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art share accounts:
tags their own page account first several times in caption and then tags artist second in caption so that you have to tap on âmoreâ to see whose art it is.
Doesnât even use profile tag on the picture itself even though art account name might change
tags their own page account first several times in caption and then tags artist second in caption so that you have to tap on âmoreâ to see whose art it is.
Doesnât even use profile tag on the picture itself even though art account name might change
Look Iâm not hating on art share accounts too much but when they do that sort of thing itâs guaranteed that their followers wonât tap more or even care who the artist is but they will hit like and keep scrolling
Now it might not seen like much but compare this ratio:
art reshare post: 20k likes
artistâs OG post: 5k likes
art reshare: 1k likes
artist OG: 100 likes
art reshare post: 20k likes
artistâs OG post: 5k likes
art reshare: 1k likes
artist OG: 100 likes
See what I mean? Iâve seen this alot. So how exactly does that art reshare actually help the artist get more engagement? A very small percent, and I mean tiny, will actually check out the OG post and the artist and even follow that artist.
I think anyone who is great at math can do the math and realize how little that art reshare page actually helps new artists out grow their page.
I also would like to add that some of these art reshare accounts have the audacity to ask you to pay them money so that they can share your art on their page.
Hereâs my little experiment. I paid $1 for an Instagram promotion for a length of 5 days to see how effective their new promotion feature is and quite honestly, $5 is a small amount but it still drew way more ppl to my OG post and to my account.
An art feature/reshare account asked me for $7 so that they can feature my art even though they donât mention anywhere that itâs a paid feature.
So imagine if I was dumb enough to pay $7 and then they shared my work and I probably wouldâve gotten at least an additional 2-3 people check out my post, maybe get 5-10 extra likes, who even knows if they would bookmark it and maybe 1 new follower.
Reshare accounts donât work as well as the in-app promotion. Before there were promotions, maybe art reshare accounts served their purpose in a way but now they are just ripping ppl off and piggybacking off of artists to gain popularity. Which serves little purpose to the artist
Artists who have a larger following support other artists by sharing the new artistsâ work in their stories and therefore give new artists better exposure than a reshare account made specifically to reshare art.
Iâm not saying theyâre all bad, the reshare accounts but they donât really help new artists just starting out. They also give off the false impression to art thieves that itâs ok to repost stuff they didnât create
Iâve ran into several such accounts that repost art with zero credit to the artist. And they keep doing it even when they get caught. Sometimes they have the audacity to claim that they drew and created it even though itâs evident that the styles are all different
And that signatures are cropped and the quality is so bad that you know the post has been screenshot over another screenshot post and reposted, itâs a dead giveaway
Now some might say, itâs not like they are selling it or anything since they need the original to sell a high quality print for example.
Well the problem is, potential customers or art lovers donât find their way to the artistâs page and they arenât going to have time to do a reverse image search to find the artist and all their links and connections to their art so they overlook the artist
And that means the artist loses potential engagement because there was no direct link to their art.
The art reshare pages make it seem like itâs okay to repost other peopleâs work up to the point that others repost without asking and donât provide credit to the artist.
Itâs called copyright infringement. And just because there are art reshare accounts, doesnât make it okay.
If you are a verified business that runs an Instagram page that features artists and their artwork, youâll always ask the artist first and sponsor their work, kind of like a virtual galkery. But an art reshare account isnât a verified gallery.
Since we are making progress, itâs time the art reshare accounts stay in the past. And if they really do care about helping ppl with a feature, theyâre not going to ask for money.
Afterall, reposting doesnât take any effort. The OG content however took more work, creativity, dedication, and time. If they want to reshare our stuff, theyâre the ones who should be paying.
Ok I also realize some typos I made within this thread, so forgive me for the typos. But I hope the typos donât take away from the point I was trying to make. Itâs a topic that strains me and I feel like it needs to be said.
