#-a pathetically sad ratio. Then it was 'always reblog because you are singlehandedly responsible for an artist's mental health'. -

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Tbh I'm glad that sp artists dont do that "reblogs > likes" thing. I was a little worried when a few people put it on their posts a while back, but it died off pretty quickly.

#1) 'always reblog every single piece of fan art you interact with' wouldnt really work in this fandom since liking sp is considered- #-taboo on tumblr. Reblogging sp fan art requires admitting to your moots that you like sp. That's why a lot of popular sp fan art has- #-really high like to reblog ratios #2) from what i've seen most of the artists doing the 'reblogs > likes' people are fresh from twitter and mostly only care about the numbers #-tumblr is getting more traffic now than it did a few years ago; but it's still not where you want to go if reaching a lot of people- #-is all that you want #3) not too long ago i was in another fandom where begging for reblogs was common practice. Let me tell you how that turned out. - #-first it started as 'reblogs > likes' on every piece of fan art. Then it was posts going around saying that 1 to 10 reblogs to likes was- #-a pathetically sad ratio. Then it was 'always reblog because you are singlehandedly responsible for an artist's mental health'. - #-then it was putting 'please reblog; likes do NOTHING' on every fan art. Then it was begging for even more reblogs because- #-1 to 2 likes to reblogs ratio was pathetically sad. Then it was 'by not reblogging you are telling an artist to end it all' gaining- #-traction among rpf proshippers. #Look. I get it. I'm not as public about it anymore; but i'm a fan artist and fic author too. I sympathize with working hard on something- #-and wanting a lot of people to see it. But if people quiely appreciating your work is affecting you that much then maybe you need to- #-work on yourself instead of trying to control what a bunch of strangers on the internet do. #Also you need to learn how to enjoy creating without caring about the numbers. Because if you're creating just to watch- #-the numbers go up then you will never be happy. It's a miserable; joyless way to be an artist of any kind