twitter is dead. what’s the next social media platform for artists?

[@Zistheone2]

As tempting as Threads sounds, “non-toxic” and Meta just sounds like an oxymoron

[@africaart]

It is almost cringy and far from the facts. ...and statistics shows that millions are registering on Thread and soon abandoning it.

[@kaitidraws]

My biggest gripe is putting trust/faith into the same company that has been blatantly stifling viewership for content creators exponentially for over a year now.

[@Zistheone2]

@@kaitidrawsNot to mention their CEO spearheaded the lobbyists behind the Restrict Act & the TikTok ban

[@KelseyRodriguez]

it's a pretty wild claim for sure, we'll have to see how it pans out but I'm not super optimistic

[@sigurdtheblue]

I feel like anyone describibg things as "toxic" and "non-toxic" on a social level has no insight and should not be trusted on their judgement. Or they could smokescreen what they believe to be the problem and it may not align with 99% of people.

[@Vivi2372]

I appreciate you mentioning the problems meta has caused politically around the world. Too many people don't realize that they've allowed people to actively plan and coordinate actual genocides through Facebook, particularly groups. And they knew it was happening when it was going on. It's not something they only realized after it was over.

[@KelseyRodriguez]

It’s definitely something important to raise awareness about! What happened with the Rohingya people and how Meta facilitated that is absolutely abominable, a great example of how an algorithm without human intervention can lead to terrible outcomes

[@fazzypanda]

Fck meta I hate being artist on Instagram it's so bad I've been on twitter for like 5 days and it has been better time than my whole 2 years on Instagram. It destroys my mental health and I don't think threads will be any better. Getting better reach for my art going shouting in the streets than posting in ig. The cycle is like, Draw for 4-16 hours, post ther art, 40 out of my 2,8k followers see the post and then repeat. It's insane like wtf Just had to get that out there have a nice day everyone :)

[@inkandcaffeine]

i know twitter has its stumbles right now but meta as a company is so fishy both in their want to control their user base but also censor some of them im not mad about the way theyre trying to improve twitter in that sense

[@gabudaichamuda2545]

Also, I have been reading a book called *The Business of Being An Artist* by Daniel Grant. Given I am blessed to live in a city with a massive art culture, I think artists' best bets are within their communities. Word of mouth among close friends, networking from person to person. This is what I intend to start doing myself.

[@sigurdtheblue]

I was hoping to be a special type of ghostwriter/wroter for hire with this in mind, but I also think small social media platforms and forums might work that well sometimes.

[@safegourd]

Yeah this is the gear I've been wanting to shift to, rather than focusing on social media like I have been. Social media companies are too fickle, and interpersonal relationships are much easier to build face-to-face

[@axismundi8]

Brilliant advice. I've just come to this realization recently because I've found it an uphill struggle to grow my Instagram account.

[@FigsArtsandCrafts]

Recently I’ve been naturally weening myself off of social media. Social media was a way for me to keep in touch with people but it’s changed and I’m done with it. I’ve been looking for alternatives. I’m just happy that I’m not alone in this thinking.

[@ericb5328]

Twitter is a buzz with people saying they are going to threads. Threads itself is a ghost town of inactive accounts

[@inkandcaffeine]

i know twitter has its drawbacks but the idea of a stopping point i think is a great idea for helping chronically online people or kids who dont know how to manage their time, i get that its hard from a marketing standpoint but i dont particularly mind it as a stopgap for society & how negatively wasting HOURS of the day affects everyone & their mental health

[@sigurdtheblue]

Twitter is so bad with wasting my life that it was easy to recognize the problem and back off forever. I think I was only on there for two years. Other social media often feels repulsive. Only KZbin ever really absorbs me outside of Twitter. Discord is a massive disappointment just because of how things got established with tons of illegitimate mod teams, but I was so passionate when I thought maybe I could have a community that was better rather than just never having a place to exist...

[@3rdeyezero315]

Exactly, people like this woman live online, thats why she wants Twitter to be soooooooooooooooooo restricted like its her personal safe space, liberals basically hate the truth and take offense in everything....that itself is the most toxic mentality ever because you will never learn that way

[@haldiroot]

I haven't joined threads, but the monopoly aspect of it makes me uncomfortable. Social media really is a mixed bag when it comes to how much control a handful of platforms have over billions of people's safety and lives. I'm glad to see more platforms, but is it really competition when it's the same rivalry between the same two companies? Thanks for talking about the topic!

[@Rulody]

Good point maybe a new video platform that’s longform and a new photo sharing platform that isn’t gimmicky like BeReal

[@reggiewatkins8868]

Thread is already dead. In two weeks, the number of users decreased by 70%, and the usage time decreased by 80%. Twitter users and hours of use remain the same.

[@mjpete27]

I was so disappointed when Instagram started pushing reels! I wish I knew enough to start my own photo sharing only app! I hate that so much social media is getting controlled by one company! Glad you spoke about this! I simply do not believe any independent provider can go up against this huge conglomerate! This is so sad! I will say that I have avoided Twitter and will not get an account and I feel better and better about that every day!

[@Rulody]

You can go against the conglomerates but you need to have Great UX/UI design interface, A Good storage backend to run the videos/photos, I.e KZbin or old school Insta. A very intriguing algorithm such as 2020 TikTok. If you have all of these in check you have yourself a challenger. That’s how tiktok became one of the conglomerate’s now.

[@FReQueNCieS_FRoM_BeYoND]

My Facebook music page has almost 600 followers but zero engagement. What's going on? Is FB dead?

[@RafPrado]

Great video and sketch, Kelsey. I remember Instagram when was released and we could see what people post, people like and see your pictures, and out of nowhere, boom...1000 followers, 3 people saw your pics. And this new Threads will be the same, the dopamine is abundant right now, to hook us, then they take it off. Leaving us with Ads, a puzzle, and how the algorithm works...best time to post, best hashtags etc... Anyway, this is my point of view, I can be wrong of course. But I´m getting tired of Social Media in general.

[@kalilavalezina]

I agree.

[@carrotlyn]

Look up “the enshittification of the internet.” It’s coming for threads before long

[@Likeableartist]

Unfortunately meta/threads will not be for me, my community mostly focuses on NSFW works and things that the website would consider "not family friendly" another blow for the NSFW artists...

[@KelseyRodriguez]

I feel you, I wish there was a better environment out there for the NSFW branch of the art community, it’s something folks talk about a lot on the Discord server (how to build a following with the censorship, etc)

[@mf--]

Meta Verified as part of Threads is doxxing some adult entertainers / artists by making their profile with their legal name unchangable.

[@madshader]

@@KelseyRodriguez There is, it's called Twitter.

[@mf--]

@@madshader Meta Verified as part of Threads is outing some folks by making their profile with their legal name unchangable. Be careful. Twitter can no longer be viewed without signing in so it's still not the best.

[@Jetblackbird]

Threads is a no go since from what I've heard its even more privacy invasive than facebook. No thanks.

[@Linnzy]

Threads not avaiable in European Union countries 😢 "...those in European Union countries are unable to find the app as Meta has decided not to make it available in Europe due to “upcoming regulatory uncertainty,” presumed to be related to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA)" "....Meta hasn’t said when (or if) Threads will be available in Europe. The new regulation that passed last year has a lot of rules to prevent anti-competitive practices by big tech companies, including prohibiting them from crossing and reusing personal data without user consent. Since Threads is entirely based on Instagram, this could result in problems for Meta. Until Meta adds a solution to separate Threads from Instagram, we speculate that the situation is unlikely to change." So...yeah...we are alot of people that get excluded from that app for the unforesen future....

[@inkandcaffeine]

i just cant get behind another social media site, i already dont use facebook or snapchat or twitter or tiktok & the time suck that is scrolling & content making just isnt worth it. I also don't approve of the (lack of) privacy policy of Threads let alone that meta is the parent company.

[@LifeofWubba]

Threads is already doa.

[@pandakso3365]

The viewing limit on Twitter is due to exploitation of the platform by scraping, which is kind of like a bot problem, but is its own specific thing

[@ki2348]

i'm happy to see threads starting to go down the drain and feel bad for people who gave away their information to it.

[@Ghost-lt4sf]

What do you mean by it going down the drain?

[@jamessickmore236]

@@Ghost-lt4sf He means it sucks and losing users daily

[@Ghost-lt4sf]

@@jamessickmore236 Oh! ok, thank you. Other than this comment, I hadn't heard it had already started losing a substantial amount of followers. I thought it was still on the "everyone is joining and test running it"-period

[@jamessickmore236]

@@Ghost-lt4sf sorry about the comment being a little rude but I'm getting tired of people saying twitter is dead, have a great day.

[@reneenoriega4524]

Meta owning so many social platforms sounds certainly dystopic. I've been thinking about signing on threads but I barely trust Instagram, i abandoned Facebook ages ago, the idea of putting more of my information on their hands is 😬 on the other hand, i do rely on social media to share my work (the art community of my city is very smal and new) so this topic makes me conflicted

[@Amaiguri]

I posted a thread on Threads, just so no one else could take my username, and then deleted the app. I don't want to deal with Meta, especially after their shitshow going after Tiktok

[@ZackarySmigel]

I like the idea and potential of Threads but its missing some important features. No default darkmode and no default followers feed are huge to me. I feel like my feed is all people I don't follow. Hopefully they'll add these features.

[@KelseyRodriguez]

It’s definitely pretty bare bones right now! A part of me kinda liked the pared back UI at the moment but I do love a good dark mode 👀 thanks for watching 🥰

[@LighthoofDryden]

Once you follow about 100 people the algorithm starts to even out and be not silly generic influencer content. I’m looking forward to more search options and a following feed though for sure.

[@FuzeYT]

It’s the other way around hahah. Twitter is well alive and Threads is already dead 💀

[@TheNerdyKiwi]

I won't lie, i had this gut feeling telling me how odd it was for Twitter to be dying, and all of a sudden, a new app to replace it shows up at the same time. Is it just me? I have a Twitter, Instagram, but i have no intentions to get Threads. Feels fishy to me, and I can't shake off that feeling.

[@inkandcaffeine]

honestly same & if you look into their privacy policy its even worse

[@Linnzy]

I mean, there IS a reason it is not launched in the European Union...and depending on what happens, it may not.

[@Tsukiyumi3]

@@Linnzywhat’s the reason?

[@Devaniux]

@@Tsukiyumi3 it's due to personal information that Threads is gathering and is unsafe for the people. Social media already collecting a lot of information about yourself but Threads collects even MORE personal information from you and Europe does not allow that to their people. I'm from Europe itself and read about this topic since I tried making an account but is not available for us Europeans.

[@Vivi2372]

​@@Tsukiyumi3unless I'm mistaken they aren't complying with EU privacy laws. Which is really serious business obviously and should make anyone wary.

[@kinbailey310]

Twitter is so not dead and they pay they're creators more than youtube does. If you look at the stats threads is doa

[@KelseyRodriguez]

without advertising revenue that’s not a sustainable business model, the money they pay creators has to come from somewhere, and twitter isn’t even close to profitable right now

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

& on top of that, if you wanna get paid, you have to pay for twitter blue & i refuse to do that, no thanks

[@Vivi2372]

Twitter is bleeding cash so badly those payments aren't going to continue. Hell it's almost certain that they only paid some of the higher profile (and worst) people on there the one time to try and sucker more people into paying for Blue. If they make any more payments (and I highly doubt they will), they'll stop them by the end of the year because they don't have the cash to keep it up and it's not going to encourage enough blue subscriptions to fix the problem.

[@paulmaher7683]

Should've released this video earlier in the month. Many others currently reporting threads is dead.

[@KelseyRodriguez]

It launched two weeks ago and became the fastest growing app launch ever in less than a week, idk if people reporting its death so early are actually doing genuine journalism/investigating or just in it for the clicks

[@yvehooson9262]

@@KelseyRodriguez Mark Zuckerberg himself announced the massive drop in users and engagement

[@Miii_Houp]

no .... will be stuck in same image format and resolution size limit for 300 years.

[@cordialgreetingsart]

I won’t be considering Threads. the development is intertwined with IG. If you delete Threads there goes your IG account. I don’t trust another meta created platform. I didn’t really use Twitter much before.

[@fibulalart]

Hi! Thanks for your insight! I was debating whether I should join threads or not, because of the same reasons you stated. I'm in the EU, and threads is not launched here yet because of privacy issues :):):) but if everything clears out and it's safe to use, I might join to help build the artist community in there

[@madshader]

Don't bother, Threads is dead already.

[@cartooneology]

Thank you for addressing this! I don't know if Threads will stay around long, but I like it. And though I agree artists shouldn't rely on it for their audience base, it is a great place to find new artists and possibly fans and I think artists should take advantage of that now while we can!

[@kevinhaid6211]

It’s not dead, it just lost alot of people who don’t like Elon/who enjoyed the mass silencing of people they don’t agree with 😐. We see alot of that in today’s world from all sides sadly, in any case..threads is even worse lol.

[@kalilavalezina]

When I first heard about Threads, this scene from He's Just Not That Into You popped into my head: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zpiqiayii99pgas The advice I've been given by my artist support group is to "join Threads so you can gather followers", but it doesn't matter where I go, I don't gather followers or create engagement because my content is low quality and sporadic at best. I don't need another social media app to remind me I need to work harder on this stuff. To me, Threads is yet another data collection point, from which Meta can gather my data and force ads on me. Instagram is an app for ads now. Has Threads gone the same way yet? I actually need significantly less time on socials and much more time in my studio and fuck the algor-whatsit.

[@lisathemessenger7973]

twitter is nowhere near dying perhaps you need to have an unbiased look...the rate limit was temp whilst work being done

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

Where did you get/hear that? Cuz all i heard is that Elon drastically increased the limit, but even that is still not enough Twitter is going to die at this rate, since lot of artists/influencers got affected by this

[@Vivi2372]

Twitter is literally being flooded with bots, n*zis, and keeps having technical issues because the CEO is incompetent, he fired pretty much everyone who was competent, and their cash flow is so bad they keep refusing to pay their bills. That rate limit was a result of him making a change on a whim requiring people have an account to see tweets and it breaking linked tweets in every article ever so badly they made repeated calls to load them every second but couldn't load them so the requests just kept coming and going unfulfilled. He ddos'd his own website because he's an impulsive idiot. Twitter is absolutely dying. At this rate he'll either sell it at a massive loss to people who try and undo the damage to get it back to around where it was, or he'll run it into the ground. Those are the only two possibilities for its future right now.

[@lisathemessenger7973]

@@xXVibrantSnowXx the increase was temp whilst they did something with aglorithm..he said so in one of his tweets

[@su_zuki_2310]

The part you said Meta has made so many bad choices in the past... I totally agree with that and that is the major reason i strongly refuse to install Threads..and i have many other reasons as well but that's not my main point. I know it sounds kinda silly that instead i installed Twitter a week ago😂😂, but yeah i only can trial and error and see what will happen because sadly this is not the situation that we artists and users can control. And about other platforms you mention in the end of the video, i'm sceptical about them as well. *sighs in confusion and frustration *

[@samuelesalvel4033]

I'm moving to the web3. A better cohesive community, no ultra big corp selling your identity to advertisers, people willing to really support the artists they like.

[@cybersekkin]

I barely know anyone still using Meta at all. Last time I even logged in was over a month ago and I have zero plans to return to it. Threads has no draw for me. Meta has shown over and over how they will abuse and censor anyone. I hold out zero hope for them as a company.

[@JackRainfield]

I was curious to see if I'm wasting my time on Twitter so I asked Bard for some statistics. From Bard - "According to Statista, Twitter's daily active users (DAUs) for recent quarters are doing amazingly well:" 2022 Q3: 229 million 2022 Q4: 237 million 2023 Q1: 240 million 2023 Q2: 540 million I'm not sure what accounts for this huge jump in the second quarter of 2023 but if it's accurate Twitter (X) is growing at a remarkable rate.

[@mrssirens]

I don't think threads will succeed if they basically do the same thing as instagram with monetization and their algorithm, because lets be honest, insta isn't performing for anyone but huge accounts, it exists to market things to you rather than display what you like or build community anymore. There's also meta's absolute hate for anything nsfw. It might bite people pretty hard.

[@drewo.127]

I’ve currently been trying to make Newgrounds my primary social media/online hub, and any other websites as supplemental accounts. I still have my Twitter account just so I can help support and promote other creators I like, as well as promote anything that I’m making. But that’s all. I also have Discord for actively chatting, collaborating, and keep in touch with fellow creator friends! (I mean, that’s kind of what all my accounts are kinda for to an extent, including this one, but Discord is what I’ve been using mostly!) I’ve admittedly been avoiding Threads like lava from a volcano, for the reasons you’ve mentioned regarding it being made by Meta, and Meta is not really in my top favorite or even begrudgingly tolerant companies tbh. That being said, with Threads being open platform (I think that’s what you said? Is it somewhat open source?) and so far sounding very similar yet much better function-wise than Twitter, it does really peak my interest! I’m very curious to see how this goes, but like you said, I’m not super comfortable using Meta related stuff very much. If I have to, and none of the non-Meta alternatives are being kept from me or whatever, then I’ll use their product. But since there are other platforms that seem just as good, as well as Threads still being a new product needing some time to grow, and I have my own list of preferred sites I wanna try anyway, I’m gonna stay away from Threads for now. I’ll keep my eye on it, but that’s about it. Also, I’m gonna keep using my existing accounts as I’ve been using them. I am thankful for the simple review and your current thoughts on Threads, and all the good and bad points you made regarding everything. Like I said, I’ll keep my eye on Threads, but I’m gonna stick to my current plan for my social accounts for the time being!

[@caramelon]

can you tell me the non-Meta alternative social media that i can use to grow my art audience? would really apprenciate it.

[@pronetowanderstudios]

Right now, it’s difficult to discover other users on threads as there’s essentially no discover tab. Maybe as new people join they’ll add something.

[@NightcoreMelodySoul]

thread isnt available in france

[@TamboArtwork]

I have no interest in ever using Threads. It's already losing average time on app by users. It was 20 minutes it's now down to 5 minutes.

[@ro8yn525]

10 month later X (twittert) dubbelt the users

[@mitthrawnuruodo1730]

Besides the fact that artists aren’t benefiting from new Twitter, I’m actually happy that toxic site is going down. There are many more platforms to use

[@Vivi2372]

Not for s*x workers.

[@decomposingPRINCESS]

@@Vivi2372 yeah nsfw artists are out of options as well, if twitter goes down

[@Vivi2372]

​@@decomposingPRINCESSyeah it's generally bad for adult content all around. And whether people like to admit it or not adult content plays a bigger role than most realize in driving traffic to platforms.

[@mf--]

​@@decomposingPRINCESSnon-twitter users can not see works on Twitter after all the censorship anyway so double posting to other sites would probably be best overall

[@shadowmann9]

LOL, Threads is what's dead.

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

Z?

[@shadowmann9]

@tristen_grant It's five words. Seems pretty clear what I said. Check it yourself.

[@jessicacarey]

As I watched this video I downloaded threads and explored around. You are totally right, the on boarding feature is incredible. SO handy to already have a feed that I love one day one! And encouraging to know that my following has the opportunity to find me easily on the next platform!

[@ChadTownsend]

I thought I saw somewhere threads is now placing a rate limit too 🤷

[@artrabum]

Twitters not dead. And also no one wants art on threads. I’m an artist and have seen so many posts saying THREADS IS FOR INSIDE TALK TO yOUR FILLOWING NOT FIR MEMES ART VIDS ETC. I don’t really agree but that’s the consensus

[@CasieMod]

Let's also not forget about Cambridge Analytica.

[@learnartwithme3766]

"Moderation team?" Hardly, it'll be automated like twitter's and likely you won't ever be able to get your account back if you get banned for defending yourself or other. I would ask, can you create multiple separate accounts? Do you have to use a phone number and if so can one be used for multiple accounts? Same question for mastodon.

[@themarrowvaults]

this was so so so important. especially mentioning the socio-political impact and authority meta has over it's users and the extent to which that causes damage, i think that's not talked about nearly enough as it should be. as for threads, i can't say i hate it, but i'm definitely weary about it - social media is objectively and inherently not really a great thing, but unfortunately it is necessary to utilise as an artist - i don't believe the whole 'less toxic than twitter' kinda gag they've got going on.

[@madshader]

Threads is already dead.

[@gblargg]

Threads is coming apart at the seams already.

[@The-Determined-Ninja]

Though I see the concern, I _am_ intrigued given their ambitious claims, and am at the very least willing to respect that, and give Threads a try while being mindful of these past controversies- (õ∀ó )ゝ After all, I am not afraid to turn back if need be.

[@thurielangel3239]

I see how the datasharing between social media apps can be very beneficial for artists and other professional account. But it’s also the same reason Meta scares the living daylight out of me and it’s not even legal to use in the EU yet 🙃

[@megurineluka2767]

Can I just ask why people are choosing to ignore the glaringly obvious fact that jay grabber is not only selling people’s information but every invite link people use that woman makes $750 and sells people’s information. She has done this for years even before blue sky which is nuts to me why people just sign up to use it just because they don’t want to use twitter

[@KelseyRodriguez]

I'm really confused about what you're talking about

[@Eq4life]

It’s been a background conversation for a while now but apparently the ceo of bluesky is mining data for money now for a while every time someone uses a invite link they automatically agree that their info can be shared to 3rd parties those 3rd parties are paying her massive amounts of money for the information. The only reason people are switching to bluesky is because they don’t want to support musk but they are paying for their information to be shared without clicking or agreeing to anything with bluesky it’s a weird concept that jay grabber, bluesky’s ceo, has employed and me and whole bunch of people find it scammy

[@megurineluka2767]

I pretty much agree with EQ. Jay has been data mining for money now for years and it’s honestly a bad idea

[@GreasyWop]

twitter aint goin anywhere

[@CoachAdamFit]

I see Threads more of a threat to the advertisers on Instagram than Twitter. This too will change.

[@kathisaurus]

I just found out its not available in Germany at this point. Because of Data Privacy Reasons. Already makes itself unattractive ... Sad tho. I really wish for a image based, organic platform for art. I left instagram at the beginning of 2023 because it gave me so many negative feeling and demotivated me with its 13 likes for pictures I spent hours on painting.

[@sigurdtheblue]

I want to check it out. I feel like Political Science is something I never really heard of before and I would want to be involved with it. But I still think Threads could be an actually functional social media website based on the description. I hated using Twitter and I want to see if a similar experience can work. Mastodon is supposed to be similar and "the resistance", but it is one of the more unbearable websites I have used. Why do so many new social media platforms seem designed to be cumbersome and artificially limitibg?

[@sr_bob]

Just another site were all my work will be up for scraping. No thanks.

[@africaart]

Both website would die but Thread is going out first. Artist should waste their prescious time on Thread.

[@veneficarius]

Threads is not good at all i dont know why they i mean Meta/Facebook can only make their products worse and brake things, instagram was cool now its broken, facebook is almost dead, now we have new app Threads , maybe it will be ok in future

[@tesselationstation]

There's Facebook, KZbin, Twitter?, & just more rebranded Facebook.

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

Threads is nothing like Facebook

[@tesselationstation]

Consider the parent companies.

[@KynneloVyskenon]

"twitter killing app" *wheeze*

[@shadedglade4475]

It sucks that it's not available in the Eu (Vpns aren't working now)

[@art_official169]

microphone name plzzz

[@KelseyRodriguez]

Elgato wave 1 with post processing!

[@art_official169]

@@KelseyRodriguez thanks 🥰

[@Reyna3103]

i've heared nsfw content is not allowed on threads, is there any good social media for us spicy artists out there?

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

Matsodon?

[@Reyna3103]

@@xXVibrantSnowXx is it actually a good place to be? I don't want to judge it but I've heard it is less populated and more toxic than twitter

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

From my understandings, no the Rate Limit isn't over, Elon thinks that increasing the limit, will solve the problem, but it doesn't, Free accounts can now view 1k posts, Verified 6k posts, & Blue Users i think 15k, please correct me if i am wrong, i could be wrong, since i don't really follow or use Twitter that much myself

[@GemmaThePen]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Threads, it was really interesting. I am still on the fence. I was about to join, then got slightly spooked by the Fediverse disclaimer…I can see the positives of it, but it also feels like losing a bit of control over where my content ends up…but maybe I’ve misunderstood it. Essentially I’m still keeping my ears open, listening to the different opinions and maybe I’ll hop on it at some point ☺️

[@magnoliannaart]

I wouldn’t call it dead. I’ve had as much engagement as ever but there has definitely been an exodus. So far threads is super slow and lots of accounts are abandoned.

[@lindawilliamson6073]

Meta owns Threads.

[@sgtjitters8980]

threads was doa

[@its4theer]

"Its a meta app" that's made may choice

[@KelseyRodriguez]

extremely valid

[@Alfonsoltd]

Well it already cannot work for me since I only draw hentai 😢

[@milmundos]

I just follow your art advice and have seeing some of your painting but have never really seen your pencil scketches, I really loved it

[@saliuarts]

Naah. This reminds me of mastadon. If anything, threads made twitter look better. Nothing like a copy cat to show you what you're missing. Plus twitter started paying its content creators.

[@Vivi2372]

Twitter paid a few people, mostly the worst people you know, to try and trick more people into paying for Blue because ads are down significantly and they don't even bring in half the cash they need just to make net cashflow zero. I would bet money they either never make another payment or they stop making them before the end of the year. And let's get real, no one is going to miss the sheer amount of bigots and hate on Twitter. And I say that as someone who still uses Twitter rather than its competitors because people I know still need to use it for their businesses and I want to keep supporting them.

[@GabeWilliams]

Not to mention their user count is falling and even the people who work at Twitter are using threads because they said it’s better

[@rafaartstudio]

Loved your quick landscame drawing . My favorite part is when you're rending the trunk/log of the tree. 13:55 .

[@JeneaKaitaz]

how you posted this comment 16 hours ago if this video was posted 9 min. ago?

[@diaryofdaksha]

​@@JeneaKaitazmust be released in her patreon as early access idk

[@rafaartstudio]

@@JeneaKaitaz I am suscribed to her Discord server's membership, and one of the perks is early vids.

[@jlinus7251]

Personally I'm giving Blue Sky a go.

[@xtralionusone4644]

I’m gonna download it today….🤔 as an artist, I’m looking for new horizons

[@tabassumiman5531]

Muchas Gracias for your exciting videos about art. I was wondering if you know what is Plein Air painting and how to do it? Do we need a special easel or can we just pack a backpack with materials? What is needed? Thank you!!!!!

[@AaronW-GArt]

I didn't even know about Threads

[@fuzzydragons]

I keep forgetting to use threads lol but now that its set up to use on my computer and not just my phone i should prob use it more

[@Theartofdoingthings]

I love your take! I hope it’s a redemption story for Meta. Where they are more aware of the culture on threads. Unfortunately I don’t think anyone else could have made threads because no one else has the billions of users to aim at Twitter…. Truly astonishing how we are alive at this time. I really really really want to believe Meta will use this new platform to to remake its image. I’m also not optimistic. We are human. And we all will keep being caught up in these structures that can both burn us and save us…. 😑🤷‍♀️ I’m on threads and it’s so nice just as it is. It’s basic form is enough. What’s sad is that I know that it’s coming- the algorithms, the hoops and carrots the manipulation.. the feeling of wow we really had something…”

[@TheWormChad]

you think twitter is dying? just wow... haha

[@TheWormChad]

@tristen_grant no its not, its user activity is higher then ever before

[@Vivi2372]

​@@TheWormChadadvertiser's have fled, its cash flow is in the toilet and nowhere near what he'd need to make buying it worth it, and most of the "new users" are bot accounts because somehow he's let bots get worse since he bought it. Oh and it's also becoming a hub for actual n*zis, bigotry, hatred, and misinformation.

[@evilspirit92]

Love the sketches ❤

[@phoenixflier25]

I disagree 100% Threads is dying a horrible death.

[@rmizzle4309]

“Twitter is dead” is such cope

[@s4per_]

XD

[@lizzelloart]

What I like about Threads is its chill atmosphere. It is less about selling yourself as a perfect professional and more about showing the behind the scenes views. I adore seeing WIP, random photos, work spaces, random questions, throwback art pieces. It’s a great community for artists, writers, and other creatives. 😊

[@carrotlyn]

It’s going to get significantly worse as a platform once it has a substantial user base. Look up “the enshittification of the internet”

[@GridlockUwU]

Threads is DOA, just check google trends.

[@cosmicfxx]

Stop "googling" ... least trustworthy

[@selfless-esteem]

Meta is cancer.

[@camicostoya]

RIP twitter, love the sketch 😍♥️

[@JerryLecor]

I heard that threads is claiming artist's work

[@KelseyRodriguez]

i haven’t heard that, do you have any links or articles to share?

[@JerryLecor]

@@KelseyRodriguez nah someone said it in a discord server that I'm in idk if it's true or not hense "I heard" lol

[@fumoshi1]

Thread is not working for me and for lot of other artists, it's too restrictive

[@2moonplanet]

Without watching the video, I can already say "No", because it's not available in Europe :P (I'll watch the video later though!)

[@dzdART]

Downloaded threads asap 🙄

[@GDixon-ch3yl]

Thread is not the answer...

[@emilyhigbee8328]

Kelsey (and anyone else!) What do you think of Lemon8? I have been playing around with it, and it also seems very photo focused and has potential for artists maybe. Thanks!