Well, days ago I vented this on my Bsky art page, then wrote this in my FB page. and honestly, I appreciate those who ed me during that rant.
As you may know (and if you don’t, now you will), a few days ago, the social network with the cringy-ass letter added more AI clankers to moderate the site owned by Mr. Melted rat face Musk, and what they’re doing is banning people randomly and indiscriminately. Unfortunately, one of those stray bullets hit me past Friday, and the justification for my crucifixion is as idiotic as it sounds: “Inauthentic behaviors,” a rule they literally pulled out of thin air and are using to ban people without any justification whatsoever. And I’m not the only one; the r/twitterhelp subreddit is full of people complaining about the same thing since that very day, and no big-scale said anything because, if MoistCtitikal or anyone similar rant about it, they will restore their by hand (and no one else’s) so they don’t care. Add to that the site’s well-known for its ridiculous hostility towards artists, blocking and shadowbanning s if they use words like “commissions,” “art sale,” or anything that suggests they make a living by selling art. Furthermore, checking my profile, I salso noticed how they purged my pinned post with my commission prices, so it was a direct attack.
At first, of course, it was devastating, since that profile had more followers than any other, and people had already embraced the trend of using Twitter as an art repository, despite how awful its owners are to the art form itself. No alternative network, no matter how much better it might be, attracts that many people, which immediately crunched my reach to absolute oblivion.
Fortunately, my closest friends immediately noticed my spontaneous combustion and approached me to ask about the situation and if they could do anything to help. I told them that, unfortunately, if there’s anything left to fight for, I have to do it alone, but I suggested them to diversify so they don’t end up like me, which, I confirmed, they weren’t doing :S Get out of that hellhole NOW!!
I tried to play dumb and keep posting on other sites, posting on more obscure art sites, but… where’s the worth it if there are no people?! As much as Bluesky is a thousand times better about drawings, there are only about 5 people there! I tried appealing Twitter’s stupid ban, and the only response is automated garbage proud of the crap they did. It’s like arguing with a goddamn brick wall! Add salt to the wound by threatening they make of purging your alternate if you dare to long in there too, sick bastards!! Ah, but when it comes to bots, crypto-idiots, or those stupid clankers filling your inbox with spam pretending to be real people? Oh no, we’ll let them get away with it, we saw nothing… bollocks.
As the days go by, I’ve become more and more bitter. Not only is it clear that I’m never going to make a living from this art nonsense I have such a love-hate relationship but, well, I was never popular, so I’m out of luck, I can’t make people migrate with my presence. If I go off to the mountains, how many people would follow me? Maybe four or five… yet those five are my true friends, whom I’m incredibly grateful to for their unwavering . And, of course, for talking to me or replying when I told them about this. I know they can’t do much about it and they’re not even forced to, but the fact that they paid attention is greatly appreciated, so thank you for sticking around even during those bitter times after those animals decided to nuke what I tried to sow.
Personally, I gave up on art already. I’ve tried several times, but this sandcastle is one the cosmos adores to kick over and over again. so, I’m out. Eventually, once in a blue moon, you’ll see some silly unsigned little thing, but I don’t want to rack my brain trying to beat a dead horse anymore. I also don’t want to become an emotional burden for you all. I’m just happy you paid attention to this rant… And if anyone thought it was attention-seeking, well, being a bit of an attention-seeker is part of trying to shine, even if just a little xD… Anyway…
To my friends, thank you so much for always being there. For the rest, Thanks for reading and farewell. Thou caneth carry on.
We got banned in 2019 from twitter with just a complete ban where no alt s can be made. It was the first post we ever made so we immediately ed and got perma-banned. Honestly we are happy that we have never used twitter. Especially with whats happening on it now. Discord is our main platform. 2019 was before we even started making any digital art
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