>>3933065>Lay off the sauce a little my friend, geez, that stuff is NOT good for you!No shit, bro. Anyway, I had to give it up for financial reasons. I miss it.
>Wanna share IGs? I have one with a similar themeThank you, but no. The last time I did that, the thread ganged up on me and tried to compete with each other on how hurtful and condescending they could be. Typical /p/. I just had to accept that my IG wouldn't go anywhere in terms of growth, or even getting a little work out of it, as well accept that genuine support for my work would be few and far between. I tripped a shadowban during my first summer on IG (had a church photo removed for no reason as well) and it never really recovered.
I take photos primarily for myself now and the pandemic has forced me to be more selective in any case, as I have already photographed much of the streets where I travel lately and don't want to keep doing the same stuff. When I can once again go off the beaten track a bit, I will have more opportunities. It's just a shame that merely getting double digit likes is considered a rare highlight, when I'd hoped to have built up a following among the 200K people in my locality alone (within a city of several million) in the two and a half years I have been posting. I have never had more than 83 followers and I still lose some now and again. I've gone above 20 likes only a few times. I actually enjoy shooting wide and cropping wider, but I realize that IG is suited just to 1:1 and 4:5. I use hashtags, but nothing works. No-one sees my work, or no-one cares; especially if there's no T&A involved. I also post a lot less now. It just never took off.
