Tag: Education
Don’t make me thick
We say “don’t make me think”, and “less is more”. But a naive application of these principles risks limiting our users when we should be helping them grow.
Interview with Magical Nay
Magical Nay, a Black & Puerto Rican VTuber, is one of the interviewees for this public blog post series.
Going From 1.0 To 2.0: My VTuber Redesign
I’ve talked a LOT about my current journey within the VTuber sphere on Bluesky and other social media platforms. Since diving into the rabbit hole way before the iconic 2020 boom, I’m honored to know so many indie VTubers on a personal and/or professional level through countless interactions over time, even if we’ve gone our separate ways at any point. Also, anyone who I knew, as an active member of the Youtaite community from 2014 and beyond, has probably seen or heard about me switching between personas. The main one that I’ve been rocking with online, especially on YouTube, has made […]
Why I Love The VTuber Sphere
What inspired me to write this blog post was this simple message I previously had posted for my fellow indie VTubers. It applies to all of them, regardless of whether they are active around Bluesky nowadays. I will always love supporting indie VTubers no matter their audience size. 💜 The amount of creative control that we have over content creation can be such a boon to not only us as individuals, but the entire sphere as a whole. Keep going & embrace your strengths, even if life feels hard right now. — Aiyoku Nakasu 💜🌷 FanoiaEN (@aiyoku.xyz) Oct 26, 2024 at […]
How Bluesky Has Helped My VTuber Journey
My friend & masculine alien VTuber, LUK4, gave me an invitation code for Bluesky back in September 2023. I felt both nervous and excited about trying out the platform for the 1st time ever. I was also more active on Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse around that point. If you’re like me, then you probably heard all the negative press because of Jack Dorsey’s influence at the time. Thankfully, there were familiar faces I vaguely knew, such as Bonnicula, Girl_DM_, and many others. Bonnicula and I quickly became partners in crime early on because of the OG waves of […]