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I can understand Epoch's worries about these videos, but asking for all the creators profit seems overly vindictive. I hope Epoch loses on that count at least.

Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts say

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Ars Technica · Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts sayBy Ashley Belanger
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Continuing this notion of encouraging creative people to talk more about their creative work, particularly explaining clearly what it is they do ...

I propose a creative hashtag of some kind, which can be used precisely for #artists, #writers and #musicians to talk about their work.

That way, anyone who's enraged by creative people talking about their work to try to get people interested can simply filter the hashtag.

I'd end this with, what do you think? but I'm not sure anyone's even interested in this.

Actually, I know there are a lot of creative people on Fedi and recently I've had a look at some of the things people upload.

And I think one thing people on Fedi don't do well is to actually talk more about what they actually do, explain it a bit more, and to not assume people know what you're talking about.

This goes for #writers #musicians #artists #creatives #Makers

I think people need to talk about what they do more, explaining what it is, what they are posting, etc. Because you only usually read a person's bio once.

Sometimes I'm like, Oh, you make music? I've been following you for a billion years and I didn't even know!

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My writer wife has recently restarted her (formerly paid, currently free) Patreon blog, now focused on creativity and living as a creative. This latest post is titled, "Get Up Again," and was inspired by her seeing a post talking about how "dreams don't have an expiration date." Give it a look (and maybe some of her other past content).
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Apparently today is #WorldBookDay (why am I always late to these parties?)!

My #photography has been almost entirely self-taught, and most of that has come through reading books on the subject. I was a bookworm before I was a photographer, after all.

#Creatives, what's one book that has had the largest impact on your work? Let me know in the comments! Mine was Understanding Exposure (and others in his series) by Brian Peterson

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