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RE: Ask a photographer #AAP
I understand what you are talking about, there is a row of problems on Hive. But I don't see alternatives to Hive.
i got 1200 likes on one of my images-posts but only 7 comments
These likes are mostly from the curation trail, not real viewers, so not so many comments go with these 1200 likes.
But likes are not quite a real thing on every platform. Let's say a couple of posts of mine got 200 likes each on Reddit recently. But why do I need these clicks of half-sleeping scrolling minds of random people who looked at my work for a quarter of a second and decided "okay"?
This place is literally made for gaining crypto for whatever one is doing
In some ways, yes. While other platforms are made for gaining likes for whatever one is doing. Likes are a simulacrum or recognition. While crypto (along with real connection with people) is a tool to change things around you (like any sort of money).
Instagram, for example, gives hope that, one day, you'll reach a broader audience. In exchange, you work for IG for years. So many amazing photographers are serious about IG and have only 2000-3000 subs with 30-100 like for a post. They say "oh, that's just my blog, that's just a habit" but actually their creativity is oppressed by Instagram's cult of "look how many subs/likes I got". Moreover, likes on IG deforms your creativity: crowds have preferences and you need to follow them if you want to reach the mentioned broader audience. So, some people add a dose of vulgarity to their images and get... 50 more likes for each post, lol.
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It's a problem everywhere to get a lot of constructive feedback - there are usually few comments below beautiful photographs, and most comments are of "love it/amazing" type. On Hive, I sometimes get feedback from photographers I do respect, and I am happy with it.
We need more people (photographers) on Hive. I believe we need more niche photography communities on Hive - photographers usually want to join like-minded communities like street photography, wildlife photography. And we probably need large yearly niche photography contests with prize funds to spread the word on the internet about Hive. And we need real-life exhibitions. If we have HiveFest, why can't we have a HiveExhibition? HiveExhibition can be part of the next HiveFest, for example.
...In the 2010s, people could want a new social media to connect with friends or to look at images of random people. In the 2020s, people are fully packed with internet activities. People not only don't want another social media, they abandon accounts on major social media and focus on family and close friends to talk on messengers to share thoughts and shots. In the 2020s, people need not classical social media but internet tools. A community of like-minded photographers with large contests and exhibitions is a tool for a photographer.
P.S. bolded some thoughts for too-long-to-read people.
thank you for participating. i fed all of these and to say you honestly, i'm also tired of these. MySpace, Flickr, DeviantArt, Google+, FB, IG, of course Twitter, Threads, some photo sharing apps, now the new and promising FOTOAPP. And of course Hive already for a long time. There is no end to the list, but also most of these already died or forgotten.
The idea about HiveExhibition is very interesting, because i believe that looking on printed photographs is much more useful spending of time than scrolling endless feeds.
Thanks for your contribution.
From my own experience I can tell that maintaining a community is a lot of work. And it takes a lot of work to attract the Hivers to your niche community. But I do agree that it would be a good thing.
I like this idea. This could attract some photographers from outside if you promote it well. Maybe you should even make it a monthly one. But you do need sponsoring for this.
This is actually my first blogpost that has received so many constructive comments. It's good to see people do want change...
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