for some reason i get really annoyed when artists or content creators heavily promote their stuff on sns like, im not saying they shouldn't be doing that *at all*, i get that they need a way to reach their audience, but like.. 5-10 posts about the same fucking release?? wtf bro and then you go on their profile and its like 45% posts about "hey check out this new release, buy merch here" 45% posts about "hey im gonna drop a new release soon" and 10% random shitposts i hate this trend of everyone trying to shove something up my arse and artificially creating hype out of nothing tho i cant really blame artists either, they're just trying to survive, thats their only source of income... they are just trying to outplay the stupid algo so they get recommended but somehow this behavior makes me want to stop following them at all i cant help but think "if you have to go to such lengths to promote your stuff, then its probably not that good actually"...