Artists Are Spamming Their Fans
40sIt exposes a common artist behavior that annoys fans, sparking debate and relatability.
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This video warns artists about a common but annoying behavior on VGen: repeatedly closing and reopening commission listings, which triggers spam notifications to followers. It explains why this happens and offers a simple fix to avoid irritating your supporters.
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Repeatedly reopening listings spams followers
Closing and reopening a commission listing triggers 'commissions open' notifications to all subscribers, which can be seen as spam if done repeatedly.
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Editing listings doesn't trigger notifications
Modifying an existing commission listing does not trigger notifications; only reopening a closed listing does.
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Avoid closing and reopening listings
To avoid spamming followers, keep your commission listing live and make edits in place instead of closing and reopening it.
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What happens when you close and reopen a commission listing on VGen?
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What happens when you close and reopen a commission listing on VGen?
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Closing and reopening a commission listing triggers 'commissions open' notifications to all subscribers, which can be seen as spam if done repeatedly.
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Does editing a commission listing on VGen send notifications to followers?
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Does editing a commission listing on VGen send notifications to followers?
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Modifying an existing commission listing does not spam notify subscribers; only reopening a closed listing does.
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What is the recommended way to update a commission listing without spamming followers?
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What is the recommended way to update a commission listing without spamming followers?
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To avoid spamming followers, keep your commission listing live and make edits in place instead of closing and reopening it.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Repeatedly reopening listings spams followers
Explains the core issue: closing and reopening a commission listing triggers notifications, which can annoy supporters.
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Editing listings doesn't trigger notifications
Clarifies that modifying a listing is safe, while reopening it causes the spam behavior.
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Avoid closing and reopening listings
Provides a simple solution to prevent spamming followers and maintain good relationships.
01:46Full Transcript
[00:01] support an artist less than when they do this. This is only for one of their services. They do this for every single listing. And as you can see, this is, by the way, all within what looks like a
[00:13] blank requests while you can. Open commissions for blank requests while you the way. Like, as you can see, the like image that is listed here that's blurred out, right? This is the same listing. So, maybe it's like a headshot, maybe
[00:26] commission is, they're opening and closing it repeatedly like 10 times within 2 days, maybe. So, it's spam notifying anybody like this person who artist. That's so annoying. And they
[00:40] and start reprimanding people who flood their supporters' inboxes like this for commissions. At certain points, it goes beyond forgetting something to outright added that they blurred out the artist because they don't want to send
[00:52] noticed. Apparently, from what it seems like, in VGen, if you just like modify a commission that you have open, it doesn't spam notify everybody that has their notifications on. It will only do this if you have a commission listing
[01:06] open listings for like profile photo headshots, and then you close the listing, and then you reopen it again. So, when you reopen it again, it will notifications for finding out when your commissions are open. VGen has a series
[01:20] one of them is, "Hey, notify me when the artist opens commissions." Because really want to commission, but currently their commissions are closed cuz they you want to know when their commissions are open so you can go and commission
[01:34] this artist, right? I do that for some artists that I really like because, you up, you know? I want to be first in line there. But this is somebody that knowingly or is unknowingly abusing the
[01:46] and reopening the same commission like five times a day, which is why it's spam notifying people with this notification on.
