![]() Users end up going private due to harrassment and whatnot. It’s also filled with bots, and has weird gated content with the follow requirements. We used to not have this sort of issue and while some platform was going to have to bear the weight of this societal issue with social media, Instagram is the worst of it now. Instagram is also (arguably) ruining society right now causing FOMO, depression in wanting to live up to others’ lifestyles, and it’s destroying natural places for getting photo shoots. You see it used by everyone in this ubiquity sense from people’s lunch and pets, to photographers, to digital artists, to fashion icons, to memes, and so on. Instagram is currently the leader in a lot of spaces around getting your art/content followed and like and appreciated. I’ve still been using Flickr as my primary posting platform relinking everything back to that Flickr account (and now post SmugMug acquisition offer the ability to change your account ID, which would have been better than creating a new account). You can pay to circumvent this, but what else are you getting?įlickr however, especially since the 1TB limit of yesteryear, became a dumping ground for a lot of normal people just wanting a back-up which added a lot of noise. ![]() It does ensure you’re selective about your uploads, but I tend to upload in bursts after a event and go dormant for weeks or even months. Also the 7-photo per week thing is curse for me. It seems though that 500px has a strong preference for a particular style of photography and is filled with bots. Having a Flickr for so long, I never saw a big enough reason to switch other than hoping to trying to get some sort of monetary kick-back as we’d all love some free cash (although my style of street photography doesn’t often lend itself to the stock photography style). 500px vs Flickr has been a long ‘rivalry’, where it seems their both quite similar in letting you license photos, find groups of similar taste, participate in contests. I went to school for art, but I don’t enjoy designing like I did as you can tell by this half-baked site as of this post. ![]() Many years ago I used DeviantArt, but it’s faded in some ways as a photography thing and when I did more drawing/graphics, it made more sense. So really the only ones that seem to have groups or contest or sharability with a professional/serious amateur vibe that fit the general idea I’m looking whittles down to: al., but they don’t really offer feedback, trending, sharing type of thing-it’s just a way to display and get credit for your work. There’s also the more hosting-solution-oriented options like SmugMug or Unsplash (which only has one license), et. Anything run by Google or Amazon should probably be a no (as is Facebook, but that one’s trickier in this case). I’m dismissing immediately Imgur and Tumblr because while they are social networks/communities, they’re aimed for a different community than my intent-more of the meme-share-y kinda thing. Right now there are options and a few big players in that space. I also like when others can view my photos and interact with a community (but of the photographers and photography enthusiasts). TL DR: I need to make an effort to help the Fediverse to get the features I want in a photo platform because they’re all flawed.
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