Hey I have a bit of an issue with creating content and whether I should keep making what I like or what would be popular. Yesterday I released artwork and it has gotten very little downloads (about 10) and usually thats the case when I make something I really like but when I make something I dont really like but I know would be popular it blows up with hundreds to thousands of downloads. I don't feel good about posting content no one likes but I would hate to post content I personally don't like.
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Personally, I'm only 32 but I already feel too old for that, I visit Tumblr only if I know what kind of download I want. Other than visiting some directories or for a specific download, I avoid Tumblr like the plague because of the number of aggressive and toxic attitudes there, and also the number of downloads hosted somewhere where you can easily catch a virus. And I know many people my age or older who say the same. There are even a few who don't even know that Tumblr exists despite being very active on Internet. I know practically nobody on Tumblr over 25 years old, and this might limit your fans to almost only the youngest ones.
Not sure if that's one of the reasons, but it might be.
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Sure, thanks.
http://lovelydia101.tumblr.com/post/157385572426/hello-yet-again-i-was-feeling-up-to-making-some
Oh yeah well I haven't had the time to fix up my blog so that download page isn't really active. Sorry about that but I do hope to get to it soon.
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if youre just doing it for fun, then make what you want. if you always bend your will to other people, you will get bent out of shape and become unhappy. if you want to make what they want, you can give yourself incentive for it or maybe do CC trades with people or just do them less like a "follower's gift"
Right now I'm on modthesims, I got tired of running a tumblr and altogether I have 15,000 downloads for 8 posts. You definitely get more attention, however if you make CAS cc, the Sims resource is definitely a better choice, CAS cc is kind of ignored on modthesims.
I get what you mean about people liking the posts you don't like as much or put less effort into. I literally symmetrised a mesh in blender and got so much praise for it and then barely any praise for the mesh I put effort into and really liked.