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Re: Rate Limit Exceeded
Jul. 3rd, 2023 08:20 am> What a great time to be an emerging creative.
I think the answer is probably to get on TikTok, but I can't quite bring myself to take the plunge. There are monsters in those waters. And not the sexy kind of monsters.
I recently started a new account for Japanese books on Instagram (here), and I've been doing my best to find and follow similar accounts. It's been slow going. Instagram's algorithm is godawful to begin with, and "Bookstagram" is a consumerist hellscape of people posting photos of massive book purchases alongside videos showcasing their giant custom-built bookcases in what I can only assume are giant custom-built houses.
I mean, I like reading. I like writing. I like talking about books. I like all these things so much that I sold my soul for a PhD in order to be able to do them professionally. But I don't want to set up a social media account to shoot videos about things I buy and things I own and things I hoard and things I display in my house. And then, on top of that, nobody needs to see my face. I'm not interested in having gross teenagers (and gross adults) making snap judgments about me based on how my physical appearance projects in a shitty fifteen-second video I took with my shitty phone, and the thought of choosing ~~outfits~~ for social media videos makes me die a little on the inside.
Idk man, I just think working on my writing and art is a better use of my limited time on this earth.
I think the answer is probably to get on TikTok, but I can't quite bring myself to take the plunge. There are monsters in those waters. And not the sexy kind of monsters.
I recently started a new account for Japanese books on Instagram (here), and I've been doing my best to find and follow similar accounts. It's been slow going. Instagram's algorithm is godawful to begin with, and "Bookstagram" is a consumerist hellscape of people posting photos of massive book purchases alongside videos showcasing their giant custom-built bookcases in what I can only assume are giant custom-built houses.
I mean, I like reading. I like writing. I like talking about books. I like all these things so much that I sold my soul for a PhD in order to be able to do them professionally. But I don't want to set up a social media account to shoot videos about things I buy and things I own and things I hoard and things I display in my house. And then, on top of that, nobody needs to see my face. I'm not interested in having gross teenagers (and gross adults) making snap judgments about me based on how my physical appearance projects in a shitty fifteen-second video I took with my shitty phone, and the thought of choosing ~~outfits~~ for social media videos makes me die a little on the inside.
Idk man, I just think working on my writing and art is a better use of my limited time on this earth.
