I suppose there was topic related to this before, but I'll start new nevertheless!
I went quite late to facebook. Already when I joined, it was sort of dying out, and people swiftly moving to IG. Mainly I joined to have some public place for my physical store to be contacted, but also put labels there. Never really post as a "person" on my own page, nor I really look friend requests. These days main usage is probably checking out Noise Now Playing group and Sarvilevyt store posts. Despite "following" something, you never see that stuff. Mostly spam and random shit in the feed. Also noticing so many labels or people never use it, that could be good to have some sort of account at IG to be able to follow news. I guess the "I'm too old for this shit" is kind of true, since using IG hasn't increased any actual "information". Perhaps I am using it wrong, hah. I just can't get into idea of "IG stories", especially due abusive amount of advertising that pop ups during just watching random photos. That seems to be the most popular usage and often when going to someones "site", often you don't see even much there. Would just have to be using the app, going through everything all the time to see the stuff. Feels very odd thing to do.
Out of curiosity, I asked person with tiktok to check out what "#harshnoise", and all sort of stuff there. Not like I'd be actually checking any of it, but very similar type of things as IG. Self build gear test clips, short live clips, something like that.
When I think about what are the functions that I would really need AND use... then really, it is like fb group "Noise Now Playing", where someone, hopefully, not only posts a pic, but writes about releases, something personal, perhaps anecdotes, perhaps a review. No links, no spam, less "promotion", more of... noise fandom so to say. So very much like a forum. Only thing forum is missing is the smooth compatibility with other social media and less visual due no point to fill servers with pics. It is also that other place you need to go, other account to log into, while most apps are sort of "all inclusive" and they are programmed to be that way, that you just wouldn't leave outside the system. You got the things you follow, but also friends/chat/private messages/whatever, and perhaps that temporary nature appeals to people, that posting whatever random "I'm listening to this", won't be online for next decade?
As a user, I am not sure do I need a new "system" to take part, rather there is desire to find the "content" so to say. As a "artist", I don't think I really need or want social media, as the work happens kind of elsewhere. As a label and especially as magazine (SI that is), it gets little weird. It is odd, that still just about every month I get someone ordering all the back issues and people who are actually involved in the noise scene, saying they never heard of this type of zine existing. Of course, I don't insist nor expect people to know paper zine from other side of the planet, but since that is the case, it makes one wonder if account in something like IG is sort of mandatory, so that people have even small opportunity to randomly discover magazine or find articles/reviews at the website? While for own "art", I barely care if it is noticed or if it gets "coverage", but for "journalism", whole purpose is sort of create visibility for things that were considered noteworthy.
Using social media as artists/label or as follower.. Different attitude towards different usages and is there something you're looking for, but none of the systems really seem to have it?
