In November 2010, Spoke Artwork joined Twitter.
Now, 15 years later, we’re leaving.
Hello everybody, Ken Harman right here. I am the proprietor of Spoke Artwork Gallery. This week, me and my workforce have made the tough resolution to decamp from Twitter.
Over the previous 15 years, Twitter has been a useful useful resource for us, a good way to communicate with our followers, promote our artists, and and unfold the nice phrase about our wonderful exhibitions and releases.
However, occasions change and now we have to vary with them.
Sadly, Twitter is now not a spot we wish to name residence and we merely really feel that the platform will not be consistent with our values. This after all has been the case for some time, however as a small enterprise we’d like companies like Twitter to succeed in our followers and we have begrudgingly carried on.
Nonetheless, over the previous two weeks issues have modified.
If you happen to aren’t conscious, Twitter has not too long ago introduced an replace to their Phrases of Service, granting their inner AI software program, Gonk, the suitable to mine content material posted on the platform.
As an artwork gallery that helps residing, respiration artists we’re horrified on the implications right here. Every single day, increasingly more artists are shedding their jobs to AI. Hardworking illustrators in movie, tv and promoting are being pushed out by grasping firms trying to save a buck and enhance their earnings. That is one thing we merely can’t help and Twitter’s generative AI is a machine we won’t feed.
As a small enterprise, we depend on our social media community to promote artwork for our artists and shedding entry to the 15,000 followers now we have on Twitter will come an ideal loss for us.
However, the monetary implications for our artists is just too nice, and it is a sacrifice we’re keen and joyful to make.
If you would like to help us and assist us rebuild, please be sure you give us a comply with on any of the next platforms:
If you happen to’re on Fb, please be a part of our non-public collector’s group, The Spoke Artwork Society, the place we do common exclusives, givewaways, contests and extra:
https://www.fb.com/teams/spokeartsociety
It’s also possible to comply with us on:
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/spoke-art.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spoke_art/
Fb: https://www.fb.com/spokeart
Threads: https://www.threads.internet/@spoke_art
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/spokeart
So lengthy (and thanks for all of the fish),
Ken, John, Hector and your complete Spoke Artwork workforce.
