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Twitter is one of the worst sites to post artwork on. Not due to compression, but the complete lack of features a dedicated art gallery normally has. Tagging an

Twitter is one of the worst sites to post artwork on. Not due to compression, but the complete lack of features a dedicated art gallery normally has. Tagging and searchability are bad. Artists don't usually make separate accounts for art and blogs/memes so good luck filtering it. No one's going to see your old content. I can't remember pixiv's rules specifically, isn't it based in japan? The black line censorship thing isn't going to fly with anyone who left tumblr because they banned NSFW.

jchw 8y ago
It has flied with plenty of artists actually, many of them I personally know have taken the compromise long before Tumblr officially banned pornographic content. In addition, Pixiv doesn't moderate this super actively; it turns out if you stick uncensored variants outside page 1 you generally get a blind eye. Generally, people are a lot less afraid of having their entire accounts banned for rule violations, unlike American websites. (This case is particularly fascinating to me because said rule violation is quite literally breaking the law... but apparently they are still more lenient than Western websites tend to be about mundane issues.) I'm not saying I disagree that Twitter is a terrible site for artists. But, artists want a social platform where they can both post freely and interact with non-artists or people in different forms of art. Pixiv and SoundCloud are both great websites, but it turns out A.) A lot of people dabble in both music production and drawing, and B.) A lot of the same people in both of these art forms interact with eachother. (This is especially apparent looking at indie games and gamejams!) Fwiw, Twitter has been pretty mixed on NSFW content. They've turned a blind eye to most of it. Especially for Japanese-speaking users, presumably because Japanese advertisers don't have the same mentality as Western ones do. Still, I've heard of a few accounts being banned for vague reasons. So yeah... Twitter is not great for art. But, artists want a general social platform to hang out in, and for many Twitter is currently serving that purpose for better or worse.

jchw 8y ago

It has flied with plenty of artists actually, many of them I personally know have taken the compromise long before Tumblr officially banned pornographic content. In addition, Pixiv doesn't moderate this super actively; it turns out if you stick uncensored variants outside page 1 you generally get a blind eye. Generally, people are a lot less afraid of having their entire accounts banned for rule violations, unlike American websites. (This case is particularly fascinating to me because said rule violation is quite literally breaking the law... but apparently they are still more lenient than Western websites tend to be about mundane issues.) I'm not saying I disagree that Twitter is a terrible site for artists. But, artists want a social platform where they can both post freely and interact with non-artists or people in different forms of art. Pixiv and SoundCloud are both great websites, but it turns out A.) A lot of people dabble in both music production and drawing, and B.) A lot of the same people in both of these art forms interact with eachother. (This is especially apparent looking at indie games and gamejams!) Fwiw, Twitter has been pretty mixed on NSFW content. They've turned a blind eye to most of it. Especially for Japanese-speaking users, presumably because Japanese advertisers don't have the same mentality as Western ones do. Still, I've heard of a few accounts being banned for vague reasons. So yeah... Twitter is not great for art. But, artists want a general social platform to hang out in, and for many Twitter is currently serving that purpose for better or worse.