Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨
Kinda hard to watch people cheer on or shrug off the implosion of Twitter when, for a lot of us, it's our main source of work and a way to get the things we make seen by people we never would otherwise. Genuinely worried. Guess I'll just have to go back to selling art the traditional way, by charming a 17th century European monarch and being made the official court artist commissioned to paint his many mistresses as sexy nymphs in murals of Greek mythology
Nov 10, 2022 at 11:31pmWeb
Show threadNoamNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch The actual implosion of twitter is pretty sad. Despite the "hellsite" jokes, twitter has helped me shape my political consciousness, kept me informed in ways NYT, etc couldn't, and has been a source of consistent amusement.

That said, seeing Elon Musk lose 44 billion dollars in real time is actually hilarious.
Show threadTristanNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch
Show threadMichaele CutayaNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch Perhaps if it fails to make money, he will loose interest and it could be taken back?
Show threadSullyNov 11, 2022

@michaele @Ciaraioch

Lose. It's spelled lose.

Show threadMichaele CutayaNov 11, 2022
@UFOSully ha ha indeed. though could work both ways, having a loose interest in the thing he spent 44 bn on.
Show threadbillheywoodNov 10, 2022

@Ciaraioch you are right, look at the misery it is causing to you and many in the same boat, not to mention the employees summarily fired

Musk has a lot to answer for

Show threadImbibe Coffee RoastersNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch It's been an amazing platform for us. Possibly saved our skin during the pandemic and basically have an on-line business because of it. Both sad and anxiety inducing to see what's happening.
Show threadAllanNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch that sucks pal. I hope another avenue opens.
Show threadYohanNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch Yep - I think a lot of people made the mistake - if we can call it that - of putting all their eggs in the one basket, bit like Youtube which is also changing a lot recently. It entirely possible at this stage that Twitter goes Bankrupt and is bought back by another more caring group of people ... time will tell.
Show threadBillySangsterNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch You’ve already built up an impressive following in a matter of days. True talent will always emerge. Just try to make sure everyone knows where you are, as I’m sure you’re already doing.
Show threadNoininiNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch its a huge issue for people who had curated a solid fanbase or client group who only contacted or bought their work through the phone. I think many of us truly don't get it.
At the same time... they verified Jesus 🤣🤣🤣 sorry 🤐 ...
Show threadLorraine/ ihearthestiaNov 10, 2022

@Ciaraioch it’s horrible and lots of little businesses and makers are going to suffer through the FB meltdown too.

I hope that we can quickly find ways to keep you occupied between Greek nymph murals.

Show threadWelcome to Castle RackrentNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch its kind of hard to watch the people who got famous on twitter bending over backwards to save their "legacy" blue check
Show threadMartin NuttyNov 10, 2022

@Ciaraioch That is both funny and truly sad. My heart goes out to people who invested in the platform before it was high-jacked.

It's no simple decision to walk away from what I feel is an increasingly toxic mess that is Twitter.

I still have a shared account that is active there which is used to spread the word on the @IrishStewPodcast which I cohost. It's not entirely my decision to leave it behind

I'm unclear on whether commercial options are welcome or feasible on Mastodon

Show threadYᗩY ᖴOᖇ ᗷIᑕYᑕᒪEᔕNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch hopefully you can have both here & Twitter as markets for your stuff. It would be great if Twitter wasn't being killed off by melonmush.
Show threadPadraig 🌈Nov 10, 2022

@Ciaraioch I feel for the businesses small and large that were using the platform for marketing, pumping thousands (or hundreds of thousands) into advertising all for Elon to make a huge seismic shift in the company in just two weeks.

15 years of reputation built up for it to be gone in 14 days.

No one could see this coming and no one can stop Elon. We can only sit on the sidelines and watch what he does.

Show threadKori Maleski 🐘Nov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch be the mistress. Go all in. Pay is better.
Show threadDanNov 10, 2022
@Ciaraioch I've not really had too much luck selling myself via twitter. Insta has done better for me for the most part. Has it really generated that much revenue for you and if so, could you give me a crash course in selling on twitter? 😂
Show threadCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨Nov 11, 2022
@Baresark I think something like 80% of traffic to my site comes from Twitter!
Show threadDanNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch that's amazing. I've been on it for 12 years but never really use it. I only passed 1000 followers about a month ago!
Show threadLoman BrophyNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch Have faith. tweak your content to suit the nuances and audiences on all the various SM platforms and publish across all of them. Facebook, Insta, Twitter and here.
Show threadRoy Spiers 🪁Nov 11, 2022

@Ciaraioch

There could be one or two susceptible 21st Century monarchs who may be interested or, at worst, a bank of over-inflated billionaires to draw (and, for that matter, draw from)

Show threadLuzifuchsNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch I can feel your frustration, going from more than 40k followers down to 8k (so far) and you are right, Mastodon will probably never be a suitable platform for most artists to promote and sell their work. In the long run though people might grow from this experience and make their businesses independent from massive centralised services (AKA one rich white guy) and this will hopefully result in taking back power and rethinking capitalism.
Show threadLuzifuchsNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch At least that is what I hope will happen. But the world is probably going to end by the time we got all that figured out. 🐒 Not what you wanted to read I’m afraid, sorry for that. At least I DID find you through Mastodon all on my own, so hope is not lost! 🙂
Show threadAndreaNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch Better work fast at the pace Musk seems to burn relationships
Show threadFlaming CheetoNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch as soon as I get more than I can remember, you're on the payroll.
Show threadEoghanNov 11, 2022
You laugh or you'll cry tbh. Such a useful, interesting website going down the tubes
Show threadSeán na bhFritíorthaNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch Maybe Zuckerberg will make a bargain basement offer. That would fix everything. 
Show threadLuis MedinaNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch honestly, this is the only thing that will really hurts, people who depends on the social platforms as source of income, I really hope the new CEO to fix Twitter from it's roots
Show threadIoanNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch For sales, twitter has too much noise now anyways.
Show threadArcadiaNov 11, 2022

@Ciaraioch Don't give up too much on the idea of making sales here. I like peeking into the .art instance sometimes, and they talk what they can do make more sales on mtsdn

https://mastodon.art/@Curator/109315296869081671

Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto: (@[email protected])

For the people who have found homes on mastodon.art in the past 1-2 weeks, how have you found the engagement here, compared to the other social networking sites you might be on? Are you finding that you have much more activity on your posts, even with far fewer followers, and a much smaller potential audience? Have you had more art sales or donations since you've been here than what you usually have elsewhere?

Mastodon.ART
Show threadshadownliteNov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch This. People who cheer as things burn? They do not realize it hurts a lot of other people's lives.
Show threadDoug #3 (Duke of Dougs)Nov 11, 2022
@shadownlite @Ciaraioch Gotta redirect the flames to the egomaniacal asshole.
Show threadDoug #3 (Duke of Dougs)Nov 11, 2022
@Ciaraioch That sounds like a lot of work.
Show threadCurtis BathurstNov 12, 2022
@Ciaraioch Oh yeah, my career built on Twitter is DONE for. I can’t try to bring it over. I’m in absolute mourning for the contacts and income, and fully realize it’s not the right move or even possible to try to replicate here. The most I’ll do here is make new friends and try to hide from dangerous billionaires.
Show threadMike LeechNov 21, 2022
@Ciaraioch I stand on street corners and fiddle.
Show threadAmbigram ArtNov 26, 2022
@Ciaraioch
This is a selling platform, I know. More sales than Twitter.