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educational thread on why artists ask you to not quote retweet their work (and why you shouldn't qrt art in general)
when you qrt art, it creates a new post with your comment about the art! and it takes interactions and attention away from the artwork and onto your post instead+
when you qrt art, it creates a new post with your comment about the art! and it takes interactions and attention away from the artwork and onto your post instead+
art is a visual media which is easy to consume in less than 5seconds.
by creating a new post, people are able to take a quick glance at the artpiece through your qrt and press a like on your post without bothering +
by creating a new post, people are able to take a quick glance at the artpiece through your qrt and press a like on your post without bothering +
to open the original masterpost of your piece because they already understand the gist of it through your qrt post
this diverts the attention onto your post instead of the post with the art! this creates various issues such as:
this diverts the attention onto your post instead of the post with the art! this creates various issues such as:
http://1.it isn't fair to the artists who spent a long time working on their piece to get interactions taken away from them :( most of the time, the art is free so they should atleast be paid for their work through numbers on their post
2.when ppl like the qrt, the algorithm will favor the person's qrt instead of the artist. less interactions -> attention is directed to the person who qrt instead -> less attention for artist -> it's harder to be discovered (this hurts artists looking for commissions especially)
i know that in most cases, people just aren't aware of qrts being harmful for artists and you just want to interact with the artists through qrts. of course you can still interact :)! the rt/like/comment functions are here ^--^ (and it'd be amazing if u do bc it rly helps)
if you want to react to art you can reply under the post of the artwork !! or if you dont want to comment under the post then you can use the method "lrt"
what is lrt?
lrt = last retweet
you can make a new post and start it with lrt and then react/comment what you want!! also, people will know you are referring to your lrt because you put "lrt" in ur post so they won't assume it's random
lrt = last retweet
you can make a new post and start it with lrt and then react/comment what you want!! also, people will know you are referring to your lrt because you put "lrt" in ur post so they won't assume it's random
"what if i want to trigger warn my followers because the art deals with heavy imagery/topics??" thats a completely valid concern! but please do not qrt still :(
you can still warn your followers of the post with heavy topics through the sandwich method
you can still warn your followers of the post with heavy topics through the sandwich method
1.before you rt the artwork, first put a tweet that says "next rt tw // x , x , x"
2.rt the work
3.after you rt the artwork, post a tweet that says "lrt tw // x , x"
2.rt the work
3.after you rt the artwork, post a tweet that says "lrt tw // x , x"
make sure you DONT CENSOR the words you tag!! it's important that your followers who muted those words are still able to see the warning you put out.
YES IT'S TRUE that some artists are okay with qrts
but unless they explicitly say they are okay with them, you shouldn't do it!
to double check if they're cool with it, please dm them, comment, or read an FAQ if it's available and ask
but unless they explicitly say they are okay with them, you shouldn't do it!
to double check if they're cool with it, please dm them, comment, or read an FAQ if it's available and ask
just to add, but dont confuse this with twitter fics and socmed aus! qrts on WRITTEN media is beneficial because u are acting like a fic recommendation for your followers
written media often requires you to read the whole thing to properly enjoy it so qrts for this is ok
written media often requires you to read the whole thing to properly enjoy it so qrts for this is ok
this thread is focusing ONLY on qrts and i will not be focusing on other art issues in this post unless it is somehow related (if you have questions pls ask and i'll try to explain or clarify)
my thread was heavily inspired and helped by this post! but i wanted to create my own because
1.i had other points i wanted to bring up
2.sometimes my oomfs who ask me questions cant see this person's thread so i wanted to make one too https://twitter.com/shiroganejpg/status/1113599683035897857?s=21
1.i had other points i wanted to bring up
2.sometimes my oomfs who ask me questions cant see this person's thread so i wanted to make one too https://twitter.com/shiroganejpg/status/1113599683035897857?s=21
