Exactly. Literally just be kind and supportive of the people/creatives you like, share their stuff, comment nice things when you can. TL;DR: engage with the community.
"I don't get traction on bluesky it's
not worth posting on!"
you're not getting traction because you're treating it like another post-and-go void sort of site. this is an ACTUAL social site, you have to INTERACT with people to get seen.
Truly remarkable lack of self-awareness among the genAI crowd - they'll tell you that you aren't qualified to speak on the topic unless you can match their years of claimed subject matter expertise. But they don't seem to have any recognition for expertise in actual creation, i.e. writing
Bluesky open talk, art gang chime in!
For me, even 'silly' comments are very welcome! I might not reply every time, because what do I say to '💗' (and even then I will often leave an emoji in return, still).
But I TREASURE them. It lets me know actual people perceived me, and they liked what I did.
Back in the Twitter days, I know some artists were like "Replies help engagement!" So I tried to leave a silly little comment but sometimes I felt like a goofball for doing it so I always ask artists:
Benign or silly comments to art: yes or no?
OK so fav characters on ZZZ so far. I have Ellen, Nicole, Grace and Soukaku in circulation, but the character i ALWAYS use...
Corin Wickes.
She literally has a damn Bloodbourne Whirligig Saw that you can just melt enemy HP with, she rules! Also i NEED Alexandrina!
I’ve seen and blocked five generative ai image accounts today that are posing as actual digital artists- please keep an eye out for these and avoid interacting with their posts
don’t reply to them or quote their posts: just block them