>>13732I follow artists but also use twitter to keep up with releases for new video games and manga/anime without interacting directly with people, and to check information about conventions and which artists will go there, at least at first. I also wanted to post my video game progress on twitter as soon as I got my Switch because the feature to post directly on twitter with the Switch was still there at the time, my backlog of games was getting out of control and I saw people posting about ACNH and wanted inspiration from their islands and houses, I thought why not? But I made a few mutuals along the way who are into BL and the same books and games I enjoy and when I'm very bored I post a lot more, which is usually when I'm stuck outside or at my job. I post way less when I have way more free time because I keep myself busy with better things to do. By the way, some Japanese artists are paranoid and will assume the worst if you don't actually use twitter yourself and only like and/or retweet things, especially the ones with locked account who accept anybody who's over 18 years old, so posting from time to time actually helped following more artists.
As to why twitter and not another platform, on top of the Asian fandoms staying on twitter after a shit ton of Japanese and Korean artists and fans fled tumblr around 2016/2017, it's like I said, because I could easily post screenshots on the Switch. I know how to transfer them to my phone now but it didn't work the first time I tried because of internet problems with my previous phone. It's very dumb, I know.
>>13732>There's no one even worth talking to on those sites for you to be broadcasting all your info thereThey exist in theory, but in practice it's a major pain in the ass to find random cool people to follow, especially with a certain someone buying twitter and ruining it for everyone the past few years. New rules means a lot of regular normal people who post a lot about normal topics or fan stuff are treated as bots and banned while actual bots have more views than ever. At least I never post personal info that could get me doxed and even removed lots of pictures of my recent trips overseas just in case.