I'd rather my art die out completely than have it be part of meta AI. I deleted my art pages on fb and instagram.

Here's to hoping the fediverse can keep me afloat.

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[–] 18 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Isn't it heartbreaking what mass art theft on the internet has done to artists? I was recently thinking "maybe I should try posting art online again" and then I remembered why I deleted it all in the first place: AI.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Welcome to the cause! I would love to follow you on Pixelfed.art. Lovely painting!

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Thank you so much! :D

    I joined Pixelfed.art last January, just made my first post.

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    As long as your art is available online somewhere, the AI scrapers are probably going to find it and eat it. But congrats on making it slightly more difficult for them.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 day ago* (5 children)

    A couple decades late, but a good choice...

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Sorry you got downvoted for this. You're not wrong.

    Facebook had a hold on me way longer than it should have because I don't know any other way to connect with people I know IRL locally, particularly for local events and arts & crafts fairs. I finally cut the ties but I genuinely don't know how to replace that pipeline for commissions and local events.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    local sub-reddits are typically toxic as all get out and then you're just trading Facebook for Reddit. It truly is a gap... the problem is that for any service to step in requires they provide infrastructure / maintenance and that's expensive. Sometimes a local online newspaper will have a community events listing, but they don't typically allow discussion.

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