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[astridv]

You know what's annoying? When you post fanart to tumblr where it goes mostly or entirely ignored, only to see the same fanart posted by other people getting plenty of attention.

I don't know how to counter this development but let me state for the record that as an artist I find it frustrating and it pisses me off. It's getting to the point where to find the feedback for my fanart I would have to self-google my name on tumblr. I thought getting my own tumblr account would help in that at least some of the feedback would find its way to my inbox, but it makes actually no difference. I'm not gonna bother with crossposting any more, waste of time.

Comments

[jae]

Wait, what? Are you saying that people are swiping your art and passing it off as their own, and getting good comments on it???

-J

[astridv]

No, they're giving credit and linking back to my Deviantart account - well, at least the ones I can find when I google my name do that. I'm not talking about plagiarism. But I don't get to see any feedback that way, because they're reblogging from someone else, not me. There are works that I thought people weren't interested in, and now I see that they're getting likes and reblogs so apparently people like 'em just fine, they just don't feel the need to let the artist know.

[jae]

Ohhh, I get it. Yeah, that happens sometimes with fic too (though probably less often because it's harder to reblog fic on tumblr). It does sound frustrating!

-J

[astridv]

With fic, as soon as someone tries reblogging, there's a shitstorm and the perpetrator ends up having to take it down. But for some reason no one cares when it's art. I'm actually waiting for more people to try it with fic, so we can maybe get a discussion going about the ethics of reblogging without permission.

[jae]

I didn't mean reblogging per se when I brought up the fic example, I meant more that sometimes people will link to a story and then the comments about the story will happen on the other person's post rather than over at the link.

-J

[sasha_feather]

Another reason for me to hate Tumblr. I have definitely seen people posting art without attribution there, and it is difficult to tell who the artist is because of the format. :/

[astridv]

Yeah, tumblr has turned fandom into a self-service outlet, at least when it comes to pictures. Add to that the way it makes discussions a pain in the ass. I hope whatever comes after tumblr won't be quite as bad.

[jae]

I haaaaaaaate tumblr sooooooo much.

-J

[astridv]

It sure has had a lousy influence on fandom culture.

[yhlee]

That sounds so frustrating. I'm sorry. :-/

[astridv]

Ah well, there're worse things but it does grate. But looks like this is the way the game is played now. I just really hope people will try it with fanfic soon so fandom gets an idea what it's like. I can't wait.

[springwoof]

I love your art! It's beautiful, yes, and moving, but what I love best is that you're often telling a story with the images--no fic needed!

There, thought you could use a little extra fb to make up for the missing ones.

Tumblr interface is...different...and confusing. You're right, it's set up to share what you like without being able, really, to give thanks to the originator (without leaving tumblr). It rewards folks for sharing what they didn't create. I'm thinking it will be a fandom fad?

[astridv]

Ah, thanks. :)
I don't think it's a fad though. I mean, tumblr will give way to the next hot new thing, but the effects are gonna stay.
(The next hot thing may be even worse... o.O Though I have a hard time coming up with something worse right now.)

[ratcreature]

Yeah, I've had that happen. Though sometimes if they credit dA as source on their Tumblr at least the number of dA favs also rises noticeably. It's still not very efficient to get feedback.

[astridv]

Haha, really not efficient. I just now saw that one piece rose from about 50 hits when I last looked to over 2000, gotta be due to the tumblr links. But I only look at the hit count for the first day or two after posting, any hits after that will go unnoticed unless people fave or comment.

[scrollgirl]

Whenever I see that happening, I go to the person's deviantart, drop a comment or "favourite" it there, then figure out whether the artist has his or her own tumblr. If they do, then I reblog from the artist's tumblr instead.

Tumblr is good for some things, but fan artists get a raw deal.