#regardless of the quality of your art people don't owe you jack unless they either commisioned it or it is paid content

[fluffylandshark]

Edit: I am playing devils advocate here solely because I see nobody else defending this harmless, if a bit annoying behavior

Question: why are you upset about people liking your stuff. Because they don't actively share it with others? Am I obligated to tell everyone I know "hey look at this cool art I found" the moment I like your art. Would you rather I don't even tell you that I like it at all? I understand telling people that likes don't work the same here as they do on twitter but telling people that only liking something without reblogging it to is upsetting feels kinda weird, not gonna lie. You're getting upset over people COMPLEMENTING you because they didn't reblog you. That's like yelling at someone who complements your fanfic on AO3 because they didn't share a link to it with their friends.

Your example is 55 likes and 2 reblogs. You see that only two out of 55 people who liked this post reblogged it. I see that 55 people liked what they saw and 2 of them even said "everyone should see this". None of these people were obligated to do any of that. You're not entitled to either likes or reblogs(edit: they aren't entitled to your art either). I would like for people to just give me a million dollars, but they aren't obligated to give me any, so I'm happy when my dad gives me 50 dollars as a birthday present. If someone showed me they like what I made, even if it was just pressing a button, I would be happy. Is it important to you that many people ENJOY your art or is it more important that many people SEE your art.

You know who else cares more about how many people consume their product than how beloved it is: Corporations like Disney. This attitude is part of the reason why some of the best shows in recent years were neglected or even cancelled by their networks. Why so much media is bland and samey trying to follow the same old formula of success rather than doing something interesting and fun. If you measure the worth of your art solely by how many people have seen it, you start to lose sight of arts primary purposes: self expression and carying a message/feeling into the heart of the people who see it.

people moving to tumblr from twitter please fucking reblog art likes literally dont do anything except make the artist upset bc they have 2 reblogs and 55 likes