#WritersCoffeeClub 18 April: How important is social media in promoting your work?
I do get the occasional sale without promotion but I see an increase whenever I'm posting a link online. This was very noticable before the social media diaspora when I was very active on #Twitter. Nowadays #Mastodon is my main platform and I *think* some of you guys bought a book and became patrons of my work? But since Mastodon doesn't show up in analytics I just don't know ๐
Feedback is extremely welcome. This is a loving document, it can only be honed and get better with loving input from other users. What are your best tips for #creators?
Apparently voicing that #racism is bad and that #feminism isn't solved now makes me a "radical leftist". I had assumed that these were mainstream consensus but here we are.
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday ๐น
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. Meet #Oshun, the #Yoruba goddess of divinity, femininity, fertility, beauty & love. She is the patron saint of the Osun River in #Nigeria and her devotees leave her offerings and perform ceremonies at bodies of fresh water such as rivers, streams and canals. Her colours are white, yellow, gold, and coral. #Orisha#AfricanDiaspora
@Tibor This baffles me too. BlueSky feels like a beta version which it probably is. Also you have to learn a new system to tag your posts which is the exact same as on Mastodon.
But I will say, optional algorithms are a neat idea that I think could be a valueable addition to Mastodon.
So I'm back from my #museum trip. I am severely disappointed by all of the statues having been vandalised. The only intact phalloi I could find were on a relief and a modern reconstruction. I DID meet a beautiful statue of #Aphrodite, though! She even still has a visible slit! I will share the images on Friday, the Day of Aphrodite. As a sneak peek, enjoy this beautiful bum!
@nggalai I think that is the most likely course as well, especially considering how things have played out on other platforms. Even though Twitter technically allows NSFW it felt like my reach had been reduced vastly well before EM bought it.
@nggalai I am working on a piece arguing why Mastodon is the best bet for NSFW content creators but I do understand the concerns about finding an audience. Mastodon doesn't show up in analytics either so it's tough to say how many people actually follow your links. I had thought nobody came via Mastodon until I found out it shows as a direct hit rather than via Mastodon.
NSFW may be allowed on Bluesky now, in the beginning it always is. NSFW creators only get the boot once the platform is big.
@Turnimunt@nggalai I have the time for one main social media platform and maybe a secondary one. I'm an erotica writer, so it's not just about what I find enjoyable but where my readers are too and where I won't be shadowbanned or excluded.
I'm a bit sad. I've tried to bring people over to #Mastodon with what are good arguments to ME: #NSFW content creators will eventually be shadowbanned or booted off a platform as soon as there is advertisers or payment processors demanding it. For marginalised people, Mastodon has powerful tools to stay safe. But most people I talk to do acknowledge that and then go on to stay on #Twitter or sign up for #Bluesky. But I understand the discoverability issues, it's Mastodon's greatest weakness IMO.
This week's #MythologyMonday theme is fire and there are two major Greek gods associated with fire: #Hestia, goddess of the hearth, and #Hephaistos, god of smiths.
They represent #fire in two different forms: the sacrificial flame of the hearth as the sacred centre of domestic life and the flame of Hephaistos, source of all arts, and fuel of the funeral pyre. But both could be invoked for the cooking of sacrificial meat or a good meal:
"For without you [Hestia] mortals hold no banquet." Homeric Hymn 24 to #Hestia
"Swine with the fat abundant upon them were singed and stretched out across the flame of #Hephaistos." Homer, Iliad 9.467
As the hearth of a house is at the same time the altar on which sacrifices are offered to the domestic gods, Hestia presides over all sacrifices, and, as the goddess of the sacred fire of the altar, she gets a share of every sacrifice to the gods made at home or in their temples.
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