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Aral Balkan Dec 20, 2022

Are folks really pressuring independent artists, authors, etc., not to promote their work here?

Do you also picket your local independent cafe and mom and pop stores? What happens if you succeed in shutting them down? That’s right, you end up with a McDonald’s in their place.

Please learn to separate capitalists from folks trying to survive under capitalism. Independent people trying to pay their rent isn’t advertising, it’s existing. What Coca-Cola does is advertising.

#fediverse ❤️ #indie

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⚛️✨HIGGS M. BOSON✨⚛️(Vee)

@aral people are coming here to self promote because it feels safer to do so than on twitter. They're more likely to be seen and heard here than drowned in all the excess noise and they don't have to fork over money to get their stuff promoted by an algorithm. Why people would be scared of that and want to stamp it down here is beyond me. That's really unfair and unwelcoming!