Anyone have a Bsky account?

[CrimsonGenius]

I have one, but I am debating to use it to upload my art. I’m already using Deviantart and Cara. Just wondering I should upload my art or not.

 

[Empress_Omnii]

Just wondering I should upload my art or not.

Is there any reason why you wouldn't want to?

 

[John_Owl]

I have one, but I am debating to use it to upload my art. I’m already using Deviantart and Cara. Just wondering I should upload my art or not.

it is open to public scrapers, unlike X. However, it's FAR less toxic than X. Anyone that gets toxic gets banned pretty quickly and anyone that mentions politics usually gets mass blocked (not banned, but most individuals block them, from what I've seen). I'm a writer, so I tend to post little snippets.

 

[Rezcore]

No. But then again my personal beliefs don't mesh well with the owners.

 

[BLIGHT_ZERO]

No. But then again my personal beliefs don't mesh well with the owners.

as long as you don't bring up topics, that won't affect your experience

I have an account but I made one post, then never opened it again.

I'm just not twitter/twitter-type user ig. But go for its good exposure.

 

[Rezcore]

as long as you don't bring up topics, that won't affect your experience

I have an account but I made one post, then never opened it again.

I'm just not twitter/twitter-type user ig. But go for its good exposure.

I'm not a social media guy in general.

 

[Daitengu]

I have one, but I am debating to use it to upload my art. I’m already using Deviantart and Cara. Just wondering I should upload my art or not.

According to the bluesky ToS, anything posted is inherently giving a license to bluesky to use to train their AI, sell to third parties, alter and use in marketing and products. All without having to pay you for it.

Section 2, part D

• Bluesky’s Permission to Use Your User Content. You keep your ownership of User Content, subject to the license below. Bluesky does not own rights to your User Content except as provided in that license. By sharing User Content through Bluesky Social, you grant us permission to:

1. Use User Content to develop, provide, and improve Bluesky Social, the AT Protocol, and any of our future offerings. For example, we can store and present User Content to other users in Bluesky Social. This allows us to show your posts in the Bluesky app to other users;
2. Modify or otherwise utilize User Content in any media. This includes reproducing, preparing derivative works, distributing, performing, and displaying your User Content. For example, we can resize your posts to fit the Bluesky mobile or desktop app, or feature examples of User Content for promotional purposes; or
3. Grant others the right to take the actions above. For example, we can grant content moderation tools access to User Content in order to monitor Bluesky Social;
4. Remove or modify User Content for any reason, including User Content that we believe violates these Terms, the Bluesky Social Community Guidelines, or other policies.

The license is limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, and royalty-free.

So, if you do, I recommend doping your art with Nightshade or Glaze, and having the original art in your fansly/patreon/whatever.

 

[tiaf]

a lot of artists moved to bsky to escape AI scrapping of Twitter

but I wouldn’t ask in a writer forum for visual art advice

the app is great and visibility from strangers is there

if you liked how Twitter was then I’d say yes, if not… still your decision

 

[CrimsonGenius]

a lot of artists moved to bsky to escape AI scrapping of Twitter

but I wouldn’t ask in a writer forum for visual art advice

the app is great and visibility from strangers is there

if you liked how Twitter was then I’d say yes, if not… still your decision

Cara for the same reason.

 

[tiaf]

Cara for the same reason.

Bsky is like how Twitter should have been. If you liked how it works then use it if not, then not. It’s really just about what interface you like more.

Cara intimidated me so I never made an account there, while bsky and mastodon are more casual on first glance. Although people told me that Cara is not just for professionals, but it feels like ArtStation and it’s intimidating ?

 

[CrimsonGenius]

Bsky is like how Twitter should have been. If you liked how it works then use it if not, then not. It’s really just about what interface you like more.

Cara intimidated me so I never made an account there, while bsky and mastodon are more casual on first glance. Although people told me that Cara is not just for professionals, but it feels like ArtStation and it’s intimidating ?

Cara is not just for professional. After A while Cara took a while to get used to. I’ll post some fanart on Bsky before my original characters, just to see.

 

[Daitengu]

a lot of artists moved to bsky to escape AI scrapping of Twitter

but I wouldn’t ask in a writer forum for visual art advice

the app is great and visibility from strangers is there

if you liked how Twitter was then I’d say yes, if not… still your decision

I always found that move to be dumb. Not only is bsky scraping like X, it's post policy lets any company scrap. X was just upfront about it, that's the only diff.

 

[tiaf]

I always found that move to be dumb. Not only is bsky scraping like X, it's post policy lets any company scrap. X was just upfront about it, that's the only diff.

The move from Twitter is not dumb at all. The interface of bsky and functionality are ahead of Twitter. It’s not only about that. If we go by that then we can also say that SH is a heaven for bots to scrap from. But people still use it because various reasons.

But that’s not the point, OP asked for whether to post on bsky, and I say yes if they liked the way Twitter worked. The feed algorithm is also better than other apps. All that is a matter of taste.

I have one, but I am debating to use it to upload my art. I’m already using Deviantart and Cara. Just wondering I should upload my art or not.

Cara is like a mix of dA and ArtStation. Personally as someone who started in da I wouldn’t use it anymore, mainly because the artists I subscribed left and I found new ones on Twitter.

And this totally personal, but f Elon for firing all the staff for Twitter. It’s annoying how the bots run rampant there and how the embedding on discord is bitching around. F his premium accounts for $$$$.

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[Puji-Maki]

Never heard of it, I feel like I'm blessed that I never heard of it since you guys compared it to Twitter. Also, I don't use Twitter/X and I can say that I'm proud of myself.

 

[Daitengu]

The move from Twitter is not dumb at all. The interface of bsky and functionality are ahead of Twitter. It’s not only about that. If we go by that then we can also say that SH is a heaven for bots to scrap from. But people still use it because various reasons.

But that’s not the point, OP asked for whether to post on bsky, and I say yes if they liked the way Twitter worked. The feed algorithm is also better than other apps. All that is a matter of taste.

It is when most of them cry about scraping, but move to another site that does the same thing.

It's why I said use Nightshade or Glaze on your art and keep the original on a different site.

 

[tiaf]

Never heard of it, I feel like I'm blessed that I never heard of it since you guys compared it to Twitter. Also, I don't use Twitter/X and I can say that I'm proud of myself.

It’s better than Twitter. It’s ad free. It has not a stupid name like X.