Tip for those seeking more community engagement on Bluesky: Instead of always expecting people to come to YOUR profile & Liking/replying to YOUR posts, spend regular time seeking out OTHER people's accts & interacting (Liking/replying/sharing) with THEIR posts. More #BlueskyTipshere#KidLit 🧵👇🏼

i feel like I'm being called out for something I don't have control over. I do try to interact with other artists and comment and repost but all I seem to get in response is them liking my comment.

if I dont have the spoons to comment on a post I at the very least try to boost it by like/reposting when I can't manage to engage in convos. Another thing I've been doing is commenting an emoji just to show support when I can't find words

I'm professionally working in the realm of community management for 15+ years now. Common wisdom is: People come for the content, they STAY for the community. Being a good and positive force in the community will make people more likely to recognise and follow you than having great content/posts.

As always great advice. I’ve been pulling back from SM since I’m not getting much done. However, I do check in from time to time.

It feels like you're calling me out, lol

This is a really good point, but also don't do that just to get someone else's engagement, interact with people whose stuff you like because it's nice to let people know you like their stuff.

Well said. I'm pretty new to Bluesky and your advice is well received.

thank you for this! 💕

Good reminder for anyone. Easy to go on autopilot mode when you’re busy and trying to conserve spoons

Bluesky community engagement expert here. Don't do that