Even if you get likes on X, it has nothing to do with your own worth

"Even if you get likes on X, it has nothing to do with your own worth"

⇑ I tell this to myself too, but I don't think it's very relevant.

I'm going to say something a bit vulgar, but honestly,
"Likes = Number of sales"
is not true.

I have never experienced a situation where having many people like my posts on X led to an increase in people buying my work at conventions or through mail order! In fact, sometimes people don't even show up even if I get likes.

People have various reasons for liking things, but do people who worry about likes press the like button on every article they read just because they "love it~♡♡♡"? Don't you ever like things out of social obligation, because you think "Oh, that's nice," or to "read it later"? I do.

Or perhaps there might even be negative emotions involved.

Of course, I am happy when the number of likes increases. That is because even if I don't know the feelings of the person who pressed it, there must be people who truly pressed it with a "Like!" feeling. (If you get 100 likes, the odds of all 100 being malicious are as low as winning the lottery; it would be quite a feat.)

Also, I think it depends on what people who get depressed thinking "I have so few likes..." or "I'm not getting any likes..." are looking for in those likes.

If your self-esteem rises every time you get a like, I can look at you with pity, thinking, "Well, I guess you'll never have confidence," but self-esteem doesn't actually go up from likes.

Or do you get one yen every time you get a like? Well, in short, what I want to say is,


what are you looking for in likes?

I do doujin activities, but whether I promote them on X or not, the number of people who come doesn't change. That's why I use X purely as a place to record the progress of my original illustration practice. (I used to do fan art, but now I enjoy original work too much.) So I don't even seek promotional effects from X. People don't come even if I promote, and people come even if I don't! (But just to inform my followers, I will make reports from now on (until now, it was mostly same-day reports) and mail-order reports.) When I get a like, I say "Thank you!" with all my heart (since the person who liked it probably doesn't want to be thanked, I don't put it into words, but I intend to give back by continuing to put out work).

I think SNS is a place for interaction, but at the same time, it is also a place for socializing.

In other words, it is a place that has the meaning of a school, and also a place that has the meaning of a company.

Some people enjoy chatting with friends, while others use it as a business, that is what it means.

For those who expect something from likes, if you are using it in the sense of a school, aren't you perceiving it as being excluded by your friends? I have that too!! (´;ω;｀) Like, "You retweet and support other followers, but you don't even like my posts! Hey, did I do something?! Did I not?! Sorry about that!" (fast talk)

Also, I think people who use it as a business keep that kind of chatting among friends to a minimum and think about whether their statements or promotions will benefit them. And those promotions are just promotions; they aren't demands for everyone who bought it to buy more, right? If you were staring at a train or bus advertisement and someone came up to you and said, "Are you interested? This is a good ad, right? Please come and buy it! What, you're just looking? Are you mocking me? Is our product not worth that much to you!?" and started badgering you or crying, wouldn't you be troubled? You'd be like, "Please calm down for a second." That is neither sales nor promotion; it could end up being pushy sales or even harassment...

It's better to use X casually.

Just saying "Listen, listen!" and telling your friends you wrote a work, like telling them a nice cafe opened in the neighborhood, or even if you use it as a business, it's fine to just observe the minimum etiquette as a working adult. It's not good to threaten people, is it? "If you don't buy it, I'll quit my doujin activities..." and so on. Of course, it's up to the individual whether to quit or continue doujin activities, but "If you don't do XX, I will do YY" is a threat, isn't it? Because the person being told that might think, "It's my fault if I don't buy it." (I was the type who thought that. I don't anymore.) I don't think that now. No matter how much I like an author, if they say something like that, it's a turn-off, and if the work was interesting, it's a huge shame, but I'll just give up on it easily. If it's the voice of someone aiming to be a professional author, I actually welcome it. I wouldn't be unhappy if a rival disappeared. If someone says, "Hold my hand and run with me, okay? If you let go, you'll fall!", I'd gladly let go and run at full speed.

Where are the highlights of your work?

In the article I posted yesterday, I said something similar in 【Both manga and novels are "sales" in the sense of delivering them】, but it is "Your happiness is not something someone else will deliver to you!"

To everyone lamenting, "No one likes my work" or "No one buys my books,"
I really want to ask you one thing:
"Give me the highlight of your work in one sentence!!!"
I'm not asking you to tell me the story.
I'm just asking for
"the highlight in one sentence," please.

If it's short, three lines is fine, but
X and fan conventions are similar in that there are tons of other posts and works being uploaded.
I don't really know the strategy for X, but at a convention, no one moves through the venue as fast as they do on X (because you're not allowed to run).
Even so, they are just glancing. There aren't many people who will stop at each booth to read a book carefully (not that there are none, there are some).
In that environment, it is important to
"clearly" and "make an impression"
on those who are just glancing.

Conventions are a battlefield

Haven't you heard that conventions are a battlefield?
People are putting their lives into this.
If you can't explain in one sentence the selling point that will catch the eye of people who are desperately searching for their own fetishes and make them think, "I want to buy this!", then you won't get anywhere.

For example,
if you were starving, famished, and wanted to eat something as soon as possible, and someone was leisurely explaining to you, "How about this menu? It uses ingredients from a specific region...", wouldn't you think, "No, thanks!" and run away to find another shop?
If you can't explain the synopsis in one sentence, you lose the desire to buy at that very moment.
You must not let the buyer regain their composure (serious face).

Also, when asked for "a one-sentence selling point," honestly,
don't try to talk about "the story of your work."
I'm asking you to explain clearly
"what kind of person" is looking for "what kind of thing," like "I think this will resonate with people like this!"

It's fine to state the fetish you poured into the work,
it's fine to include your frustrations,
it's fine to say "I've got a cute character here,"
what they are looking for is,
"My work fills the void in the hearts of people like this."

"I have everything like a four-dimensional pocket"is not what they are looking for in a single circle.
(In the first place, I've never found what I was looking for at a place that claims that.)

They are looking for the "strength" that only that circle has!

When eating out,
which sign is easier to understand and easier to enter: a shop that says "We have everything!" or a shop that says "We have spicy mapo tofu that will make you sweat!"?
Of course, I'm bad with spicy food, so if those were the only two options, I'd go into the former... (That's not what I'm trying to say.)

Oh, this got too long.
I'm going back to work now. See you later.