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title: 'Is Dropping Your PNG on Twitter Worth It?'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ttc8lZlbkvE'
video_id: 'ttc8lZlbkvE'
date: 2026-07-31
duration_sec: 1180
---

# Is Dropping Your PNG on Twitter Worth It?

> Source: [Is Dropping Your PNG on Twitter Worth It?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ttc8lZlbkvE)

## Summary

The video examines 'drop your PNG' Twitter posts popular among VTubers, breaking down whether replying with your avatar actually helps you grow. The creator argues it's mostly follow-for-follow engagement bait that benefits the poster, and warns about legal ownership of fan art and likeness rights.

### Key Points

- **The typical 'drop your PNG' post** [00:25] — Posts on Twitter invite creators to 'drop your PNG' for a shoutout or to 'help each other', often with art or sim requests.
- **Replying only gets you follow-for-follow** [01:28] — Replying honestly may get some Twitch follows, but those followers are random people who hit the follow button to support without watching streams or interacting with content.
- **The 'sim' variant does nothing for you** [03:11] — Posts like 'drop your PNG so I can sim' waste your time and effort; they provide no real value to the person dropping their avatar.
- **Follow-for-follow is not growth** [04:27] — This is literally follow-for-follow; it's not a way to grow because those followers likely won't watch your content, and they may unfollow if you don't follow them back.
- **They can sell fan art made from your PNG** [05:31] — When someone makes an original art piece of your avatar, they can sell it as their own work or add it to their portfolio, and it's not illegal because it's an original take and no agreement was made.
- **The photographer owns the photo, not the subject** [08:16] — Using Johnny Depp as an example, the person taking the photo owns the copyright unless a special deal is worked out, regardless of who is in the image.
- **Twitch can use your likeness without asking** [09:31] — For Twitch streamers, the platform does not have to ask permission to use your images or likeness for advertising; it's part of the affiliate contract.
- **The author owns the fan art copyright** [11:25] — In copyright law, the person who is considered the author owns the copyright in photographs; if someone makes fan art of you, the artist owns that artwork, not you.
- **The poster benefits more than the PNG droppers** [13:17] — The poster gains more because the post creates a false sense of helping; new VTubers feel obligated to follow and support the poster, thinking they genuinely care.
- **Repeat posts build a 2K-follower Twitter audience** [15:46] — Posters who repeatedly do this can gain around 2,000 followers in six months from these posts alone, with no YouTube or TikTok presence — an instant audience they advertise going live to.

### Conclusion

Dropping your PNG on these Twitter posts usually benefits the poster, not you — it's engagement bait wrapped in false friendliness. Understand who owns your avatar art before you give it away.

## Transcript

why is why it's good and bad for growth hello foreign and hello youtube
problem with pngs so what we see typically on twitter okay mostly on twitter is the original poster will be
drop your png into [Music] to get a shout out or something around the lines of
what is it called [Music] to help each other
for some people out there why is it a problem is it okay to make an alternate account to reply png's uh i don't know we'll figure that out
so let's let's let's talk about the negatives real quick replying honestly it gets you
some follows on twitch but what are they ah nikki got it nikki got it it's basically a follow for follow right
twitch but interested in your content right they just follow it they just hit the follow button to support
do you want just random people supporting your content that means that they just click a button to give you one extra number to give you one extra number but not actually coming to your streams
or interacting with you or being a viewer or being a viewer or being a part of your community
right it's nice to get 50 followers on twitch but if nobody comes to watch you what's the point
what's another bad or negative thing about you know drop or negative thing about you know drop your posts into the description
one that i personally think it is i think i saw somebody mention it yeah murdock did um drop your png
drop your png so i can sim
what what what good does that do for you hello lord chat you're spending so much time and effort dropping your pngs to something like this it does nothing for you
it doesn't it really doesn't it really doesn't right it really doesn't do anything no worries lord grinding's good right it is awkward why would you want
to do it but what these drop your pngs really are but what these drop your pngs really are and someone earlier just said it
it's just a follow or follow or follow that is literally it follow for follow is not a way to grow
it isn't you don't want people following you and not watching your content like i said earlier right and then if you don't follow this
person back they just end up unfollowing you there is no point it's not worth it it's really not you dropped your png a few times and when they said they make art based on it
did they i wonder if they they made art of your out of avatar maybe some people do maybe some people don't right but what you guys also gotta understand when you drop your png
and they make art of your png they can now they can now sell that art of your model
that they made that they can now sell to whomever they want don't think that would happen but
they make an original art piece of your avatar and sell it online put a part of their portfolio would you really want that [Music] i wouldn't
[Music] i really i really wouldn't they're gonna make it into an nft i would buy a thorntail nft not gonna lie be right and it's not illegal
it's not it's not illegal at all because it's it's an original take of the of of that image [Music] no they won't sell if we give them an
agreement did you make an agreement probably not you just dropped your png probably not you just dropped your png into their into the replies
not illegal so
someone's virtual characters sure if somebody grabbed my virtual avatar right now and used it
because i have my avatar protected in different ways but to think about right i doubt people on twitter will do this
but you never know you really don't you never know so when a for okay so just so you guys know i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna blow your guyses
second here give me one second give me give me one second i will i'll be so quick on this be so quick on this [Music]
and this is an actual law okay we ready chat here we go who owns them the photographer
the photographer or johnny depp honestly who do you guys think owns these photos
yeah the person taking the photo
and you see that watermark of the photographer on the bottom right who owns that [Music] it's the photographer unless they work out a special deal
they do plus the photographer chat for you peeps streaming on twitch.tv
right now for everybody that streams on twitch do you think twitch has to ask your permission twitch has to ask your permission to use your likeness
honestly do you think that do you think they have to ask you they don't they absolutely don't
they don't have to ask your permission they can use your images for any advertising anytime they want neither party gets paid would you get some kind of exposure for the
interesting but yeah it's in the affiliate contract but yeah it's in the affiliate contract absolutely sticky yeah you guys got to remember these things well you got to not only remember you
but i'm pretty sure you guys can find out on it in two seconds who owns who owns a photo
dig deeper and please prove me wrong if i'm wrong the person who is considered the author owns the copyright in photographs so
owns the copyright in photographs so somebody makes a image of you fan art right if somebody makes a fan art of you who owns it is it you or the person who made the fan art
think about right about we don't we really don't we don't we really don't but let's be real here chad
[Music] at the end of the day actually actually help
say their contracts you can make prints of your commission same kind of deal of your commission same kind of deal yeah there you go
who actually benefits from these posts on twitter likeness of an individual is conducted with or without your consent
but just like scar said the poster the poster actually benefits more than the people dropping their pngs why the people dropping their pngs why [Music]
and let's help each other that's what they typically say that's that's that's where that's what i see
but why why does the poster benefit interesting thought because it causes
this is the way for all of them some of them might might might be genuine about this [Music] but it causes a false sense of
english right now but wanting to help someone wanting to help someone [Music] when it's not
right when when new v tubers see that kind of thing they're like oh my god they're so nice they want to help me and they're so fantastic and maybe i could drop my stuff in their future
posts too and they then all they hit is follow acknowledge that their ownership appreciate they made it at all yeah
which is fantastic but honestly chat it's the poster that benefits from this not anyone else
kind of accomplishment false sense of trying to help you out but at the end of the day they're not
so this is this is the only person actually benefits is the poster
of this engagement get the poster why is this good for twitter why is this good if you did this on twitter
thinks about why are they doing this let me tell you let me tell you why they are doing this
as soon as i fix that it gets the poster exposure so these people hit the follow button
so these people hit the follow button right
stay with me so they follow they now see this posters feed what does this poster post in their feed
right and and and and and chat you do the same post over and over and over
and over and over again you get a crap ton of follows this in discord the other day and i also looked it up these people that
post this kind of thing usually get 2k follows not from the one post but within let's say six months
followers in six months oh also oh also they don't have a youtube
or tiktok that's it [Music] that's it that's all they're getting that's it that's all they're getting it's literally just on the twitter
page that one i don't know i know nothing about that but but but it gets them a massive massive following
and because these people thought that this person actually cared about them because these people thought this person genuinely wanted to help them and help them grow they feel
obligated some of them will feel absolutely obligated to go watch this absolutely obligated to go watch this person and watch their stream
for that poster probably worth it for you though probably not people so they can't follow everyone yeah yeah no for sure for sure for sure
but like honestly chat
this is this is a thing this is this is how you can grow an audience without how you can grow an audience without growing an audience i personally feel a lot of people are doing this drop your png
because it gets them an audience on twitter within a certain amount of time they advertise that they go live and they advertise that they go live and they got an instant audience