(this is not a sub toot aimed an anyone in particular)
Hey creative people. When you write a post about your work on social media, no need to put in a disclaimer like "shameless self promotion" or to lead with an apology.
1) You made a thing. That's amazing!
2) You're allowed to tell other people about the thing you made.
4) You're even allowed to say it's for sale.
You're not forcing your message on anyone - especially not here, where there's no algorithm - and you're not manipulating anyone, or lying to anyone, or spamming anyone.
You made a thing, it's available for sale. No need for apologies or guilt about letting us know.
Disagree here.
It's a good thing that they create and share their creation and sell it if they want, it's also a good thing that they're transparent that these particular posts are not general interest ones but ones they have personal interest in.
@lienrag I don't understand your comment? 🙂 My post is saying that a person offering something they made for sale, doesn't need to apologise for posting about it.
I'd say they shouldn't feel guilty, but acknowledging that it's self-promotion (your first example) is a good thing.
@lienrag @Zumbador I disagree, it's not required. If an artist want to self promote without indicating that they are doing so, it is entirely fine. People are not corporation, we're not playing the capitalist game here.
Beside what are we gonna say? " You tricked me! You have a personal investment in the thing you posted!"?
@greenmoonmoon @lienrag @Zumbador
There's a value of "capitalist game" for which you do play it as soon as your actions affect your income. That is the thing that creates incentives.
In https://qoto.org/@robryk/110165286977106522 we've had a longer discussion on the consequences of that.
> Beside what are we gonna say? " You tricked me! You have a personal investment in the thing you posted!"?
I don't get this point. Are you saying that minding it is futile, because you can't do anything about it?
@robryk
I guess that I agree with this one :
https://zirk.us/@Zeb_Larson/110165226392110864
But still, it's good if people promoting their work are transparent about it.