#selfpromoting — Public Fediverse posts

That's it, people. With lots of emotion I announce the first release of my first ever open-source desktop app. Who happen to know I'm blind will laugh (and I share that laugh, so feel free and don't hold yourselves): it's an image converter. I was in need of an accessible solution for well… converting images from one format to another and didn't find anything, especially that supported ICO needed, for example, for making favicons for websites.
Anyway, it's a dead simple and of course accessible #Windows app that can work with most popular image formats, can convert in batches, can do favicons, application icons, resize with keeping proportions or cropping as you wish (very useful if, for example, you need a photo of yourself but 128x128 pixels and not a pixel wider). You can paste images straight to the main window, and you can even paste direct links. It also supports detecting and downloading files that are stored in clouds (I tested with OneDrive).
Anyway, it's called SIC! (for the Latin word "Sic" and for "Simple Image Converter"). Oh, and it's multilingual, supports English, French, German, Ukrainian and Russian for now. And yes, you can use it as installed software or in portable mode, and it doesn't go to the Internet (only to check for updates), unless you add an image by link or prefer to update automatically. I reiterate: your images are converted on your device and don't go anywhere.
Official page: https://oire.org/software/sic
GitHub: https://github.com/Oire/sic
Issues are welcome. Discussion of the 1.0.0.23 release: https://github.com/Oire/sic/discussions/29
#Accessibility #OpenSource #Software #SelfPromoting

Protip; when #selfpromoting your #business on #nextdoor, and you are fabricating testimonials, consistency in tone is key.

This is a live-stream announcement!

And the main topic is #MONEY!

yay? YAY! Most of the #questions that I received after launching my #support #group for #SWs were one or another way about it.

Yes, you can #ask me how much I was paid for a piss and how I dared to ask for a 10k #deposit. All of it.

The offer I'm going to talk about isn’t just a way for me to make some #cash. It’s mainly to show others what’s #possible.

Yes, this is both an act of #selfpresentation and an act of support for other sex workers and #artists trying to sell their work.

I don’t know exactly what the #stream will look like. I can only guarantee one thing: no one has ever done this before.

So get down to my #website around 4pm CEST tomorrow (20.12.2023) and let’s see where it goes.

#boostsokay and #appreciated #boostmeup #boostmeplease #selfadvertising #selfproduced #selfpromoting #selfpromo
#sexworkisart #sexwork #sexworkin

@jeff @ericdano @mikeblake @carnage4life Something I've long suspected keeps hashtag traffic down: I'm perfectly happy for anyone to search my posts, but I don't want to look like a #selfpromoting #hashtagging #SEO #spammer in all my #mastodon posts. Also, if you use #inlinehashtags, #hashtagslookbad and #hashtagsarenotreadable.

Basically, I feel like there are more drawbacks from including hashtags (people that follow me thinking my posts are spammy and/or low quality) than including them (making my posts [barely] searchable).

@jeff @ericdano @mikeblake @carnage4life Something I've long suspected keeps hashtag traffic down: I'm perfectly happy for anyone to search my posts, but I don't want to look like a #selfpromoting #hashtagging #SEO #spammer in all my #mastodon posts. Also, if you use #inlinehashtags, #hashtagslookbad and #hashtagsarenotreadable.

Basically, I feel like there are more drawbacks from including hashtags (people that follow me thinking my posts are spammy and/or low quality) than including them (making my posts [barely] searchable).

@jeff @ericdano @mikeblake @carnage4life Something I've long suspected keeps hashtag traffic down: I'm perfectly happy for anyone to search my posts, but I don't want to look like a #selfpromoting #hashtagging #SEO #spammer in all my #mastodon posts. Also, if you use #inlinehashtags, #hashtagslookbad and #hashtagsarenotreadable.

Basically, I feel like there are more drawbacks from including hashtags (people that follow me thinking my posts are spammy and/or low quality) than including them (making my posts [barely] searchable).

@jeff @ericdano @mikeblake @carnage4life Something I've long suspected keeps hashtag traffic down: I'm perfectly happy for anyone to search my posts, but I don't want to look like a #selfpromoting #hashtagging #SEO #spammer in all my #mastodon posts. Also, if you use #inlinehashtags, #hashtagslookbad and #hashtagsarenotreadable.

Basically, I feel like there are more drawbacks from including hashtags (people that follow me thinking my posts are spammy and/or low quality) than including them (making my posts [barely] searchable).

@jeff @ericdano @mikeblake @carnage4life Something I've long suspected keeps hashtag traffic down: I'm perfectly happy for anyone to search my posts, but I don't want to look like a #selfpromoting #hashtagging #SEO #spammer in all my #mastodon posts. Also, if you use #inlinehashtags, #hashtagslookbad and #hashtagsarenotreadable.

Basically, I feel like there are more drawbacks from including hashtags (people that follow me thinking my posts are spammy and/or low quality) than including them (making my posts [barely] searchable).

@BlueBeachSong the answer to all of the above is YES!!

#Mastodon is truly a #Free space to speak your mind. There is no #ElonOverlord to arbitrarily tell you what you can and cannot do. 💜

Anyone that tells you that you can't do the above is free to block your content or scroll on by.

We're ALL here #SelfPromoting the things we love so you should feel free to do so too!

Thanks for the #follow. I'm sure that I will enjoy your #politics and #art! #FollowingBack

@BlueBeachSong the answer to all of the above is YES!!

#Mastodon is truly a #Free space to speak your mind. There is no #ElonOverlord to arbitrarily tell you what you can and cannot do. 💜

Anyone that tells you that you can't do the above is free to block your content or scroll on by.

We're ALL here #SelfPromoting the things we love so you should feel free to do so too!

Thanks for the #follow. I'm sure that I will enjoy your #politics and #art! #FollowingBack

@BlueBeachSong the answer to all of the above is YES!!

#Mastodon is truly a #Free space to speak your mind. There is no #ElonOverlord to arbitrarily tell you what you can and cannot do. 💜

Anyone that tells you that you can't do the above is free to block your content or scroll on by.

We're ALL here #SelfPromoting the things we love so you should feel free to do so too!

Thanks for the #follow. I'm sure that I will enjoy your #politics and #art! #FollowingBack

@BlueBeachSong the answer to all of the above is YES!!

#Mastodon is truly a #Free space to speak your mind. There is no #ElonOverlord to arbitrarily tell you what you can and cannot do. 💜

Anyone that tells you that you can't do the above is free to block your content or scroll on by.

We're ALL here #SelfPromoting the things we love so you should feel free to do so too!

Thanks for the #follow. I'm sure that I will enjoy your #politics and #art! #FollowingBack

#selfpromoting and also #introductions

I year ago I wrote a piece about Mastodon vs :birdsite: with a quick tips on "how to start". A lot changed since then but it might be a good (basic) start.

https://css-princess.com/geeky/social-media/why-is-mastodon-better-than-twitter/