@vsitante I think twitter used to be so good at finding and showing you new stuff in the same category that you liked (like if I liked a lot of One Piece fanart, it would show me more OP fanartists or fan writers) which was the good thing about it lol.

Now they (X) broke how that works anyways by only boosting maga alt-right stuff so it's useless. Bluesky "feels" better since it doesn't inherently push anything yet, but because they're a place that needs to make money, they eventually will.

I feel like if people reposted and commented on stuff as much as people used to reblog on tumblr, it wouldn't be so difficult to find stuff you were interested in. So it's a bit of a culture problem as well.

There's such a pressure to "grind for engagement" as a creator that I feel like sometimes other fans (creators, readers, and lurkers are disincentivized from proper community building (commenting, sharing, etc.). The push towards indie websites is just a technical way of pushing people to change their behavior.

I've noticed this change in myself as well, which is why I'm making the conscious effort of leaving more comments on stuff now.