How to Use Social Media... when you hate it?

gabriellabalagna 2021-04-19 19:18:08 UTC #21

I've been on Instagram the longest. But yes, it's so annoying. Especially that you can only put a link in your profile. Also, having to reformat everything to fit in a square.

Rhonder 2021-04-19 20:00:03 UTC #22

Yeahhh. I only started my account when I started my first comic in 2018, and for that period I didn't mind too much as I was doing a lot of traditional work for my comic, so it was easy to just snap a photo and post it. For the lesser amount of digital art I would do, I would just transfer to my phone via google drive and although it was annoying, whatever.

The last year and a half or so, though, I've finally started doing more and more digital art and... ugh, it's so frustrating not only having to re-format the image to an acceptable aspect ratio but then also having to do that file transfer. I had just stopped using Instagram for like months because I was fed up with it prior to learning about how to schedule there (without a third party app/site). But then since i had the most engagement on Instagram, I stopped posting to Twitter and Facebook too because I was like "why bother for like 2 likes from the same 2 people every time" Like don't get me wrong, I deeply appreciate those few people but I'm there for outreach, dang it xD If I'm just sharing work to a couple of friends I can do that semi-privately.

gabriellabalagna 2021-04-19 21:55:18 UTC #23

Yeah, I joined Facebook and Twitter last summer for literally the first time. I partly wanted to try them out because I really had no idea how they worked. I haven't gotten much engagement there either. So I dunno if I'll stick to posting on them.

The problem with social media too is that the "hip" platforms keep changing. I finally made a website so I don't have to be so reliant on social media. Also, I started an art tips blog on my site to try and get some organic search traffic eventually. That way people can find me through Google, and I don't have to rely on social media as much.

So nice "talking" with someone who actually relates to these "problems."

saneklisnik 2021-12-17 01:32:35 UTC #24

I don't understand how anyone can hate social media? Social networking is a breakthrough into the future. You can use it to share information from all over the world, communicate with friends, and even use it for work. After reading the blog https://onlypult.com/blog/facebook-ad-size, where I learned a lot of helpful information about advertising, I decided to make money from it. I fell in love with social networks even more.

RedLenai 2021-12-17 02:03:05 UTC #25

As someone who has been on social media since 2015 while being an introvert and someone who clearly isn't into much onto being social, unless it is about my friends or family:

You can simply post your work on your socials, have a few hashtags ready to copypaste with each update or type of post you wanna make. And if opening each account is too tiring for you, have accounts synchronized so if you post in a place, it'll automatically post it on your other platforms as well.

You won't get into drama if you don't seek it. That's mostly it, people coming to your work and generate drama are kind of the less of your problems, because to begin with, it's pretty hard to get comments, you gotta offend someone first for them to waste time on you. Most of the drama you'll see or experience... it's external, and you'll have to be the one interacting with it first, so, don't fall for the hook.

I personally don't see much stress when it comes to social media, because... it's simple: You see something don't like, you can report/block it. You feel overwhelmed, ok turn your phone/computer off and take at least a 30 minutes break, do something else and don't munch onto that. You're not forced to leave comments on people's work/give explanations/try to sell your art with complicated words or catchy quotes, just sharing/retweeting/reblogging the stuff you like is fine too. A lot of artist just post wips/drawings/process videos or just their food with only hashtags and no description whatsoever, or something very minimal or unrelated to the post itself.

If you don't want drama, stressing situations just... follow people you know are chill, or just don't go to your feed but to your publishing settings, make your post and done.

I mostly use Twittimer if I want to post something to both facebook and twitter, or use the facebook business tool if I want to publish on both facebook and instagram. I'm only social on Twitter with my friends, same on facebook. I only promote my work in groups but never interact much with strangers.