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1. Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now! (eniko@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:05:20 JST Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

   I'm about to make saying "build a community not an audience" a blockable offense. Some people need an audience to keep a roof over their head and food on the table, and it's the only option for many marginalized people who aren't able to be gainfully employed in society due to bigotry or lack of support. What do you want them to do, just starve because a fascist burned down their only means of generating income?

   And why the hell are you letting brands own the word "audience" anyway, and pretending it's some dirty thing now? The arts have used that word respectfully for centuries, long before brands came around

   I'm sorry I keep posting about this but as a working slash often starving artist the mastodon interaction purity police is really starting to get to me

   • Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now! (eniko@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:05:18 JST Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

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     Like, my god. A whole class of creative people are biting their nails fearing for their literal lives because a fascist just burned down the only means of generating income they have and in some cases the only means of generating income that /society will afford them/ and they're coming here exhausted and terrified and instead of warmly welcoming them in you're going tut tut and telling them they're doing survival wrong. Just. FUCK

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now! (eniko@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:05:18 JST Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

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     So let me be very clear; this is just Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Artists who come here fearing imminent homelessness are going to be preoccupied with gaining enough eyeballs to make that not happen. Building a community is a tier above that in the hierarchy of needs and is not something people are gonna be shooting for if they might starve within the next few weeks. Once they're stable, almost all of them will move on to building a community because community and audience aren't even mutually exclusive. And scolding people who are frantic about basic survival about their lack of noble goals for using this platform isn't helping

   • Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now! (eniko@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:05:19 JST Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

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     Just. Fucking stop. Let people engage with the fediverse however they want *or need* to. Jesus

   • Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now! (eniko@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:05:20 JST Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

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     Especially stop this if you are a cis straight white dude who works in tech and as a democratic party operative who's never had to worry about food on the table your entire goddamn life