Nerdlet - Where Are the Original Artists?

The Nerdy Photographer Podcast · Aug 25, 2022 · 3m

I was recently watching a video about the lack of originality among artists on social media.

Well, the fault lies partially with us but mostly with social media algorithms that feed us people who are great at marketing themselves instead of people who are very good at their art.

I frequently see what I would refer to as mediocre art in lots of genres with hundreds of thousands, if not more, views because whoever is running the account knows how to market themselves. Or aggregator accounts that just post 'best of' pieces from a variety of artists. We have stopped allowing people to fail at…