Tim_EagonDec 20, 2022

If independent creators aren't supposed to promote their work, how am I supposed to know what to buy or recommend to my friends? More importantly, how are they supposed to eat?

C'mon, this is the #Fediverse. If promotion bugs you that much, put your big person pants on and curate your feeds instead of bellyaching. Yes, I know people can abuse self-promotion (like porn, you know it when you see it), but most creators are just trying to find an audience and survive. Give them a break.

Show threadbss, super geniusDec 20, 2022
@Tim_Eagon since I've been replying to other threads on this, I thought I'd just say that I am pro-self-promotion, but insofar as this network relies on people talking and boosting, I think it needs a level of conversational sincerity or the whole thing falls apart, and that hurts the creator.

I feel like a lot of people would be right to block users if they just toot out product page links and endlessly hustle, even if those people would appreciate a genuine conversation with the creator about their product.

then, a lot of Twitter mannerisms fall by the wayside. seems win-win to me.
Show threadDave Clark

@bss @Tim_Eagon authentic presence rather than just pure sales links will always be better.

No matter the platform or the thing being sold.

Dec 20, 2022 at 3:48amWeb