@Blahmage Youāll figure it out. Todayās artists rely upon two things to sell themselves without selling themselves: their artwork itself and their own personal story behind it.Most art communities are built around the love of the artist as much as the love of their work.We canāt survive playing the normal āmarketing gameā. Itās too big. We get lost. So we have to undermine that game somehow, and usually that means sharing story, struggle, mistakes, victories, and all the stress and disappointment that comes with the creative process. Itās not slick. Itās not packaged. Itās raw, honest, and true.Mastodon is very very anti-corporate, as it was built by individuals with a vested interest in protecting themselves and building their own community. The worst way to connect here is to come across as "corporate machine processedā, so ābig traditional marketingā doesnāt work.... Itās not appreciated.Youāll figure out how to make it work for you. But I suggest staying simple, honest, and humble. Because pretty much everyone using the Fediverse has been burned somehow and has sought out this type of platform for a reason. Many of them because itās not like everything else available, and they donāt want it to be.
