#blog thoughts

[stusbunker]

#stu asks #blog thoughts #stu's survey #personal poll

[paperweight91]

Do you ever go to pop into someone’s ask box because you have a really good question, or a thought you want to share and then immediately back pedal because you’re awkward AF?

No? Just me? Wonderful.

#blog thoughts #I want to interact more #but I’m so awkward #please come screech at me #but also #i’m so awkward

[blueberry-lemon]

[blog thoughts] artists can't catch a break lately

The past 12 months have not been a fun time for professional artists. Whether you're working as a freelancer or trying to get your portfolio out there for employers, every few months seems to bring a new infuriating obstacle for your future career.

Let's review the past year:

1. Ever-shifting tweaks to social media algorithms that are opaque and seem to punish posts that link to to external sites (stores, crowdfunding).

2. An attempt by crypto-bros to lure artists (and consumers) into commoditizing art into crypto tokens that exist solely to fluctuate in value and be flipped for profit.

3. The emergence of popular AI-powered art generators that learn by being fed hundreds of samples of stolen artwork. People found them hilarious at first (DALL-E memes) but they're quickly getting much, much better and are being used to intentionally emulate living artists.

4. Massive layoffs and cancellations for various TV animation studios as CEOs struggle to see streaming services as profitable.

5. Major social media platforms, which have become integral to making a living as a freelancer, being completely sabotaged by the decision-making of their owners. Notable with Instagram pivoting hard to short-form video, but now even more evident with the crumbling in trust at Twitter.

I think it is very easy for people who are outside of this world to shrug it off. Success on social media isn't a human right, obviously, and people "got by just fine" before these platforms existed. But let's be real, that's not gonna cut it.

The world of art, design, crafts, and independent work is much more competitive now than it ever was. Yeah, maybe a local freelancer in your town used to stand a chance selling their work for the holidays in 1998, but now every creator is competing with Amazon, Etsy, Target, and every other site and service that has online shopping and delivery. Consumers are, naturally, swayed by convenience. It's much easier to One-Click buy a print or pillow on Amazon than to even bother seeing what freelance artists have for sale.

It's also a constant competition for attention.

Yeah, your webcomic might have done pretty well in 2004 with a Paypal Donate button on its website and a few links of creator friends who share your affiliate link. Now, you're fighting in a sea of thousands of comics. Even worse, you're not just competing with fellow webcomics. You're competing with Marvel and DC's digital comic apps, you're competing against Netflix and every other streaming service, and you're competing with TikTok, Instagram, memes, video games, everything a person could be doing with their free time.

There's really only like three ways you can succeed as a freelance creator these days.

1. Get funded or supported by some sort of person or group or publisher who has wealth to spend.

2. Amass as many followers and views as possible.

3. Cultivate a small subset of your following that is passionate enough to be willing to spend money on you.

And these things are really not easy. If Twitter folds as a company (or becomes nearly unusable) it'll be even harder. Tumblr allows for virality, but doesn't allow for as much ownership over your posts or for easy networking and socializing with your peers. Cohost implicitly discourages virality for a more personal blog. Instagram has strict rules about content (must be image or video) and strict rules about linking to external sites. TikTok and Youtube, obviously, require video-producing and video-editing.

This doesn't mean hope is lost. This doesn't mean that we should give into despair.

It just means that we need to adapt. We need to post across multiple platforms, and tweak how we post to fit the culture of that platform. We need to stand against art theft and art as a speculative financial asset.

Most importantly, we need to lift each other up. When you love someone's work, let them know. Let the world know. If you've got money to spare, check out your favorite creators' Patreons or digital tip jars.

We don't know if we can depend on the virality of massive platforms anymore. We might return to the old, fragmented web, like boats pushed to distant islands. We'll need to take things into our own hands.

Make art, make rent, help others do the same.

#blog #blog thoughts #blogofkylelab

[painterlad71]

this blog has gotten more whorish over time. Oh well.

#rupy rambles #blog thesis #blog thoughts

[orange-ghost]

So it's Autism Acceptance Month. And y'know what? This is one of the few spaces I think I can go all out in talking spectrum stuff. So les' go?

I always grew up feeling like a misfit; even in the Autistic community. I don't think it's anyone's fault or anything, though. I know I'm kinda just... an oddball. Even by Autism standards.

I was diagnosed as a baby and didn't really have that "late diagnosis" or "gifted kid" experience a lot of the big ASD content creators write about. Hell, I was the opposite-- I was raised a SpEd kid, much to my detriment. But I can handle change pretty well, and if anything, I actively seek it out. Like, all the time.

And I actually prefer to keep my gender & my Autism separate. Because I genuinely believe I would've been trans even without it. (No shade to anyone who's like, Autiegender or anything like that, though! I'm not the fuckin' pronoun police, lmao.)

I definitely have my share of Autistic traits, enough to where I *know* my diagnosis isn't wrong, but... I don't know, I just don't have that "autistic personality" that I think most of the world expects me to have. Both in AND out of the Autistic community.

I LOVE talking to people. I love parties and busy, chaotic, loud places like New York City-- especially Times Square. Quiet environments drive me nuts. I'm rowdier. Boorish. The Brooklyn in me swears a lot. Confrontational as hell. The only major sensory issue I have is with food. And I think I have a thicker skin than others? And I find a lot of the world's most common Autistic experiences just... hard to relate to.

I also have very... "paletteable" Autism? Whixh kinda annoys me. The kind that makes neurotypicals favor me over others when they shouldn't; a productive, monetizable special interest w/ my art. A lack of meltdowns. Some pretty decent social skills even if I am awkward. I can mask almost perfectly for hours & hours on end, and the most that'll happen is just me lowkey getting annoyed.

Obviously, I'm kind of glad because it reduces the discrimination I gotta deal with. I've still had a shit ton of people be ableist towards me regardless. I think we all have. But at the same time, I don't like how it makes people think I'm "better" than others. Fuck that.

I kinda feel like I walk this weird, in-between line where I'm always gonna stick out no matter where I go. My character casts me out from other Autistics, but my mannerisms cast me out from neurotypicals.

But I love my spectrum traits. And I like my personality, too. So fuck it; if I'm gonna stick out, I may as well stick-out with pride. I don't wanna waste time being self-conscious when really, there's no one or two ways to be Autistic anyway.

I guess this is all just to say that I'm excited to start talking, writing, or drawing Autism more. I'll probably stand out a little ✌🏼

#autism #autism acceptance #autism awareness #autism acceptance month #asd #autism spectrum disorder #cartoonist #thoughts #actually autistic #autistic #autistic community #autistic artist #being autistic #autistic things #disability #disabled writer #blog thoughts #transgender #bisexual #puerto rican #latino artist #latino #hispanic #idk what to tag lol #autistic problems

[kaydenunderthesea]

Not blog related but is blog related

I'm tired of blocking all these porn bots on here. I've blocked 20 accounts so far and it's getting REALLY annoying.

#iykyk #spongebob #blog thoughts

[breakerinthebackroom]

Pinned Post

This is a FNAF film sideblog for @purplehairsecretlair, if you interact you may get messages from that account - I'm still not totally sure how that all works, and it's changing all the time. But that is my main blog.

To be clear, this is pretty much a blog for the film - I have never played the games, I'd like to but I have OCD and being encouraged to feel anxious and hypervigilant, which seems to be the basis of a lot of the gameplay, probably wouldn't be good for me. I've seen a couple of Let's Plays, and the basic concept is one that appeals to me - but I really don't know much about the deeper in-game lore, or any of the fan theories. I've heard a few bits and pieces about the main ideas, but you're better off not expecting me to be knowledgeable about all that kind of thing. I'm not against it, or learning more about it, but it's not really my focus or the focus of this blog. I like the basic concept of a spooky, scary security gig, and I really liked the film - so that's what this blog and any fanworks/ideas I have will be mostly based on - that's 'canon' for me, and everything else is fanon.

I like the WillMike pairing, as I saw it in the film - not based on what their relationship is seen to be in the game/wider fandom (though I'm not against that, to each their own). But if you have a problem with any of that, you're probably better off not following me - or, I will be tagging pretty much everything to do with the pairing as 'aftschmidt', which is a tag I've seen used and seems pretty unique and useful for it. So you can block that tag. And if I repost anything and tag it for the pairing, and you're the OP and would rather I didn't, feel free to get in touch and ask me to change it. Don't want to step on anyone's toes with their original work. And I'll just generally warn for any potentially triggering content.

Anything spoilery will be tagged 'fnaf movie spoilers', at least until the film's further out from release. I believe that's everything, but feel free to message me if there's any issues I've missed, or just to chat :) No abuse though, please

#pinned post #aftschmidt #blog thoughts #tagging system

[family-confrontation-and-bonding]

Every telling of the Tortoise and the Hair I've read paints the rabbits decision to have a nap as one of arrogance.

And while that is a valid point to make, perhaps a more useful modern take would have the rabbit becoming so tired from sprinting that it needed to rest.

Slow and Steady wins the race is my motto against the modern condition of burnout. If I sprint 24/7, I'm going to burnout before I can reach my goals. A slow, consistent pace will consistently yield healthier more favorable responses.

It is not arrogant to take a break and rest if you are tired. But if you are going at a pace better suited to you means? that rest isn't just the result of coming to a crisis point, it can be a fulfilling break instead.

Don't rush, take it one step at a time.

#blog thoughts #not fandom related #modern retellings #aesop's fables #mental health #burnout

[vilea777]

sorry i cant hang out i forgot how to mimic human like behaviour

#bpd blog #bpd fp #bpd mood #bpd problems #bpd shit #bpd stuff #bpd thoughts #bpd vent #actually bpd #bpd #borderline pd #borderline things #borderline problems #living with borderline #borderline blog #borderline thoughts #being borderline #borderline culture is #actually borderline #borderline personality disorder #bpd feels #bpd safe #bpd culture is

[worthless-mess]

"Are you ok?" I'm actually tired bro. From the bottom of my heart I'm tired

#bpd thoughts #bpd blog #actually bpd #bpd problems #bpd #bpd mood #bpd feels #bpd recovery #bpd meme #actually borderline #bpd stigma #bpd shit #bpd vent #bpd splitting #bpd stuff #bpd fp #borderline thoughts #living with borderline #borderline problems #borderline things #borderline pd #borderline blog #borderline personality disorder #borderline personality problems #life of a borderline #being borderline #bpd struggles #bpd symptoms #bpd triggers

[remanence-of-love]

#love #love quotes #relatable quotes #heartbreak #heartbroken #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #loss #life quotes #life #quotes #a blog for the heartbroken #remanence-of-love

[actuallymagsdump]

#actually bpd #bpd #bpd blog #bpd feels #bpd mood #bpd shit #bpd thoughts #bpd problems #bpd stuff #bpd vent

[sonny-angel-444-diva-cup]

#web weaving #delulu #sotce #girlblog #femcel #girly blog #sylvia plath #just girly thoughts #sofia coppola #the virgin suicides #girlhood #girl interupted syndrome #just girly things #soft girl #black swan #lana del rey

[blueberry-lemon]

breaking news

I've decided to add 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim to my list of All-Time Favorite Games. Despite its flaws, I'm still thinking about it almost a year later and wishing I could play it again fresh.

#13 sentinels: aegis rim #blogofkylelab #blog thoughts #13 sentinels

[roseforviolet]

#girlblogger #girlblogging #hyper feminine #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #girl blog #girl blogger #girl interrupted #girl things #cinnamon girl #im just a girl #adult human female #manic pixie dream girl #hell is a teenage girl #tumblr girls #just girly things #just like me fr #just girly thoughts #just girly posts #i’m just a girl #female rage #female hysteria #female manipulator #femcel #coqquette #coqeutte #girl interupted syndrome #black swan #lana del ray aesthetic #lana del rey #lizzy grant

[unfilteredcontainmentbreach]

[Makes a little blog to throw message bottles into the ocean so that I can stop getting in weird X-men debates with my friends.]

[Fills the messages with random thoughts that breach containment, throwing each out]

Me: "Man, they really do like Markiplier huh."

#conbrainment breach🤯 #blog thoughts