Coreyartus

I use Carrd. It has a lot of features, a lot of design flexibility, and a lot of icons from different platforms. It also has a nice mobile interface. https://coreyartusimageryinfo.carrd.co/

I use Ecamm, but find that the general focus of the app tends to be on a particular “flavor” of livestreaming that isn’t necessarily what I can use… It has been focusing on a lot of Zoom stuff, interview-based streaming, and podcasting. I remember a while ago Ecamm guru Adrian Salisbury was convinced by his son to explore Twitch for the first time, and I thought—”How can you be in this business and never have explored Twitch?” That shook my faith in the product a bit. Apps like OBS continually come out with features that cater specifically to gaming and art. Ecamm, not so much… I’ve always felt I’ve been using for something it wasn’t intended for. So if I had to suggest anything about Ecamm, it wouldn’t be in their product as much as it would be in their perspectives—as in widening them. That might bring more features (that OBS has already built in) which could make it much more appealing to a broader user base.

I kick myself that I didn’t get in on the Kickstarter. I put it off and put it off until I missed out. Shinzakura bought into it. I think he would have really really loved it. It’s sad he’ll never get to use it. I think he may have invited a bunch of folks to join his Realm, honestly. I, too, am really looking forward to seeing it move on to the public. I’ll be there if I can.

Well, posts made by folks using Bridgy and perhaps following the Mastodon Mirror account. I’d assume the same thing is true on the reverse. If I comment on a Bluesky post from Mastodon, and I’m not using Bridgy or following the mirrored Bluesky account, none of my comments register on the Bluesky side. Still, it’s a HUGE step forward!!

And comments made on one side translate to the other, too… This is kinda trippy.

I actually tried this and it works. LOL! It bridges pictures and keeps the alt-text and even the hashtags. And I sent it from my Ice Cubes app on my iPad, so… The downside is that if you already have an account on the platform your reaching out to, the two don’t connect. So anyone from Mastodon has to follow a new account if they want to see my stuff I post on Bluesky. That account would be: @coreyartus.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy And anyone from Bluesky has to follow a new account if they want to see anything I post on Mastodon: @Coreyartus.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy Also, Mastodon posts, with their 500 character limit, get chopped off at 300. (Personally, I hate the 300 character micro-blogging limit because I think it’s only taught us that we shouldn’t say anything that can’t be put into a soundbite, and there are plenty of examples of platforms where that limit simply isn’t necessary.) But it’s an interesting development. I’m not sure I want to redo my Carrd to yet more new accounts… I have to think about that.

Preach!!! Couldn’t have said it better!!! Well done!

Oy, I feel this. I gave up YouTube and deleted all my vids. The good thing was that as a smaller creator, I actually got more followers by shifting everything to a PeerTube instance than I had accumulated over 8 years at YouTube. None of my vids have nearly the same numbers of views, but in comparison to the big picture they weren’t being seen at all. For me specifically, reducing the size of the pond actually helped. But art is different than the kind of work you’re doing. As much as we both need reach, we make different stuff so we appeal to different kinds of people. I have to wonder if that didn’t play a factor in my transition—I think I finally found a bunch of my people… For general usage, I turned off my watch history and I only visit my Subscriptions page when I go there. I don’t see their “recommendations”, so I don’t deal with that… It has been very healthy for me, personally.