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@mattblaze I think those people are in a tiny minority and should be ignored. I love seeing art on here. I've bought quite a bit of music on Bandcamp via posts on Mastodon, and even some actual art to put in a frame. It's a great place to discover new things without having corporate hype shoved down my throat by an "algorithm". I love it here!

@mattblaze I boost artists a lot. I follow some artists. I think to do otherwise is mean-spirited. Artists have enough trouble putting a roof over their heads.

I got mastoscolded for not using the word "Gaza" in a song about Gaza that literally had Gaza City in the video. 🤷‍♂️ I guess it's a hobby. Everyone needs a hobby, I've been told.

@mattblaze I don't get these comments. Though my account is locked to filter in the cognoscenti, and I only post my 'snapshots' from the phone on here.

At some point I will restart my photographical Journey with my Camera and Lenses. It paused when the kids arrived in 1998.

There is a local club that I am being encouraged to join in the south of France.
One needs to bring images on a memory stick. Only Camera photos permitted.

@mattblaze (dog with ball meme) no post, only boost!

@mattblaze Just ignore them. Silence or block.
Nice photos by the way.

@mattblaze If I were in the market for some photos, I would definitely prefer to buy from somebody I saw in the fediverse.

There, unfortunately, are some people with "strange" standards, which they wish to impose on everybody else :(

@mattblaze Ah, the hippy neck beard types who reject any form of commercialism because it pollutes their FOSS vision are particularly tiresome.

They don’t see that the privilege that commercial society has given us is what allows them to live within their values. We ran the communism experiment in the 20th century and it failed.

@mattblaze please promote more photos. We like them

@mattblaze I see lots of artists posting their own works for sale. I often boost their posts.

@mattblaze Why do they follow you, if they don't want to see your pictures? Don't they know, they even can prevent picture loading?
hm might be lack of information or ignorance

@mattblaze This make-no-money thing is an aspect of Mastodon I don't really understand. Plus, the solution is simple; we can block or unfollow people we don't want to see in any way.

Like many others folks, I enjoy your photos and think it'd be great if you earned a little (or a lot) of money.

@mattblaze
I honestly don't understand the problem. Sell all you want here. If i don't want to See it, i block you and that's it. So I agree in not seeing a Problem.
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@mattblaze

I make this and it’s an important part of who I am and I want to share that with people is like a central aspect of what social media is all about in my view.

If you happen to also sell them either to put groceries in your fridge or so that other people can enjoy them closer then I thinks that’s a bonus not a problem. 🤷‍♂️

@mattblaze "mastoscold" is now going to be stuck in my brain alongside all the musculoskeletal terms I'm learning this week.

Some kind of bony prominence, like an illiac spine.

@mattblaze Some of my favorite people on here are artists who post their work, whether it's for sale or not. And I've happily bought from people who are selling their art.