BrendaJoycePatterson (@bjoycepatterson.bsky.social)

chillsubs_official on Instagram: "Friends, social media has changed, and not for the better.Platforms are shifting away from follower-based feeds in favor of recomme…" Friends, social media has changed, and not for the better.Platforms are shifting away from follower-based feeds in favor of recommendation-based feeds. Everything is engineered for viral-ness, and there’s no guarantee how much engagement you’ll get. Even with the large following we have at ONLY POEMS, we can have one post get nearly 2M views while another, posted around the same time, gets less than 20K. I hate that this is the case now, but that’s the world we live in and unless we all want to head off-grid, we gotta try and learn the ropes just a little.Right now, however, I want you to feel less overwhelmed about trying to figure social media exposure. So, I’ve compiled a list of lit mags that are worth pursuing if one of the things you’re after—yes, really—is social media attention. Once in a while, we all want some validation. Getting your work read by kindred spirits in the ether is hardly a bad way to go about it!Now, these mags might not necessarily have massive follower counts (though some do!) but they do have consistent engagement. They also have editorial presence. Meaning, you can tell the people behind it care about the work they’re putting out, about the writers they platform, about those writers being read. Which we should all look for in lit mags, whether or not we want to be literary social media stars 🌟#writingcommunity #litmag #poetry #literarymagazine #writersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/DUECaeVj2bi/?img_index=2&igsh=bDZuZXJodTdwdDM1