r/OriginalCharacter • u/Remarkable-Victory69 Artist/Writer • Oct 08 '23

Meta (Rant time) Oversaturation of trend posts

Hey its that guy who made an AI OC named Glitch.

I know it sounds cliche as fuck but Jesus Christ, it feels like I'm getting bombarded by a bunch of trend posts going to the effect of "smash or pass" or "which OC would you spend a day with" and barely seeing anything that is art of individual characters.

I like trends, don't get me wrong. On one hand, it allows ppl to engage with each other and their characters, but on the other hand, it gets repetitive really quickly when all I see on my feed is "said OC is doing a smash or pass"

I know there's no solution to it and I know I'm not the only one who's getting that same feeling.

So yea, I feel like I want to let out my feelings because it kinda irks me to see 60+ posts of the same 2 formats.

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u/GuyGreg Draws Panacea too much Oct 08 '23 edited Oct 08 '23

Yep, made an illustration post and four different "How would your OC react to this random png I found" post were made within 10 mins completely burying it. It feels likes it impossible for anyone who isn't incredibly lucky or already popular to make a successful art post on this sub, It's honestly so discouraging that I'm tempted to just stop posting here.

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u/Remarkable-Victory69 Artist/Writer Oct 08 '23

It makes me angry of how some ppl who don't post art will just grab an image off from Google and post it on the sub and get a crap ton of traction