “metaverse” meme is silly but social media is essentially an artist’s online presence. Your website does not automatically generate views - you exist online only so far as you act and post, not by default the way you do by having a body and taking up space. Social media, IMO is obnoxious because it makes you a slave to content algorithms - but pragmatically we haven’t figured out a better way to sort streams of posts. I think it has become kind of an analog for personal networking though - it goes better for outgoing and witty people who have something to offer consistently. It’s not fair, but it is what it is, right?
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Eric P. Rhodes
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i'll have to really think about this some more. very thought-provoking. but my initial reaction was to agree with you. but then i began to think of IRL existence. and for others we only exist in so far as we interact with them. the same is true of social. if you live in a cabin, live off the land, and only talk to animals for 50 years. that's the social media equivalent (conceptually of course) to not being on socials. this isn't fully formed. but very interesting. another thought I had was that once you put content out there via socials, it's available asynchronously. which means some people might not interact with it when created but can come to it days, weeks, or even years later. and you'll have done nothing to get them there. i do like the internet mostly because of it's asynchronous nature. it fits my personality as a natural introvert.
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sgt_slaughtermelon🎩
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Yeah that’s a good point - but it’s the same thing isn’t it in some ways - no one discovers the artist in their attic, but we don’t blame anything for it.
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Eric P. Rhodes
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the biggest difference is the scale and speed of the internet. that said, you're right in that it takes action from the artist in order to be put in a position to be discovered. i think the illusion of access to opportunity because of the ease of connection is why social media is easy to blame. expectations vs reality don't line up.
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