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canisalbus · 2 months
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is there a reason you usually answer asks with a . and talk in the tags? i got confused when i first saw that bc usually when people do that its a 'presented without commentary' thing but you do have commentary haha it feels like you're answering just in whispers like a ghost
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electrosquash · 1 year
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This may sound stupid but how do I turn off blazeable on my blogs?
And how is this bad? Again, I don't wanna sound stupid or rude. Thank you for the heads up :]
Hi! No worries, you're not the only one with these questions.
On how to turn off the option to get blazed:
On desktop you can turn it off at this link: https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/#blaze It looks something like this
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On mobile it's in the account settings menu, there's a lof of screenshots in the additions to my other post like here (i haven't updated since i got a funny little bug that lets me add polls in reblogs of other people's posts so i can't screenshot anything).
Alternatively you can also log into Tumblr in your phone's browser and use the link above there. Don't forget to do it on sideblogs that you don't want to get blazed as well! You can also change the settings per-post in the post menu. I've actually enabled it for my complaint post that's circulating because it would be really funny :D
On how it is bad:
With the way it is set up, people can blaze your posts without active consent. This can be used to bully people, by digging out old or not-adapted posts that were not meant for a wider audience and putting them on blast. This can include vent posts, opinions you might have changed since then, selfies, niche things many people might think are cringe (like 2014 self-insert omegaverse fanfics and the likes ... idk if you've seen the drama that resulted from someone blazing their fic, it wasn't pretty), posts that were only meant to circulate in your carefully curated audience, and more.
Since Blaze's are registered in many minds as advertisement many people will react negatively to them so this opens up a way to bully a lot of people. As usual, people of colour, trans people, and other vulnerable groups will get the worst of it, many are already getting deactivated regularly because of coordinated reporting harassment and since people donate hate organizations all the time they will definitely use the option to make the life of a person they're targeting living hell for 10$.
Staff thought of some safeguards but there are several fallacies:
The option to cancel a blaze before it goes live: Not everyone has access to the internet every day, and staff might accept the blaze while you're asleep / at work / on a trip / in the hospital / on hiatus. Then when you're coming back to tumblr your notes will have turned into a nightmare.
The guarantee that staff will check every Blaze manually to prevent harassment: Let's take the case in which someone's old fic get blazed against their will. How can staff know whether it was blazed with friendly intent (to promote a friend's work) or ill intent (to get people to point and laugh)? They can't as long as it's not against the Terms of Service. In general there will be many false positives (Blazes that get rejected by staff despite being innocent) and false negatives (Blazes that get accepted by staff despite being malicious). After all, the people working at tumblr are only human too. But in this case, false negatives will have devastating consequences - and extinguishing a blaze after it's live will be too late.
Many people don't follow @staff, so many people don't know about this change. In fact many people on that other post commented that they didn't know what Blazes are at all! I think i've read that they will add a login banner to tell you and check your settings, but iirc they had banners like that for the original Blaze function announcement so i don't have faith this will prevent anything.
I should clarify that i don't think the feature itself is bad at all, but it should be opt-in so only people who want to participate get blazed (e.g. art blogs). Or add an active mandatory confirmation by OP instead of a veto option, this would prevent the issues above as well, i think that would be the best option - that way people could leave the option on. I know staff are currently getting bombarded with support requests / flames (please be civil to them guys!) (also sorry. but not sorry. i didn't expect my post to blow up but also i think these are legitimately troubling concerns and i won't make the other post unrebloggable). They're aware of these issues so i hope they will change to one of these options - if they add active mandatory confirmation by OP i would enable to option globally as well (Hint hint this means more money for you, @tumblr, because otherwise many people have and will turn this feature off completely) A bit more time between announcement and go-live (4/20 iirc) would have been helpful as well.
Here's the original announcement by the way:
And since i'm gonna pin the post as long as the other post is circulating: Listen to goatbed guys!
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goldenkamuyhunting · 1 year
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Hello, I've been reading Golden Kamuy for three weeks now and yesterday I read the final chapter. Today I woke up and I started reading your blog and your metas, and it's been helping me mourn the great story that I believe didn't deserve such a wasteful ending. I feel like the characters' journey was for nothing. Just like you, I despise that the Sugiripa pairing is being implied to be canon, and I really wish Asirpa had never developed a crush on Sugimoto. In my opinion it seriously muddied the overall story and the consequent actions it would take. Ogata's death felt meaningless at this time of the plot. It's funny how one of the themes in the story is that each life has a purpose but it felt like most of the characters lost theirs in the final arc. I know I'm a bit late to the party, and the time I invested in the story was nothing compared to the people that had been following the manga for years, but I needed to get these words off my chest. I'll try to remember this series as the masterpiece it was for the first ~200 chapters.
Welcome in the world of GK and I'm sorry to also welcome you among the ones who didn't really enjoy much the final arc.
Now... should I warn everyone who's going to continue to read that this isn't a let's shower Noda with phraises feast? And that if you don't like it, the back button is your best friend? I hope not, but just in case, consider yourself warned. So...
In regard to the SugiRipa... I would have been fine if it had been handled as a phase, something Asirpa has to grow out of it.
I wouldn't have liked it much but I would have accepted it if the whole thing had been at least... postponed. Sugimoto leaves Asirpa, years go by, he comes back and, since he didn't see her in years and, since she's an adult now, he can look at her with different eyes.
Noda had seemed to imply that Asirpa was of such a young age because she wasn't meant to become a trophy for the hero to get at the end of his adventure (like it happens to way too many female characters in stories targeted to male audience), but if the SugiRipa ending was planned from the start... well, at this point Asirpa could have had just been made of the right age from the start.
Asirpa had a quite interesting motivator for her actions, which was the well being of her people, this isn't really such a recurring goal for heroines, but in the end the Ainu were sidelined because she makes clear her priority is Sugimoto (she claimed she would kill to protect him, not the Ainu and, ultimately, she shoots Ogata to protect Sugimoto) and the Ainu take a backseat in her heart.
I've nothing against characters moved by love... I like love stories... but since Asirpa has something more intriguing that could have lead her actions, prioritizing her crush for the hero felt like a downside.
Of course this is just me, I know there were people who had pushed for SugiRipa from the start and even the anime seemed fond of it (and completely erased Umeko as a love interest for Sugimoto).
As for Ogata, as far as I'm involved, it's not just that his death felt meaningless, his whole partecipation to the facts post Karafuto was of no consequence whatsoever for the story. He didn't affect the plot, neither with his life, nor with his death which is such a big clash with how, previously, whatever Ogata did seemed to spin the plot in a direction or in another.
So, as far as I'm involved, it would have worked a lot better if he had died in Karafuto. Even the whole thing with Koito, in which he shared info with him that lead Koito to figure out how Tsurumi manipulated him, was ultimately meaningless as Koito and Tsukishima still did Tsurumi's bidding till the end, and wouldn't have still be capable to follow Tsurumi due to their wounds, so the whole thing ended up being meaningless. Again, this is just me.
And I guess I could go on, actually I wanted to write a whole post on why for me the series finale was such a disappointment, but ultimately I doubt someone would be interested in it.
Who still wanders in the GK tag is likely there in search of positivity so a post of what didn't work for me is probably not what people would be interested in reading.
Again, I'm sorry to hear you also didn't enjoy the ending. It doesn't matter if you started reading a story long ago or just yesterday, it's always sad when something that you were enjoying reading stop being a source of fun and pleasure.
Please, keep enjoying the first 20 volumes as I and other people do and still welcome among the GK readers. Also, thank you for your ask!
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that-wildwolf · 6 months
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Get to know your fanfic writer!
Thank you @callista-curations for tagging me!
When did you post your first ever fanfic?
Circa 2008 I think. Let me tell you those were the wild days. FF.n wasn't really that popular and AO3 straight up didn't exist yet. You would make a whole ass entire blog. And you would post your fic on that blog. And people actually found that shit???? Wouldn't work now.
First Character(s) you wrote?
OCs actually, in the PJO fandom. I don't really enjoy writing OCs now but that's what was cool back then 😅 The first canon characters I wrote were Sarah Jane and the Doctor from Doctor Who.
Main Character(s) you're currently writing?
Well I've always got that Shakarian brainrot, don't I? Also like. Saren and Nihlus I guess.
Character(s) you haven't written about before but plan to soon?
Jolyne and Jotaro Kujo! I've still lowkey got that Eyes of Heaven brainrot, and isn't it cool to write characters that are biologically parent and child as having a sibling relationship, but I'm aware that the target audience of that fic would be uh. me. so I'm not in a rush.
Fandom(s) you're currently writing?
It's mostly mass effect. Even the WIPs I have of other fandoms are scarce among my mass effectses.
Platonic Pairing(s) you're currently writing?
Jotaro and Jolyne, definitely. Shepard and Saren is always a lot of fun to write, though my Kryterius fic mostly focuses on Shepard and Nihlus. Also fun, but not as much.
Romantic Pairing(s) you're currently writing?
Shakarian and Kryterius. I mean what did you expect? a magic trick?
Your top AO3 tags?
Interspecies Relationship(s) absolutely sweeping at 32 fics. Followed by Fluff (19 fics) and Post-Canon (18 fics). Like I said I have no idea where this idea that I'm an angst writer came from, I'm all about the fluff--
Current platform you use for posting?
I guess I might as well officially say that since finishing up my first contact Shakarian AU two years ago, I am no longer posting my fics on FF.n anymore. It's all AO3 now.
Snippet of the WIP you are currently working on?
"Saren." Nihlus is immediately at his side, one hand on his cowl and another grabbing his good arm. "Saren, you're not going to die. I'm getting you out of here. I swear."
"Shepard will never allow that."
"She doesn't have a say in this. You're my responsibility." Nihlus nearly growls at the thought of anyone getting in the middle of that. After everything he's done, the Council will have to agree if he asks. Damn what Shepard thinks. "She doesn't have the authority."
"Nihlus..." Saren shakes his head at him. His subvocals, as always, remain infuriatingly silent, but Nihlus has learned to read his body language to make up for that. He doesn't like what he's seeing: Saren's eyes are completely vacant of any emotion and his shoulders drooped. There's nothing left in him, no fight, no hope. He's given up already.
And that's something Nihlus can't accept.
“I’m getting you out of here,” he promises again. This time, he receives absolutely no reaction.
It nearly breaks his heart to leave now, but he has to. He has to get Saren out of this as quickly as possible, he can’t allow this to go on. So he quietly slips out, silently hoping that Saren isn’t looking. He wouldn’t bear to have that hopeless gaze on himself right now.
Shepard is waiting for him just outside the holding cells. Of course she is. Nihlus doubts she would ever allow anyone to make a decision about Saren that she didn't approve, or at least know, of.
Which is probably going to make things very difficult for him from now on.
"You can release him," he says simply.
Shepard, to her credit, doesn’t say a word. She just looks at him like he's just done the worst thing she could imagine. In all honesty, the flicker of rage, disappointment, and disapproval that lit up her eyes almost made him pause.
She slowly shakes her head and walks away without as much as a single look back. Nihlus isn’t sure how he feels about that.
He just hopes he hasn't just made an enemy he won’t be able to deal with later on.
Tagging (but you guys know my tags are no pressure. I won't be upset if you don't do it.) @whiskynorocks @milkywayes and @nicolasadrabbles
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debunkingtherightwing · 2 months
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Chaya Raichik AKA LibsOfTikTok is a terrible journalist who should never ever be taken seriously by anybody with even an ounce of credibility.
(but it does seem like she's really into white nationalist conspiracy theories).
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Fyi, the woman on her shirt is the person who's interviewing her. I'm not sure if that was supposed to be some kind of "own", but it just screams desperate (source: Taylor Lorenz on YouTube)
So, LibsOfTikTok (real name: Chaya Raichik) is kind of adjacent to my blog but I haven't really covered her outside of offhandedly mentioning her once or twice. This is mainly because there's not much to cover in my style. I cover videos and Chaya is an entity that exists on Twitter. However, I have always wanted to take the piss out of Chaya and I was overjoyed to hear that she did an interview with a journalist named Taylor Lorenz.
Trigger warning: Chaya is a complete infuriating bigot in this interview and if you aren't comfortable with that, maybe skip this one.
So who is Chaya Raichik?
Chaya Raichik is the woman behind LibsofTikTok, a far-right Twitter account that pushes anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that is regularly cited by blog favorites like Matt Walsh and Charlie Kirk when they are pushing their anti-LGBTQ narratives.
Chaya is most infamous for using her influence to single out people and organizations that she disagrees with.
For example, Chaya infamously targeted Boston Children's Hospital by falsely claiming that they were performing gender-affirming surgeries on minors. This resulted in no less than three bomb threats being called into the hospital.
Another prime-example of Chaya lying to her audience in order to drum up anti-LGBTQ hate in her audience would be the case of Sam. Sam is a transgender woman who lives in Georgia. Chaya used a photo of her to peddle the false statement that the Uvalde Shooter was transgender. This led to Sam facing harassment online. But we'll elaborate more on that later on in the debunk when Taylor confronts Chaya why she hasn't taken it down (spoiler alert: her answer is absolutely disgusting).
Chayaraichik.net has a pretty comprehensive list of other times when Chaya incited violence against people and organizations but the main takeaway here is that where LibsOfTikTok goes, death threats follow.
The interview comes in the wake of the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager in Oklahoma who died on February 8th after being involved in a fight in a girls bathroom. Raichik was recently appointed to a library board position in the state.
Another thing you need to understand about this interview is that there's some serious bad blood between Chaya Raichik and Taylor Lorenz that underscores the entire conversation. Taylor Lorenz was the person who broke the story that Chaya was the woman behind LibsOfTikTok which led to the entire griftosphere accusing Taylor of "doxxing" Chaya. This accusation is pretty ridiculous given Chaya's history of using her platform to demonize and single out others and the fact that her identity was thinly veiled at best.
Anyway, Chaya did this interview with Taylor Lorenz and it's....not a good look for her to say the least.
Lets get into it.
01:06, Taylor Lorenz: "So when did you start, I guess, what got you into all this? I always wanted to ask you, I know I wrote a bit about the history of your Twitter account but how did you get involved in politics?"
Chaya Raichik: "Uh, if you watch any of my interviews I talk about this all the time but uh -- just you know, COVID radicalized me."
Taylor Lorenz: "Yeah, in what way?"
Chaya Raichik: "And they were like, forcing us to wear masks and not letting us leave our homes and uh -- not letting us work and people losing their jobs and then people now forcing a vaccine, an experimental vaccine, people dying from the vaccine."
You'll notice a very clear pattern of Chaya acting like she's one of the most oppressed people in human history running throughout this interview.
If COVID radicalized her, the fact that none of the rights predictions about COVID "oppression" being used to create a left-wing dictatorship should deradicalize her. We are more or less back to normal since COVID and none of what the right was saying about it came true. As for vaccine deaths, there's no evidence linking the COVID vaccine to an uptick in deaths and most people making these kinds of claims don't have any sourcing to back up their claims. Serious side effects to the vaccine are extremely rare and all the evidence points to the vaccine saving countless lives and helping with the effort to end the pandemic.
If COVID is the thing that radicalized Chaya, which I doubt since her Twitter revolves around b ashing LGBTQ people, then I would urge her to look at the evidence and see that the bedrock of her belief system is completely bogus.
01:41, Taylor Lorenz: "So how did that get you interested in LGBTQ issues?" Chaya Raichik: "It got me interested in politics and then -- and then once I was interested in politics I stumbled upon this whole movement and I was absolutely appalled by what I was seeing."
That's code for "I saw people expressing themselves in a way that makes me uncomfortable and I decided to make a cottage industry out of making their lives miserable."
Anyway, Chaya doesn't really know anything about this issue outside of the standard right wing talking points and it becomes blatantly obvious the more she talks.
02:03, Taylor Lorenz: "Appalled by what?"
Chaya Raichik: "Um, the -- the radicalization of it, the -- the way they come after our most innocent and vulnerable population, our kids. The way that it makes -- it makes -- there's nothing logical about it. There's nothing logical about chopping off kids body parts, there's nothing logical about giving kids porn in school, there's two sexes and that's it so you know, anything out of that. It's just based on lies and nonsense."
Then Chaya would be extremely happy to hear that all of those things are a load of made up nonsense pushed by right-wing grifters looking to drum up outrage. Not that it matters as Chaya is one of those grifters and is herself completely full of shit.
Now, these narratives serve a purpose and that's to justify the demonization and oppression of an already marginalized group. By pushing these kinds of conspiracy theories on her audience, Chaya creates an easy framework that can be used as an excuse for both violence and the proliferation of the right-wing ideas that she wants implemented.
But it's interesting how when taken away from her Twitter page and put in a mildly unfriendly environment, Chaya clearly struggles to back up her own arguments and has to fall back of repeatedly debunked claims of children getting gender transition surgery. It's ridiculous.
Anyway, this next clip is pretty revealing. Here's how much Chaya knows about the people she hates so much.
02:42, Taylor Lorenz: "Did you grow up -- I know you grew up in a more conservative community. Did you know any LGBTQ people growing up? What was your exposure to that community just in life prior to sort of understanding the world through politics?"
Chaya Raichik: "Um, I never really paid attention to it."
Taylor Lorenz: "So you didn't have any LGBTQ friends or anything?"
Chaya Raichik: "No"
Taylor Lorenz: "Family members?"
Chaya Raichik: "No"
That's a pretty bad look. Especially for a self-proclaimed journalist.
Chaya just admitted that she hasn't even bothered to meet any of the people who she's devoted her entire career to hating.
Maybe if she actually bothered to meet a transgender person her worldview that they're all evil predators would be at least challenged. Unfortunately, I kind of doubt that she'd be willing to be open minded. She is a bigot and a grifter and backing off from her hateful worldview would lead to her losing her following. She's built an empire of hate and I doubt she wants to see that disappear.
03:03, Taylor Lorenz: "So your first exposure to the LGBTQ world was through -- basically through learning about it through the media ecosystem."
Chaya Raichik: "Through themselves actually, they would say exactly what their intentions are, what their whole movement is about, so I learned about it through watching their own videos."
Yes, because random videos that are on TikTok are highly indicative of the entire LGBTQ community as a whole. You don't have to go out and actually meet any of them, you just need to watch out of context clips on TikTok of....people sharing their pronouns and trans people existing.
As some of you may know, I am currently a student majoring in journalism. Here's my journalism major pro-tip of the day: TikTok is not a good place to do your research, especially when you're going to base your entire opinion of a marginalized group on the research that you are going to do.
03:32, Taylor Lorenz: "I feel like there's, especially on -- my colleagues have done great reporting on sort of, like this rift on Twitter. I know that you have a very conservative fanbase and in your comments sometimes you'll see a lot of commentary about sort of, the great replacement theory. What are your thoughts on that?"
Chaya Raichik: "What are your thoughts on your comments -- the comments on your post telling me to kill myself."
Taylor Lorenz: "Horrible, yeah horrible."
That's a massive sign of Chaya not wanting to answer the question if I have ever seen one. Whilst people telling Chaya to kill herself is wrong and isn't a productive way to address the content that she puts out, this is kind of rich coming from a person who incites violence against the LGBTQ community every day on her Twitter page.
But again, you see Chaya retreating from confronting the rhetoric that she pushes and instead playing the victim card. Plus, the "gotcha" moment was immediately deflated by Taylor immediately condemning the comments telling Chaya to kill herself. I'm not sure what Chaya thought was going to happen here. Did she think that Taylor would struggle to condemn the death threats and she'd get this big gotcha moment? If so, she has a massive persecution complex.
Chaya does this "Oh, will you condemn death threats against me" dance for a while and Taylor just keeps saying yes. Taylor finally gets to the meat and potatoes of why what Chaya is saying is ridiculous, which is that this logic clearly should also apply to Chaya.
04:21, Taylor Lorenz: "So are you saying that like, someone posts something and then attacks follow that person should answer for those attacks?"
Chaya Raichik: "No, that's not what I'm saying."
Taylor Lorenz: "Oh, OK."
Chaya Raichik: "I'm saying that they -- people like you tell me that all the time so I'm just asking if you think the same thing."
Chaya's basically pinned herself into a corner here. She's basically stated that people should be responsible for actions caused by their content, so Taylor naturally goes "Yeah, well what about you?", and Chaya's response is basically "No, not like that!"
This is embarrassing. This is what happens when you take a reactionary with no concrete positions outside of "I hate people" and actually start asking them to explain their ideas, they flounder.
Speaking of tactics that reactionaries use when put under pressure, Chaya diverted the conversation from the topic at hand which was the great replacement theory. Taylor decides to try and get things back on track. This doesn't work at all.
04:38, Taylor Lorenz: "I think it's kind of interesting, I guess -- in the conservative movement there's this ideology around sort of, white nationalism which is obviously kind of a hardline ideology that's generally been pretty critical of Jewish communities and I'm wondering, as a Jewish woman, how do you feel about sort of aligning yourself with those people and accounts? You know, you see this sort of rhetoric in your replies and I only bring it up, I'm not saying that you endorse that rhetoric, I would imagine that you don't. But how do you kind of think about those nuances when you're thinking about, kind of the audience that you're building."
Chaya Raichik: "Some of your audience says we should chop off kids body parts, what do you think about that?"
Taylor Lorenz: "I don't know what you're talking about."
Chaya Raichik: "Like, a girl says she wants to be a boy so she chops off her breasts."
I could definitely see somebody like Ben Shapiro being able to field this question by simply condemning the extremist and oftentimes antisemitic people that follow him, but Chaya can't do that because she understands that a really sizeable chunk of her base is made up of those people and it would be acting against her best interests to condemn them.
Unfortunately, her way of handling this question is simply regurgitating a heavily debunked talking point about children getting transgender surgeries. This does nothing but make Chaya look like an overly confrontational idiot who is only capable of communicating in right-wing talking points.
As for the question of Chaya being Jewish and supporting things like the Great Replacement Theory, that's a valid question. Either she has never thought about who "they" are or she simply doesn't care and both are extremely damming.
05:34, Taylor Lorenz: "I mean, I believe in gender ideology I guess. I personally -- my feeling is that I believe in personal liberty. I grew up in a town where a lot of people for their middle school graduation, women got nose jobs. I knew somebody that got a boob job at age 14 and I -- I guess I struggle to kind of understand the criticism when there's certainly no criticism of that sort of thing, right? But then there's criticism of this other sort of gender affirming you know, stuff."
Chaya Raichik: "So you're comparing a boy being allowed to chop off his penis to a teenage girl getting a nose job?"
Taylor Lorenz: "Well, just to be extra clear I don't believe that thirteen year olds are able to make those sort of medical decisions."
Chaya Raichik: "Minors are, yeah."
Taylor Lorenz: "Oh really?And where?"
Chaya Raichik: "Children's National Hospital in DC gives sixteen year olds hysterectomy's."
Taylor Lorenz: "Oh, sixteen year olds?"
Chaya Raichik: "They told me that directly, they said 'sixteen girls and younger'. That's what they said."
Alright, this phone call was not what Chaya is saying it is so lets just get this narrative out of the way.
While the recordings themselves are authentic, what Chaya left out was that the people that she talked to weren't doctors or anybody involved in providing care to patients. Chaya talked to a receptionist who provided inaccurate information about patient care whilst being badgered and pressed by Chaya about a nonexistent sixteen year old patient. The receptionists were essentially answering Chaya's questions about surgery and trying to do their job which is setting a patient up with an expert who absolutely would have stated that bottom surgery doesn't get performed on minors.
This is a complete load of horseshit meant to stoke outrage. And by the way, Children's National Hospital received threats after Chaya's post. I can't stress enough how vile targeting a children's hospital for political points is. It endangers doctors and nurses who already have difficult jobs as it is and it also puts the lives of the children being treated in the hospital at risk.
Anyway, Chaya finally gives her thoughts on the Great Replacement Theory and they naturally smack of white nationalism.
06:54, Taylor Lorenz: "Let's just get back to the great replacement stuff because I'm curious, what are your thoughts on that whole ideology?"
Chaya Raichik: " I mean, how many — there were times that — there were some months over the past three years that there were more illegals coming into our border than children being born in the U.S. Is that not — does that not look like they're trying to replace us?"
Yeah, this claim about more migrants entering the US than children being born is also a complete lie. Elon Musk has endorsed this claim because of course he did, but lets talk about it.
The tweet that originally claimed this used data from the US Customs and Border Protection Agency. The problem with this is that it doesn't represent any official data documenting how many migrants are entering the United States because that data simply does not exist. The data from the United States Customs and Border Protections Agency is about data that the CBP calls "encounters". These encounters not only encompass people who the CBP catches entering the country illegally but; people trying to enter the country legally but get denied, people who the CBP have encountered previously trying to enter the country again, and people who simply don't enter the US successfully. The notion that this dataset represents how many migrants are entering the United States is flagrantly ridiculous but if you just look at the CBP data for how many migrants they apprehend at the border, it's lower than the US birthrate.
What's more concerning here though is that Chaya has essentially given her stamp of approval to a white nationalist conspiracy theory and it gets worse the more she talks.
07:35, Chaya Raichik: "I just look at the facts and the numbers."
Apparently not closely enough otherwise she'd find the info that reveals that this claim is bogus. Seriously, it took me a twelve second Google search to figure this out.
07:39, Taylor Lorenz: "Well so, let's just give a corollary, right? A lot of Jewish people fled, you know Europe, came here also as immigrants and there's a lot of criticism towards Jewish people in those movements, in those far-right movements. So I'm just wondering, as a Jewish woman, sort of how you feel about that and your role in cultivating this fan base that might think of you as a minority, an outsider." 
Chaya Raichik: "Not all cultures are equal. Yeah." 
Taylor Lorenz: "So, I know you have a lot of concerns about educational materials and books, library books and things, especially —"
Chaya Raichik: "They're importing people who want to destroy America and who want to — who come here and do not stand for what America stands for. So, and I think, and we see it, there's time after time after time after time, they come in, they're destroying our cities, they bring crime with them, and they are bringing them in to replace us. And, yeah, I think people from various countries, they're all different." 
These are talking points straight out of the white nationalist playbook.
The replacement of the white race (who else could "replace us" be referring to?), the portrayal of migrants and immigrants as bringing crime and destruction, the outright statement that "not all cultures are equal". This isn't just saying the quiet part out loud, it's screaming it through a megaphone on full blast.
And again, in all of these alt-right circles one of the key groups that get demonized is Jewish people. I've already mentioned how terms like "globalist" and "them" are dogwhistles for Jewish people in alt-right circles but it seems like Chaya is willfully blind to this fact because she gets attention for being a hateful POS on Twitter.
This is also why I doubt the "COVID radicalized me" narrative. You don't just go from not wanting to wear a mask to repeating white nationalist talking points. While COVID might have pushed Chaya towards this world, there's a large portion between then and now that we don't know about.
I know I'm probably preaching to the choir a little here but if anybody doesn't really know who LibsOfTikTok is and reads this, here you go. The fact that she can so calmly and matter of factly repeat a talking point that was used by the Nazis to justify the holocaust should tell you everything that you need to know.
08:43, Taylor Lorenz: "Just back to the sort of, education stuff, I know that you're interested in removing a bunch of books from libraries that you consider inappropriate. I was just wondering, out of all the books that you've sort of tried to get removed, how many have you read?"
Chaya Raichik: "I've read a couple of them."
Taylor Lorenz: "Which ones?"
Chaya Raichik: "Gender Queer. I've read This Book is Gay. I've read uh, Flamer. I've read uh -- what were some of the other ones? My Shadow is Pink, It Feels Good To Be Yourself, there's so many more. Tons of them."
Just to be entirely clear, Chaya absolutely has not read any of these books or if she has she's read them in an extremely ignorant and reactionary manner that interprets them as pornography simply because they contain LGBTQ+ themes.
But the part in the middle of that quote where she struggles to remember the names of the books she's trying to ban speaks volumes.
10:11, Chaya Raichik: "I'm not trying to ban anything."
Taylor Lorenz: "So you're not trying to ban any books."
Chaya Raichik: "Who said I'm trying to ban books?"
Taylor Lorenz: "Are you trying to remove books from libraries?"
Chaya Raichik: "From public school libraries."
So, she's trying to ban books. Banning something is the act of removing something from a space and not allowing it back in. This is literally what Chaya just stated that she's trying to do.
So my answer to "Who said I'm trying to ban books?" is as follows: You just did.
10:27, Chaya Raichik: "What kind of literature?"
Taylor Lorenz: "You tell me."
Chaya Raichik: "Gay porn. Gay porn."
See, this was one of the things that Chaya bandied about as a "win" in this interview. The issue is that Chaya's idea of the definition of "gay porn" is completely filtered through her narrow minded worldview. A book simply depicting LGBTQ+ people existing is "gay porn" to her.
Parents absolutely can opt children out of courses that teach these books (although those classes are usually limited to older youth such as high school students). Chaya Raichik should not be the grand arbiter of how people parent their kids or what kids can and cannot read.
Plus, I wonder if Chaya would be equally opposed to the Bible being allowed in schools? She'd probably freak out over it on Twitter despite the Bible having scenes in it that make most of the books she's referenced look like The Very Hungry Caterpillar by comparison.
11:45, Taylor Lorenz: "How would you describe the type of sex education that you would like to see in schools?"
Chaya Raichik: "At this point I want all sex education actually removed in schools because I don't trust the schools to do it."
So, Chaya wants to ban sex ed because it seemingly acknowledges the existence of LGBTQ+ people too much. Who should we trust to write sex-ed curriculum? Chaya, a person who just admitted to believing in a white supremacist conspiracy theory and having not met any LGBTQ people before the ten minute mark?!
No sexual education is a categorically bad idea. A recent report by the American Association of Pediatrics
For example, in Texas a link has been drawn between abstinence-only sexual curriculum and unwanted teen pregnancies. A study found that areas in Texas with abstinence only sexual curriculum was being employed were above the national average in terms of teen pregnancy. Who would have thought that not educating kids about how to have sex safely would lead to more STD's and more teen pregnancy? Apparently not Chaya.
You've got to keep in mind that Chaya has no training or expertise in any of these subjects. She's a real estate agent turned bigoted internet troll. She absolutely should not be treated as an expert or put in a position where she as treated as one, which is why her position in the Oklahoma Library Board is extremely concerning.
12:50, Taylor Lorenz: "I guess, speaking of posts, you still have a post up accusing the Uvalde Shooter of being trans. Um, obviously that's been debunked."
Chaya Raichik: "Yeah, there's a community note on it."
Taylor Lorenz: "Uh huh, so why not remove that post if you are so comfortable removing posts?"
Chaya Raichik: "Because there's a community note, I think it's clear. It's obviously it was -- obviously it was unintentional. There was a watermark on it, it was from a meme account that was going around. Um, and I'm glad there's a community note so people know that that was a mistake."
This is terrible from a human standpoint but from a journalistic standpoint this makes me want to tear my hair out. You don't get to just say "I saw a meme and posted it without verifying it first" and think that's a valid excuse for publishing misinformation, that's not how journalism works! Mostly because you wouldn't have used a 4Chan meme as a source in the first place!
The banner on the LibsOfTikTok page on Twitter says "News you can’t see anywhere else" and I wonder if Chaya has wondered why you can't see that news anywhere else. It's not because the "left" is suppressing it, hell if Sinclair Broadcasting's existence has taught us anything it's that the right owns a sizeable chunk of the media. The reason you don't see the "news" on LibsOfTikTok anywhere else is because most news organizations have these things called "editorial standards" and "verification" which make it so that you can't just run your mouth off in an article without checking to make sure what you're saying is true first.
Chaya on the other hand will just find a meme on 4Chan, post it, and rake in the sweet attention and likes regardless of who gets hurt. This is not journalism, it's targeted harassment and spreading of disinformation.
Another thing that journalists do is print retractions when they get the facts in a story wrong. If Chaya wants to call herself a journalist she is to be held to the standards of one and that means that she has to retract information that she knows is false personally instead of letting Twitter do all the work for her, that's how this works.
What Chaya did meets the textbook definition for defamation. Prima face defamation in the United States is defined by these four characteristics:
1) a false statement purporting to be fact; The false statement in this case being that Sam was the Uvalde Shooter. While Sam wasn't mentioned by name, her photo being used led to people tracking down her social media account and harassing her.
2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; By posting that accusation to Twitter, Chaya was communicating the statement that Sam was the Uvalde shooter to her thousands of followers.
3) fault amounting to at least negligence; She clearly didn't check the sourcing or even wait to see if her claims were true. She just posted the meme without adhering to the most basic rules of journalism.
and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is the subject: Obviously, accusing somebody of carrying out a mass shooting is going to seriously harm somebodies reputation. Especially when the accuser has primed her audience to associate the accused's sexual identity with baseless conspiracy theories about pedophillia.
Chaya is lucky nobody has sued her for libel yet but if she keeps up this pattern of behavior it's only a matter of time, and she won't get an ounce of my sympathy when it happens.
13:16, Taylor Lorenz: "Do you believe if say, a journalist posts something factually incorrect or wrong, especially about someone else, you know if somebody was to say something factually wrong about you, do you believe they should remove that or do you think they should be able to keep that content up?"
Chaya Raichik: "Uhm, Twitter is free speech uh, you know people lie about me all the time there and they don't get --- they don't get taken down. If you want --- it has to go both ways."
Taylor Lorenz: "So you believe that people should be allowed to keep up wrong information about you and have no -- be able to keep that up."
Chaya Raichik: "Free speech is free speech."
I wonder what lies Chaya is talking about? Because as I've pointed out, many of those things that Chaya might immediately point out as lies such as her connection to incidents of harassment and violence are established in the basis of fact. Criticizing somebodies actions is significantly different from defamation as long as it's based in reality. Chaya accusing a random person of being a mass shooter just because it fits her transphobic narrative isn't based in reality, it's based in lies and bigotry.
14:01, Taylor Lorenz: "So I'm kind of curious how you square that with the letter that you sent this morning to V Spere claiming that, you know, you were gonna try to sue her for slander. You know, if free speech is free speech than why are you threatening your critics with lawsuits."
Chaya Raichik: "Well defamation is different."
Taylor Lorenz: "So would you call misidentifying a shooters sexuality defamation?"
Chaya Raichik: "Uh, no I wouldn't."
"Because defamation only applies to me and not the people I hate."
Here's the thing, in Chaya's mind she hasn't committed defamation because the person who she defamed was trans and she's already stated her hatred of trans people time and time again. She hasn't defamed anybody because that person has committed the crime of being trans in Chaya's presence.
If I'm being too subtle, this woman is starting to piss me off.
14:30, Chaya Raichik: "I wasn't the creator of that image."
But she amplified it to her massive following. If she hadn't done that, those claims would probably be a lot more obscure.
14:31, Taylor Lorenz: "Sure but you can if somebody amplified wrong information you're-"
Chaya Raichik: "You know, the media like --- like Washington Post and other places, they lie all the time. They're never held accountable, they never remove it, they lie and lie and lie. So I'm not gonna --- if you want to hold me to that level, than I get to hold you to that level as well and all the other media."
This is all she's got, "No u." See, if I was Taylor my follow up question would be "OK, name an example of us publishing a lie and not removing it."
Even if Chaya is correct, someone else lying doesn't excuse her lying. If everyone else is lying, hold yourself to a better standard. She also clearly has zero empathy for the person who she misidentified as the Uvalde Shooter.
15:21, Chaya Raichik: "Um, is there a law against lying?"
A): Defamation, while not something that can get you in jail, is a legally actionable offence so yeah it kind of is.
B): Those words coming out of your mouth should immediately discredit you as a journalist from here to kingdom come.
15:37, Chaya Raichik: "It's different with defaming a journalist like that."
Let it be put on the record that she has claimed that she's a journalist. I don't think she is, I think she's an alt-right troll, but she claims she is one. If she wants to be a journalist she needs to follow our rules, and that includes journalistic ethics which she has demonstrated a stunning lack of in her tenure as LibsOfTikTok.
They talk about Chaya's life a bit, mostly her complaining about the evil leftists lying about her nonstop. Chaya then starts to talk about Nex Benedict and Oklahoma.
20:48, Taylor Lorenz: "How do you feel about Nex's death?"
Chaya Raichik: "It's very tragic. It's horrible."
Taylor Lorenz: "Do you believe Nex should have been allowed to receive gender affirming care?"
Chaya Raichik: "She should not be allowed to go on irreversible puberty blockers or get sex change surgery."
Puberty blockers are not irreversible and the qualifications a youth has to go through are pretty long. A doctor isn't just going to prescribe a minor puberty blockers during the first session, the minor needs to have displayed a long lasting pattern of gender dysphoria.
Also, gender affirming care for youth has been shown to reduce suicidal ideation for trans and nonbinary youth by 73%. These medical treatments are valuable and oftentimes lifesaving for transgender youth.
Taylor brings up the bomb threats, Chaya brings up the "No u" argument again, and we don't need to cover that. Here's Chaya being really embarrassing about trans people.
26:11, Taylor Lorenz: "You know, if you eradicate transgenderism which I believe you suggested in a post today-"
Chaya Raichik: "I never suggested that"
Taylor Lorenz: "Ok, you reposted a post that was advocating for that. What would happen to the people that have already medically, socially, completely transitioned and are leading happy lives? What would happen to them? I mean, what's your plan for that? If transgenderism doesn't exist, which you seem to believe, what happens to all the people living happy lives as trans people?"
Chaya Raichik: "First of all, the whole 'trans' is based on a lie. You can't --- you can't change your gender."
I have a lot of trans friends who are living proof that that's not the case.
Gender itself is the social construct of the characteristics of a male, female, etc. Sex is biological.
27:16, Taylor Lorenz: "And what harm is it causing? Do you believe."
Chaya Raichik: "I like the truth, I like truth."
Taylor Lorenz: "Right, but I'm saying what's the harm of people expressing their gender identity differently than you believe it to be? What harm are they causing?"
Gee Chaya, I thought lies were just no big deal, after all there's no law against lying! Seeing her switch from "weeeelllll, you know there's technically no law against lying so when I defame an innocent person by telling my followers that they're a mass murderer it's totally A-OK" to this bold crusader for the "truth" (which is in and of itself based off a transphobic lie) is pretty glaring and nauseating.
28:00, Taylor Lorenz: "What is the material harm of them living their life as a woman or man or gender that you don't agree with?"
Chaya Raichik: "Not anything that's wrong, is there a material harm necessarily."
Taylor Lorenz: "So there's no harm?"
Chaya Raichik: "I didn't say that"
Taylor Lorenz: "So can you name a single harm?"
Chaya Raichik: "The way that it's pushed onto kids, first of all."
All she has is barging in and shouting right-wing talking points without addressing questions that are being asked. This is embarrassing.
Here's Chaya begrudgingly admitting that gender is a social construct.
31:32, Taylor Lorenz: "What if somebody said to you, you know, you're not a real woman? You're not a real woman cause maybe you don't meet these certain specific definitions of femininity."
Chaya Raichik: "That's fine, I don't care. They can call me whatever you want."
Taylor Lorenz: "But what if you would be forced to live by that system? Do you think it's fair that you would be forced to like--"
Chaya Raichik: "Is that based in like, science?"
Taylor Lorenz: "Well I don't think any of it's based in science--"
Chaya Raichik: "Well, it is. There are two sexes."
Taylor Lorenz: "Gender is a social construct"
Chaya Raichik: "Well, gender is actually made up."
She figured it out! It took her a ridiculously long amount of time but she figured it out. Granted, she immediately retracts that claim by blathering on about how there are "two sexes, zero genders, and unlimited personalities" right after (which is a quote that I'm pretty sure she stole from Charlie Kirk by the way) but at least she kind of got there.
32:25, Taylor Lorenz: "You know, a lot of LGBTQ people say that your posts cause an enormous amount of pain. How does that make you feel?"
Chaya Raichik: "How does it make you feel that your reporting on me causes me pain?"
"No u"
They talk a bit about what a public figure is and trans surgery. Chaya's arguments are stupid but not stupid in an important way. Chaya then IMMEDIATELY contradicts herself and then admits that she wants transgender people to not exists in public.
36:42, Taylor Lorenz: "Where do you, sort of, hope this will end up? You know like, all of this sort of --- the advocacy that you're doing. I know you said that you don't have a five year plan for yourself but what are some --- if you were sort of like gonna describe you're platform --- what are some thing's that you'd like to see? Meaningful changes in terms of policies, laws."
Chaya Raichik: "Oh, I want to eradicate gender ideology from public life."
Remember back at 26:11 when Chaya said that she never suggested that she wanted to eradicate "transgenderism"? Chaya certainly doesn't. But the key thing here is that what Chaya is advocating here is the complete suppression of transgender people from the public sphere, that's what she wants and that is a blatantly disgusting goal.
Conclusion:
Chaya Raichik should never ever be taken seriously by anyone ever.
From supporting white nationalist conspiracy theories to splitting hairs over the legality of lying as a journalist, Chaya demonstrated massive breaches in journalistic ethics and just generally atrocious behavior. She came off like a mumbling idiot who can only throw up right-wing talking points instead of backing up an argument. Surely this is the person you want making decisions about kids futures.
I really only did this post because LibsOfTikTok comes up a lot in the griftosphere and this is a super helpful resource to point to when she gets mentioned. On the bright side, we've found a contrarian queen for Tim Pool the contrarian king.
Cheers and I'll see you in the next one.
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If you’re here from Twitter, cool
So yeah, we know Twitter is a dumpster fire and we wish it would get better, but no. Elon Musk is planning to implement the whole “pay me $8 per month just to have a voice” thing. Yeah hell no.
Sorry but not like I can do that anyways. I wouldn’t be able to afford it anyways. In fact at least 2/3rds of people won’t be able to due to our Lower, Middle, and High social classes. And of course, Elon is on that top shelf who is spoiled with greed. He doesn’t want to hear voices, he wants money. He wants fortune. He doesn’t care about the people, he cares about what HE wants and nobody else. Reason behind him even buying Twitter was to gain and sway a major political audience, of which is only one targeted group.
In short, no one is going to be willing to pay for a subscription just to be able to talk, to have a voice. Otherwise if you continue on without paying, you’ll be shadowbanned. Everyone hates shadowban, it sucks, no one can see you or your content. And that right there is what he’s aiming to do. It’s a tactic to get you to pay. Don’t instigate his desires, show how much you hate the idea by promoting your work elsewhere or make a stand for it on Twitter by banding together. After all, it’s the numbers that count.
Anywho, aside my whole rant of this idiotic thing, I plan to revamp my Tumblr if anything goes wrong! If you came from Twitter, thanks for continuing to follow my content, it means the world to me. But I won’t be leaving Twitter if that’s what you’re thinking. But if I can’t seem to grow much more there, I plan to become active here or Instagram (though mind you, Instagram will have Sonic-only artwork, it will only act as an art-only account with no stories).
Let me run down how things will go....
If I become active here, expect multiple blogs due to the blog feature. I have a couple I’ve used before, so I’d like to get to using that feature again.
Multiple blogs would be art-only/ask blogs. Examples would be targeted towards my certain audiences who follow me for certain things. There’s my Sonic work (which I primarily focus on), Postal/Postal Dude, other fandom media, and Original works. I may make at least 3 blogs for this.
This blog (my main one) will act as a source/main blog. It will be for my original work while I’ll create other blogs for interaction, such as Sonic fanart and Postal Dude fanart. Those are my current focuses atm, so things are subject to change.
Regarding Instagram, my main account will remain as a Sonic art-only account. My secondary one (needing to be revamped) will plan to turn into an alt or maybe just a SFW-ish Postal art account.
Due to Tumblr having an extensive amount of a writing feature, I may turn my Postal blog into a / Postal sona blog as well. Lore will be added, will show how I interpret Postal content from my eyes, and etc. It’s gonna be one of those cheesy ask blogs too lol. So in short, you can ask my Postal sona questions (still thinking if I should do a take on my version of the Dude and how I perceive him, I’ll let y’all know later), ask about lore hints, ask about the relationship*, and other stuff.
*(FYI, I don’t actively ship them as a normal fangirl would. I just find their dynamic interesting and see them more platonic-like. But each to their own ig.)
Here are my current active medias if you have any questions!
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ArtistiaCons
Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/ArtistiaCons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artistiacons
My Carrd: https://artistiacons.carrd.co
Or feel free to ask here!!
OTHER BLOGS BTW:
Postal (OC lore/interactions + fanart): https://www.tumblr.com/artistia-gone-postal
Little Nightmares (OC lore/interactions + fanart): https://www.tumblr.com/artistias-little-nightmares 
Sonic (OC lore/interactions + fanart): https://www.tumblr.com/artistiacons-sonic
I also plan to go through my followed accounts and will link my current blogs later. I also have to rebrand this Tumblr to my current style and organize how I want things done. Hopefully I can get this all sorted by the end of the week since it’s so messy and lots of things were unfinished before I went inactive.
Anywho, feel free to send me asks if you want! Don’t have to be targeted toward my character and just me, but it’d be cool to have art-drawn replies goin!
Also fandom specified refs of my sona Artistia!
If you want better quality versions, check her Toyhouse profile!!
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Top 5 anime for first timers
If you are considering watching anime for the first time and don’t know where to begin, this blog will give you some options to get your teeth into.
Over the past couple of years, anime has become considerably popular outside of Japan and thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, Crunchyroll and Funimation, it has also become easier for people to access and enjoy. The rise of anime is upon us and people are wondering where to get started with it all.
With the increase in popularity, we have also found that some people are hesitant to watch it, thinking it is simply for kids. But let’s get one thing straight, when it comes to anime, age is not a factor. There are many genres of anime and some are marketed at an older audience. Seinen for example is a subset that is generally targeted at a 18–30+ year old male audience. Josei is the same age group, but towards a female audience.
But if you are looking to start your anime adventure, I wouldn’t put an age to anything. Most of us here at Anime Manga UK are in our thirties and we enjoy shonen (which is intended for a slightly younger audience). In our opinion, genre labels don't matter. The only thing that does matter is that you enjoy it.
There is something for everyone if it's a nail biting thriller, a trip to a fantasyland or even a good laugh.
If you are looking for something to watch with breathtaking storylines, vibrant characters, amazing back stories, fantastic action scenes or simply something that will leave you satisfied - then get on the anime bandwagon. Below are five anime that I would recommend for first timers:
1.   Death Note
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So, the first one on our list is the iconic show Death Note, which is full of twists and turns and is a nice short one with only 37 episodes. It is intelligently written, smartly paced, and consistently engrossing. It follows high schooler Light Yagami who discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. With this new power, Light tries to ‘cleanse the world from evil’, and effectively plays God. But hot on his heels is a fantastic detective named ‘L’. If you are looking for something to binge over the weekend, this is the one to put on. 
Watch if you enjoy shows like Dexter, Sherlock and Ash Vs Evil Dead.
Watch if you love suspense, supernatural, and psychological thrillers.
2.  Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
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If you are looking for adventure and a taste of Shonen, then Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the perfect mix of action, character development and a little bit of the feels. Only 64 episodes, it pulls you in as you go on an adventure with brothers Edward and Alphonse as they try to find the Philosopher’s Stone to restore their bodies. However they aren’t the only ones seeking the stone. Just be aware that there are two Fullmetal Alchemist shows; the first is Fullmetal Alchemist released in 2003, the other is Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, released in 2009. I would suggest watching Brotherhood as it follows the source material (manga). Sadly the 2003 version isn’t as good.
Watch if you enjoy shows like Shadow and Bone, Merlin or High Dark Materials.
Watch if you love fantasy, adventure, and action.
3.  One Punch Man
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Now when we first saw the title, we were instantly put off, but this parody show does not follow your usual anime stereotypes. The synopsis of the anime is simple. A superhero who can defeat any opponent with a single punch. It is a hilarious series which is filled with monsters doing stupid things, silly named heroes and full of dialogue that will make you laugh at every corner. If this is your first attempt at the anime genre and love superheroes, I highly recommend watching this show as it is simply brilliant and it might even draw you further into other shows like My Hero Academia or Tiger and Bunny.
Watch if you enjoy shows like The Tick, The Umbrella Academy and The Boys.
Watch if you love comedy, action, and superheroes.
4.  Fruits Basket
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Originally, we were put off by the romance element in this anime, but we're so glad we gave it a chance in the end! Even if you aren’t into soppy stuff, this is just beautifully written from start to finish and you will end up falling in love with all the characters. It is the perfect mixture of supernatural and fantasy with a dash of mystery, romance and drama added in for good measure. The anime follows a recently orphaned girl, who gets caught up in the drama of a strange family who are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac.
Watch if you enjoy shows like  Charmed, A Discovery of Witches and Grimm.
Watch if you love supernatural, romance, and mystery.
5. Naruto
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We weren't going to include Naruto as it has over 700+ episodes (if you include its second part Shippuden). But as this was one of the first shows to get us into anime, we thought it should be included. Naruto is a show that has an amazing storyline which is motivating, inspiring and entertaining. It follows the story of a young kid who wants to have recognition from her peers and to follow his dream to become Hokage (leader of the village). The show is full of amazing characters, adventure, bad-ass fight scenes and has something for everyone.
Watch if you enjoy shows like  Iron Fist, Wu Assassins and Into The Badlands.
Watch if you love martial arts, adventure, and fantasy.
Thanks,
Daydreamer & Moonflower x
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Rev Up Your Brand with Eye-Catching Custom Fleet Graphics
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Are you looking to rev up your brand and make a lasting impression on potential customers? Look no further than custom fleet graphics! These eye-catching designs are essential for branding and can help take your business to the next level. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of using custom fleet graphics, provide tips and tricks for designing eye-catching graphics, discuss the importance of choosing the right materials, showcase successful brands using fleet graphics, compare the cost-effectiveness of fleet graphics to other advertising methods, and offer advice on installation and maintenance.
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The path to 1,000 downloads per episode
The goal is 1,000 listeners by year’s end, and I will blog my progress.
Season two progress began in earnest this last week. It’s going a little slow, deliberately, (read my 2023 annual reflection), but I am well in to the initial arrangement of Chapter 5. Remember, The Thief starts out as a recording from a Dungeons & Dragons game, so “initial arrangement” is the step where I edit down the two or three-hour session into the main story. Follow The Thief on Patreon for free for more behind-the-scenes progress updates.
In my 2023 Annual Reflection, I wrote that The Thief’s slow-to-emerge product/market fit demanded attention. As a slow-to-produce and expensive story, I must choose how much time and money to spend to produce a podcast that will likely never be in the black.
And what might that look like? While I share actual numbers with my wittan on Patreon, in an advertising-only model where the average advertisement CPM is $25, we would need something like 20,000 downloads per episode to break even. So, I think I will just hand-wave that out of my mind.
But that is a target, and — I don’t know — Saturday-morning me loves a game.
Traction
In “The Phases of Podcast Growth”, 
Jeremy Enns names the trough of growth between 100 and 1,000 downloads per episode the “traction phase.” There is some validation that The Thief’s audience is out there — award nods, glowing reviews, consistent charting in niche genres — but
To move past the thousand-download-per-episode milestone, you’re going to need to get savvier with your marketing, both in the way you position and create your show, as well as how you get it in front of new potential listeners. … While the core idea might have been validated, there’s a lot of work to be done to refine it into a show makes the most of your marketing.
Jeremy’s advice rings true.
Walk before running
I have paid for a lot of advertisements but some axioms need some real research and qualification:
Does my pitch work?
Is The Thief even findable if sought
Is my audience who I even think they are?
This is pretty interesting.
I’ve already been experimenting with my answer to “What is this show?” My latest iteration is
A fully cast, low-fantasy mystery podcast, starting with the catalytic arrest of a City Watchman, leaving all to the only person he trusts: an undermarket draw-latch named "Symphony."
I don’t call The Thief an actual play — which it is — nor do I call it an audio drama. I don’t mention Dungeons and Dragons because some early anecdotal observations were that, well, people who listen to actual plays may prefer the table-relationship to the story, and The Thief all but strips out the former.
But this is more gut-feel than science, although I do have some data from prior ads that I mean to investigate.
Rough plan
I may write about this later but I’ve largely written off the value of organic social media marketing to [my] podcast growth. The CAC — or cost of new listener acquisition — is poor unless you hit the virality lotto. A good ad has exponentially more listener conversion than a good TikTok.
But I’m not doing myself any favors if I don’t question the - ah - “goodness" of that ad. I need to do the work.
The assets — the logo, the copy — resonate with the audience I want
The audience can find the show if they look it up
They can discover the show by looking up certain keywords
Ads mean I must trust the algorithm to deliver to the right people. But, there are other strategies for finding that audience. Namely, collaborate with folks who already have an audience that would like the Thief.
More on that, later.
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Jody Benson Sharp  Excellent Advice About Lead Generation That You Will Want To Read
Jody Benson Sharp Professional tips provider. One of the most difficult things to do for your business at times is to generate new leads. You must have a layered plan in which you take your business down many avenues to seek out that targeted customer base. But, your efforts must be direct and focused, so follow along with this article to gain some new ideas.
Be careful about buying email lists to use for lead generation. A lot of companies swear their lists are fresh, but quite often 30% or more of the names you are purchasing will be out of date. Prior to purchasing, negotiate with the list selling company in regard to this. You should get a partial refund if a percentage this high is noticed.
Don't fall victim to the belief that generating leads requires a big budget, because it doesn't. Talking to people over the Internet is very economical and you can be very effective if you know how to do it. Target your audience precisely, perfect the call to action and make it as easy as possible for people to plug in to your offer.
Create engaging content. Lead generation relies a lot on building trust with your product or service. Smart targeted content does a lot to help get you there. Your target audience will be more likely to do business with you if they feel you are providing great service and that you legitimately care.
Be more active on niche-relevant forums and discussion boards to generate easy leads. If you hang out where consumers ask questions, you can gather trust, brand yourself and be a go-to source for them. Not only will they appreciate your assistance, they will also most likely visit your site for more info or to make purchases!
You must make yourself known as trustworthy so that real leads benefit you. Don't overhype offers and ads. Keep your offers factual and current at all times. When you don't hide anything and treat people honestly, they are much more inclined to put their trust in you.
See if you can sponsor local events in any way. Maybe you can buy uniforms for a Little League team, or have a banner at a church garage sale. If so, be sure to show up at the event yourself so you can shake hands and get face time with potential leads.
Jody Benson Sharp Qualified tips provider. Search engine optimization can take awhile to get going, as can other lead generation techniques. While they are the best, and while some experts saying purchasing leads is a bad idea, it's not always the case. Buying leads from a trusted source within your niche can actually be extremely beneficial.
Don't forget your website! Many people create a site and then just leave it, believing that "if you build it, they will come." They won't unless you actually put some effort into it. Create a blog and update it frequently, or add new content as often as possible to the site itself.
Hold a party for your best sources of referrals. Make it worth their while to show up by providing great food, drinks and entertainment. If you show them you appreciate their help, they'll continue to bring you leads and you'll all end up better off for the arrangement between you.
If you want your website to generate leads, it needs to clearly tell people what you're expecting them to do. Do you want them to sign up for a newsletter? Be sure that the sign up form is near the top of the page and is obviously the way to do so.
Remember to consider your timing and not just your content. Great content will only be effective if it arrives to a lead at a time when they need it and will consider it carefully. When is the best time to market to your potential leads? Think about who you are marketing to in order to decide this.
One of the fastest and easiest ways to generate leads is through referrals for your services! Offering existing customers incentives for referrals, such as a certain amount of money discounted the next time they use your services, will let you have several leads quickly. It's a foolproof way to get new business!
Jody Benson Sharp Expert tips provider. Before you spend any money on a database full of leads, make sure the leads within the data are actually helpful to you. Your company needs a certain type of person to sell to. Spending money on a large database is a waste of time and money if no one bothered pre-qualifying the leads to fit your needs. You may end up with useless leads that can cost you money.
Be sure that all visitors to your site know what they are supposed to do. Review each page of your site. Make the next step in the process clear. If they aren't, change it.
Don't overlook the concept of actually paying for quality leads. It can take some time to generate leads on your own using SEO or pay-per-click methods, but paying for leads can help get your business off the ground. If you are looking to pay for leads, make sure that you do so from a reputable company.
Make sure traffic increases to the lead generator you establish. It makes no difference what you use to get leads if you aren't paying attention to the different ways to generate traffic. Your attention will always be some form of campaign that delivers people through interest to your survey or splash page.
Keep in mind that direct mail isn't dead. Direct mail may not be dead. Many marketers have turned to email, so now is the chance to make any direct mail stand out. Figure out if this method is right for you through testing and segmentation. This can help you figure out the right people to send it to without wasting your money on those that aren't interested.
Jody Benson Sharp Top service provider. Has this article helped you with direction as to what you need to do to get new leads for your business? Even if things have been working out for you, the well can always run dry. Staying ahead of the game is what it's about with getting new leads, so use the advice that has been given.
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translationwala · 4 months
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English to Hindi Translation for Business: Expanding Your Reach and Impact
Over 1.4 billion people live in India, which is a huge market. Hindi is the fourth most spoken language in the world. There’s no better way for a business to reach more people and make a bigger difference than to invest in English to Hindi translation.
Why English to Hindi Translation is Important for Business
There are many reasons why English to Hindi translation is important for business. Here are just a few:
Reach a wider audience: You can reach a lot more people if you translate your marketing materials, website, and customer service papers into Hindi. This could lead to more sales, more people knowing about your brand, and more loyal customers.
Build trust and credibility: Customers will know that you value their business and respect their culture if you talk to them in their own language. Building trust and reputation is important for success in any market, and this can help you do that.
Improve customer service: It will be easy for people to do business with you if you offer customer service in Hindi. This could make customers happier and more likely to stick with you.
Stand out from the competition: Some companies don’t want to spend money on translation. By doing this, you can show that you’re serious about doing business in India and want your customers to have a great time.
Tips for English to Hindi Translation Success
If you’re considering English to Hindi translation for your business, here are a few tips for success:
Hire a professional translator: Either do it yourself or use a service that does it for you. A professional translator will know how to make sure that your texts are correct and respectful of other cultures.
Provide context: Your interpreter will be able to do a better job of translating your papers if you give them some background information. This includes details about the people you want to translate for, your business, and the goals you have for the translation.
Be patient: It takes time and work to translate. Your translator won’t be able to do it right away.
Get feedback: Once you have your versions, make sure to get comments from people who speak Hindi as their first language. This will help you make sure the changes are correct and sound normal.
Additional Tips
Here are a few more things to keep in mind when switching from English to Hindi on top of the ones above:
It’s possible that your explanations will be longer because Hindi has more words than English.
Hindi sentences are put together differently than English sentences, so you might need to change the way you say things.
Hindi comes in a lot of different forms, so it’s important to find a translator who knows the form that people in your target market speak.
If you follow these tips, you can be sure that your changes from English to Hindi are correct, proper for the culture, and useful.
EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH TO HINDI TRANSLATION IN ACTION
Here are a few examples of how English to Hindi translation can be used to expand your reach and impact:
A global food business made its website and marketing materials available in Hindi. This caused sales to go up a lot in India.
A travel business made its brochures and website available in Hindi, which helped it get more Indian tourists to sign up for its trips.
A company that provides customer service changed its papers into Hindi. This made customers happier and cut down on the number of questions they asked.
Conclusion
English to Hindi Translation is a useful tool that can help companies of all kinds reach more people, give better customer service, and gain trust. If you want to make a bigger effect in the Indian market, it’s a good idea to spend money on English to Hindi translation.
I hope this blog post was useful. Feel free to leave a question or message below.
Source: https://translationwala.wordpress.com/2023/12/22/english-to-hindi-translation-for-business-expanding-your-reach-and-impact/
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satharmuhammed · 4 months
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  How can Digital Marketing be Used Effectively
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  The use of digital platforms, channels, and technologies    for the purpose of promoting and advertising goods, services, or brands is known as digital marketing. It includes a broad spectrum of online marketing techniques and tactics that use electronic devices and the internet to establish connections with prospective clients. The following are some crucial elements of digital marketing
Recognise Your Audience
Determine who your target market is and get to know their needs, preferences, and behaviours.
To target particular demographics with your marketing, create buyer personas.
Set Clear Goals
For your digital marketing initiatives, set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) goals.
Objectives could be to raise sales, generate prospects, increase website traffic, or raise brand awareness.
Create a Strong Online Presence
Create a reputable, easily navigable website that accurately represents your business.
Improve your website's visibility and draw in organic traffic by making it search engine friendly (SEO).
Content Marketing
Produce high-quality, relevant, and valuable content that engages your audience.
Use a variety of content types, such as blog posts, videos, infographics, and podcasts, to appeal to different preferences.
Social Media Marketing
Choose the right social media platforms based on your target audience.
Regularly update your social media accounts with compelling content, interact with followers, and leverage paid advertising if needed.
Email Marketing
Build and maintain an email subscriber list.
Send targeted and personalised emails to nurture leads, share valuable content, and promote products or services.
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising
Use paid advertising to increase visibility on search engines and drive targeted traffic.
Conduct keyword research and create compelling ad copy to maximize effectiveness.
Customer Reviews and Testimonials
Encourage satisfied customers to leave reviews and testimonials.
Positive reviews build trust and credibility, influencing potential customers.
Adaptability and Innovation
Stay updated on industry trends and technology advancements.
Be willing to adapt your strategies and try new approaches to stay ahead in the ever-evolving digital 
ADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL MARKETING
Worldwide Reach 
 You may connect with people all around the world using digital marketing. Your marketing efforts may reach potential clients anywhere in the world thanks to the internet, which removes geographical restrictions.
Cost-Effective 
Digital marketing is frequently less expensive than traditional marketing mediums like print, radio, or television. It is a feasible choice for small and medium-sized businesses since it enables them to reach a broad audience on a reduced price.
Targeted Advertising
Digital marketing systems offer advanced targeting capabilities for targeted advertising. You may target your advertisements to particular regions, hobbies, demographics, and behaviours to make sure the right people see your message.
Measurable Outcomes 
 One of the main benefits of digital marketing is the real-time measurement and analysis of campaign performance. Analytics tools help you improve and optimise your strategy for better outcomes by giving you insights into various metrics including website traffic, conversion rates, click-through rates, and more.
Engagement and Interactivity 
Interactive and captivating campaigns are made possible by digital marketing. Businesses and their audience can communicate in both directions through social media, email marketing, and other methods, building stronger bonds and increasing brand loyalty.
Flexibility and Agility 
Based on real-time data and input, digital marketing initiatives may be swiftly modified and tailored. Businesses are able to react quickly to shifts in the market, consumer behaviour, and trends thanks to this flexibility.
Personalisation 
 You may give your audience experiences that are tailored to them with digital marketing. Conversion rates rise when content and offers are customised for particular users or market categories. This makes your marketing efforts more relevant.
24/7 Availability 
Because online platforms are always open, businesses may interact with their audience at any time. This continuous accessibility is especially helpful for global viewers who reside in various time zones.
Brand Development 
 Consistent brand messaging across several internet media is made possible by digital marketing. Customers will find it easier to identify and trust your brand as a result of this aiding in the development and reinforcement of brand identification.
Easy Sharing and Virality
Digital material is easily shared on social media and other online platforms, which encourages word-of-mouth advertising and the possibility for viral campaigns that can quickly reach a large audience.
Data-Driven Decision Making 
 Businesses are able to base their judgements on real performance measures thanks to the availability of data and analytics solutions. To maximise return on investment and optimise marketing initiatives, a data-driven strategy is essential.
Drive Success through Digital Marketing Expertise
IPCS GLOBAL PVT LTD
One of the largest brands in India's digital marketing training market is Areva Digital, the digital marketing division of IPCS Global. Since its start, Areva has maintained its position as the market leader in the training industry. We are pleased to have trained and placed over 4000 candidates nationwide, producing a large number of digital entrepreneurs in different IT parks. Areva focuses on a variety of hands-on training techniques to prepare our students. As an extra benefit, all applicants receive free internships to gain more experience working with our Digital Marketing Service department, which serves top MNC clients around the nation.
The number of people pursuing careers in digital marketing is constantly rising, and in order to stay ahead of the competition and have a better career, one must stay up to date on the most recent developments in the industry. This is the point at which there is a need for digital marketing education. Every day, the number of people creating social media profiles is skyrocketing. As of right now, 57% of people worldwide use the internet, and that number is expected to rise in the upcoming months. Asians make up about 49% of internet users, and they also spend more time online overall.
DIGITAL MARKETING IPCS GLOBAL KOCHI
Since its founding in 2008, our headquarters have always been in Kerala State's Metro City. IPCS has been a significant player in the market ever since. Situated in the heart of the city, everyone can effortlessly travel there by rail, bus, or metro. IPCS Cochin usually makes students from Cochin, Thrissur, and Kottayam laugh. Here, overseas students as well as distant learners from different Indian states receive instruction. Because IPCS Global Training Programmes are so well-regarded and cutting edge, students from many other countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana, Canada, South Africa, Malaysia, etc., frequently come to our facilities to obtain training.
Because Cochin is the location, all of the main offices—including those for technical, HR, and placements—are there.
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"Certified Marketing Management : Navigating the Dynamic Landscape of Modern Marketing"
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Our Certification in Marketing Management is a valuable credential that will demonstrate your expertise and knowledge in the field of marketing. Our certification program is designed for the professionals to equip them with the necessary skills to develop and implement effective marketing strategies, analyse market trends, and drive business growth. This course will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of marketing principles, consumer behaviour, market research, branding, and digital marketing.   
In today's business landscape,successful marketing strategies are key to standing out from the competition and captivating the hearts of customers. Marketing is an art which has transformed dramatically, driven by technological advancements and changing consumer behaviours. Certification in Marketing Management is an intensive and comprehensive program for a seasoned marketer looking to enhance his skills or a fresh graduate eager to make their mark in the industry.
Let's have a look at the effective marketing strategies : 
Know Your Target Audience - To know your target audience is to understand them which is the base of any successful marketing campaign. It involves conducting market research to identify your ideal customers, their needs, preferences, and pain points. Tailor your messaging to resonate with them.
Create Compelling Content - Content marketing is a powerful strategy to focus on providing solutions, educating, entertaining, or inspiring your audience. Content marketing is not just writing, it is to produce high-quality, valuable content in various formats such as blog posts, videos, infographics, and social media posts. 
Leverage Social Media - As we all are aware that social media is an excellent tool for engaging with your audience and promoting your brand. Leveraging social media platforms is to choose the platforms that align with your target audience and share relevant content regularly.
Utilise Influencer Marketing - Influencer Marketing if used correctly is also a powerful tool. It requires you to collaborate with influencers in your industry who have a significant following and a strong influence over your target audience. Their popularity can help you to enhance your brand's credibility and reach.
Email Marketing - Email marketing is to send bulk messages to no.of people using B to C tools. It involves sending personalised and relevant content, promotions, and updates. 
Optimise Your Website - To optimise a website is to ensure that your website is user-friendly, mobile-responsive, and optimised for search engines. Websites should provide valuable information, clear calls-to-action, and easy navigation to encourage conversions.
Host Webinars and Events - Webinars and Events work as a powerful tool for demonstrating expertise, engaging with your audience, and generating leads.
Measure and Analyze Results - Companies should keep analysing their marketing campaigns using analytics tools to track the performance. It will help you to identify what works and what needs improvement. This approach will help you refine your strategies over time.
Collaborate with Complementary Brands - Collaborating with other businesses will complement your products and services. Partnering leads to co-marketing efforts which can expand your reach and attract new customers.
Customer Testimonials and Reviews - Customers' opinions are also important. Companies should encourage their customers to leave feedback and showcase it on your website and social media. It helps to build trust and credibility for your brand. 
Our Online Marketing Course is not just a certification program; it is a transformative journey that equips you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to excel in the ever-changing world of marketing. In which you will discover new horizons, unravel innovative approaches, and embrace the challenges with enthusiasm. 
Remember, in the world of marketing, creativity has no bounds and innovation is the key to unlock extraordinary possibilities. Embrace change, stay curious, and continue exploring the frontiers of marketing excellence.
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triffidmarketingpvtltd · 10 months
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How To Build a Social Media Community?
Social media has taken over traditional means of marketing as well as the conversation surrounding means of marketing. With almost 4.20 billion social media users in the world, it’s understandable how wide and far reaching it can be. Delivering valuable content has become easier yet highly competitive.
More and more businesses have moved to the digital space to promote and bring awareness towards their products and services. With so much content and information being delivered to customers and users online, the reading span has also reduced. It means you have to concise your content and present it in a manner that’s impactful and leaves an impression. Social media has become a day to day routine, a platform where billions of people across demography spend at least 3 to 5 hours per day. As business owners it’s wise to include digital strategies in your marketing plan for amplifying the reach of your business.
Everyone talks about content marketing, social media marketing, strategy but very few people talk about a social media community with engaged followers on social media platforms. Majority business owners and entrepreneurs are focused on pumping content endlessly without much engagement, waiting for one post to go viral. The most important thing that business owners should focus on should be community building. Building a community is vital to creating a safe space for your customers. It’s an ongoing process and to yield its benefits you have to keep working towards building your community. There is no short cut towards building a social media community. It’s all about creating meaningful content that your followers engage with positively.
Let’s start that conversation today and understand the basics of social media community building and how it’s vital to your business and growth that’s fueled with shared values.
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY BUILDING?
Social media communities are basically online properties where members with similar interest can share their experiences and start a conversation. With such a wide network across demographic social communities are much like your neighborhood club or a theatre show you catch at the stage. To understand more about the true purpose of social communities, let’s understand the 3 reason behind it first-
1.Communities of Interest: As the name suggests, these communities are more about common interests and things that interest people in general. Topics, discussions that are conducted on a daily basis, which are visited more often.
2.Communities of Task: This structure is based more on peer reviews, classified ads, action or research. People with a goal, to seek information or knowledge about something can be classified as a community of tasks. This may not be as often visited by it also depends on credibility and usefulness.
3.Communities on Vocation: As the name suggests it focuses on professional need and connections. LinkedIn is a great example for communities on vocation. It not only fosters relationships professionally but also helps employers seek employees and job seekers look for jobs. It’s a professional relationship builder which helps you connect with industry experts, business owners and professionals from various fields. Social communities like these can help you gain access to knowledge, opportunities, and experiences. It’s a great way to connect and foster relationships.
BUILDING A SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY
Social communities are not just built by merely joining them, it grows only when you engage with them consistently and consciously. And the only way of knowing who your target audience is? And who’s engaging more? Is by sharing your content, thoughts and ideas.
Follow Up: The next step after you have engaged with your audience is to follow up. Look over, research and find out who has connected with your content on a deeper level and speak to them. Send them a link to your blog, or your posts which have been up. Maybe a funny meme you created for a brand, or just a value addition post.
Start a conversation with them. Ask for their opinions and input on the blog or post they interacted on. By doing so you’re engaging and inviting them to your internal community and making them a part of the conversation. This is a continuous process, connecting with people and starting meaningful conversations will make them feel a part of the community. Slowly this community will grow with more members and interested parties who will have the similar inclination towards your message, your goal, and the products and services you’re selling and promoting.
What to Post?: There’s a constant battle for content creators, content strategists to decide what to publish. What’s more engaging and impactful? There’s a constant overlap between what marketers post and what consumers want to see. More and more marketers are focused on telling a story, inspiring their consumers, sales and discounts, teaching, showcase, ets. The educational aspect is one constant between both marketers and consumers.
For a more engaging social community one needs to align their purpose with their business model. It should be something that aligns from the top to the bottom of the hierarchy. It is to be committed to your purpose of building a community that resonates and speaks in lines of your own morals and values. And this happens only through constant and consistent engagement. Brands should not only market but also take on the role to educate, provide tools and techniques and ways to achieve goals, something which will be a win-win situation for all.
Value is the essence of building communities and should be taken as the core service to the consumers. https://medium.com/@CarolForden/how-to-build-a-brand-community-using-social-media-e36532097a8b
Communication: One of the most important aspects of social community building is to communicate. No matter how huge your business or brand is, if you refuse to communicate, reply back on reviews, answer questions, you’re sure to lose your consumers. Communication is super essential as it adds a human touch. Studies show that around 57% of people will stay committed to your brand or business if there’s some form of human connection.
If you are a business, where being able to communicate with you is tough, not accessible most people will lose interest and move along. It’s very important to be reachable. It creates a connection that people don’t forget and that feeling makes them a committed member of your community. Always keep the mode of communication easy, accessible and reachable.
Get involved: It’s very important to get involved in the activities of the group to be truly a part of it. Whether it’s a facebook group, twitter, or LinkedIn, don’t just sell your product/service, connect with people on a personal level. Doing so makes the people interacting with you feel a sense of belonging and personal touch.
Use Instagram stories where you can conduct various polls, quizzes or just ask me questions. These formats are a great way to engage with your consumers and community members. This not only helps you understand the popular opinion but they understand you as well. It creates a connection and fosters a one-to-one relationship.
Giveaways: Giveaways are a great way to connect with your community and they are a way of saying thankyou for their constant support and involvement. It’s become more than easy to conduct giveaways on social media platforms that it was earlier. These contests boosts engagement but also excitement and brand awareness. Giveaways can be conducted on any social media platforms, always make sure your giveaway visuals are impactful and eye-catching, that’s what’s going to interest your consumers first hand.
HOW TO GROW AND ENGAGE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY
It’s very important to be creative and think out of the box if you want to grow and engage your social media community. Let’s take a loot at some smart ideas to stir the pot when it comes to boosting engagement.
High Quality Images: According to a study an image post gets 179% more interaction and engagement than any other format. That’s a pretty big number to avoid using high quality images to pass your message ahead. Always focus on the bigger picture, every picture and post tells a story and focus on that. There are endless creative ways to make your image look engaging. Use them to boost engagement of your social media community.
Share your experiences and success stories: Always make your community a part of your success. Share your experiences, success stories, and setbacks. It fosters personal connection and keeps them in loop for the activities. Make every story a shareable moment. Highlight these sections of your journey and make the most of it.
Share responses: Whether you’re conducting a quiz, question answer round or just polls, always share responses. This gives the community members a boost of confidence that you’re interested in their answers and share the outcome with the community. Always like and share content and give a shout out when necessary.
Emotional connect: Don’t always be looking to sell your product/service, Making personal and emotional connections is equally important. Engaging content doesn’t always have to be related to your business, it can be something as simple as a quote, a thought, some meme or video you liked. This gives them a moment to reflect and laugh. By doing so you’re creating an emotional connect with your social media community. Be transparent: As a business owner be transparent with your social media community. Show them all aspects of your business. Behind the scenes, the process, how you approach a situation, or anything that you recently went through and how you tackled the setback. This loops your social community and gives them a sneak peak into the life of your business. It creates a personal connection and ads value in their lives by learning through your experience.
Don’t shy away from asking help: Never shy shy away from asking for help or advice. It can be anything from reading a blog post, to deciding some content option, to helping in research study. It’s a great way in making the members and potential consumers feel like they are as much part of the organization.
Tag and Reviews: Always tag influencers, pages that you think you liked, not that someone used your reference. It’s a great way to interact with other businesses and people to add and engage to your social media community. Apart from tagging, always share reviews and testimonials. Lot’s people review testimonials before they buy a product or use a service or even join a club or community. Reviews are an extremely important part of your strategy to engage more people in your social media community. Honest reviews always hit the right nerve and forces the person to consider their options.
Use the right Hashtags: Relevant hashtags have been doing wonders for a while now. They not only increase engagement but drive people to your page while searching for something similar. It brings you a wider audience and more traction. Remember to research before you incorporate this strategy as it may not work equally on all social media platforms.
Make sure to always be well informed and one step ahead in your research. With hundreds of trends going on social media platforms it’s very important to be aware of them at the right time. Engaging to your community that’s trending also helps them look out for you in the future with hope to see some interesting creatives. Once you learn what works for you, it should be easy to navigate your way ahead in boosting your social media community.
Final Thought!
Social media community building is a great way to boost engagement, brand awareness and to promote your business. But more than just business, it’s a great way to build a community with similar core values, similar thoughts and beliefs. It’s about starting a conversation, sharing a purpose and a mission and working towards it.
More than just creating a social media community for your business it’s about creating a community where you can share your experiences, ask for advice and create a sense of belonging and a personal connection. Social Media Communities have grown tenfold and have become a core point creating personal connections with people from all ages, ethnicities, all parts of the world with similar thoughts and values.
Always strive to create a community, because that’s what will stay and motivate you to do better and move along.
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7 SUCCESSFUL WAYS TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO SOCIAL MEDIA
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Social media has developed into a potent tool for increasing traffic to websites and blogs in the current digital era. Utilizing social media, which has billions of active users across numerous platforms, can greatly improve your online exposure and drive more traffic to your website. But simply being present on social media is insufficient. Effective strategies must be put into practice if you want to optimize your potential for traffic. This blog post will go over seven excellent suggestions for increasing your social media traffic. 
IDENTIFY THE TARGET MARKET:
Clearly defining your target demographic is crucial before beginning social media marketing. You can better target your content and interact with them if you know who your ideal visitors are. Find out about their preferences, hobbies, and demographics by conducting research. You may use this information to produce content that appeals to your audience and persuades them to visit your website. 
CREATE AND OPTIMIZE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS:
The initial point of interaction for potential visitors is through your social media platforms. Use pertinent keywords, intriguing descriptions, and eye-catching photos or logos to optimize your profiles. Make sure your profile contains a direct link to your website so that users can easily explore and discover more details about your company or blog. 
ENGAGING AND RELIABLE CONTENT:
Developing top-notch content is crucial to generating traffic from social media. Create a content plan that is in line with the tastes and interests of your audience. Publish compelling information frequently, including blog posts, infographics, videos, and attention-grabbing pictures. Include social media sharing buttons on your website to motivate users to spread the word about your content to their contacts, so extending your audience. 
IMPLEMENT RELVANT HASHTAGS:
Hashtags are effective marketing strategies that can help your social media posts gain more exposure. Use hashtags that are pertinent to your niche or sector and that you have researched. Including popular or trending hashtags in your postings can assist spread awareness of your material and increase traffic to your website. Nevertheless, be careful not to overuse hashtags since this may come off as spammy or clog up your articles. 
USE SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING AS A TOOL:
Even when organic reach on social media networks has dwindled over time, paid advertising can be a successful strategy to drive targeted traffic. On websites like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, there are a variety of advertising options available to target specific audiences based on their demographics, interests, and behavior. To increase the visibility of your website and attract people who will likely find your material interesting, invest in targeted advertising campaigns. 
ENGAGE AND CONVERSE WITH YOUR AUDIENCE
Building connections and cultivating relationships are the main goals of social media. Actively interact with your followers by leaving prompt, sincere responses to their comments, questions, and messages. By liking and commenting on their postings, you may express your gratitude for user-generated material like shares and mentions. Users are more likely to visit your website to learn more after this connection since it fosters loyalty and creates trust. 
ANALYZE AND IMPROVE
Analyze your social media activities frequently to increase traffic. Track important metrics including reach, engagement, click-through rates, and conversions using social media analytics tools. Determine which tactics and content categories are most effective, then adjust your subsequent efforts. To get the best results from your social media strategy, it’s important to constantly experiment with different strategies, track the outcomes, and make adjustments. 
Implementing these seven tips will help you drive more traffic from social media to your website or blog. You may dramatically raise your online visibility and draw more visitors by identifying your target demographic, tailoring your profiles, developing interesting content, utilizing pertinent hashtags, utilizing social media advertising, interacting with your audience, and tracking your progress. Don’t forget that the secret to social media success is consistency, inventiveness, and sincere engagement. Use this advice right away. 
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Powerful Digital Marketing Strategies That You Should Steal in 2023
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Are you tired of the same old digital marketing strategies that just don't seem to cut it anymore? Are you ready to take your business to the next level and stand out from the competition in 2023? Look no further than Attractive Web Solutions! We have compiled a list of powerful digital marketing strategies that are guaranteed to steal the show and leave your competitors in the dust. From interactive content to personalized experiences, get ready for some game-changing tactics that will revolutionize your online presence. Don't wait until it's too late, start stealing these strategies now!
Google Ads
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As the world’s largest search engine, Google receives over 63,000 searches per second. That’s over 5.6 billion searches per day! So, it’s no surprise that businesses want to get in front of their customers when they’re searching on Google. And the best way to do that is by using Google Ads.
Google Ads is an advertising platform that allows businesses to create ads that appear at the top of the search results page when someone searches for a related keyword. These ads are called “sponsored results” and they can be a great way to drive traffic to your website and generate leads or sales. To get started with Google Ads, you’ll need to create a campaign. A campaign is a group of ad settings that control how your ads appear and where they show up. You can create multiple campaigns for different products or services and target different audiences with each one. Once you’ve created your campaign, you’ll need to write your ad copy and choose your keywords. Keywords are the words or phrases that people use when they search on Google. When you choose keywords for your ad, you’re telling Google which searches should trigger your ad. You’ll also need to set a budget for your campaign. This is the amount you’re willing to spend on your ads each day.
Social Media Advertising
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Social media advertising is one of the most effective digital marketing strategies out there. By targeting your audience on social media, you can reach a large number of people with your message.
To create a successful social media ad campaign, you need to start by identifying your target audience. Once you know who you want to reach, you need to create compelling content that will resonate with them. Your ads should be visually appealing and include a call to action that encourages users to take the desired action. tracking your results so that you can adjust your strategy as needed.
Content Marketing
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Content marketing is one of the most powerful digital marketing strategies that you can use to grow your business. By creating and distributing high-quality content, you can attract new customers and leads, build trust and credibility, and increase your visibility online.
There are a number of different types of content that you can create, including blog posts, articles, ebooks, infographics, videos, and more. The key is to create content that is relevant and valuable to your target audience. When creating your content marketing strategy, be sure to consider the following: 1. What type of content will be most effective for reaching my target audience? 2. How often will I need to create new content? 3. What are my goals for my content marketing strategy? 4. Who will be responsible for creating and managing my content? By taking the time to answer these questions, you can develop a powerful content marketing strategy that will help you achieve your business goals.
Influencer Marketing
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Influencer marketing is a type of marketing that focuses on using key leaders to drive your brand's message to the larger market. Rather than targeting a large group of consumers, you instead target those with influence over potential customers.
This strategy can be used to reach out to new markets or to solidify your brand in the minds of existing customers. The key is to identify influencers who already have a strong relationship with your target audience. There are a number of ways to find influencers. You can use social media listening tools to identify individuals who are talking about your brand or industry. You can also look for existing relationships between your brand and influencers. Finally, you can use online search engines to find bloggers and other content creators who might be interested in working with you. Once you've identified potential influencers, it's important to reach out and build a relationship with them. This can be done through social media interactions, email outreach, or even face-to-face meetings. The goal is to get them to talk about your brand in a positive way. In return for their promotion, you may offer influencers compensation in the form of free products, exclusive access, or monetary payment. It's important to find an arrangement that works for both parties and that provides value for the influencer. When done correctly, influencer marketing can be a powerful tool for driving awareness and sales for your business.
Search Engine Optimization
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If you want to stay ahead of the competition, you need to keep up with the latest digital marketing trends. And, one of the most effective ways to do that is to "steal" successful strategies from other businesses. Here are some powerful digital marketing strategies that you can steal: 1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) One of the best ways to drive traffic to your website is to optimize it for search engines. This means making sure your website is designed in a way that makes it easy for search engines to find and index your content. For example, use keyword-rich titles and descriptions, and structure your articles and pages using proper headings and subheadings. By doing this, you'll ensure that your website appears as high as possible in search engine results pages (SERPs), which will result in more traffic and leads. 2. Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC) PPC is a type of online advertising where you pay a fee every time someone clicks on your ad. It's an effective way to drive targeted traffic to your website, and it can be very profitable if done correctly. To get started with PPC, choose one or more relevant keywords and create ads that target those keywords. Then, set a budget for how much you're willing to spend per day or per week on your PPC campaign.
Email Marketing
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Email marketing is a powerful digital marketing strategy that can be used to reach a wide audience with minimal effort. It is an effective way to stay in touch with customers and prospects and can be used to build relationships and drive sales. Email marketing can be used to send newsletters, announcements, promotional offers, and other types of content. It is a cost-effective way to reach a large audience and can be customized to target specific segments. When planning an email marketing campaign, it is important to consider the goals of the campaign, the target audience, the content of the message, and the best time to send the message. Email marketing can be a great way to boost sales and build customer loyalty.
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