I'm thinking about starting a Discord group, let me tell you what I'm thinking to help you make your decision.
So, here's the thing, there are two reasons I starting a Discord group. The first reason should be easy for understand, "because Pixiv has more censor than Discord". you guys understand what I'm talking about right?
I want to focus more on the second reason. "Pixiv does not have any social functions".
well, you may be wondering why a place where people can watch hentai images or videos needs to have any social functions, Let me explain to you.
Basically what you can see in Pixiv comments are usually elephants. Well, elephant is good I like elephant, but actually if you look at other websites, such as rule34 and E-hentai, you will see more direct opinions. Usually you will not see a certain person in any Pixiv comment says: "This work sucks", but that's the point my friend, That's why you need social features, I once saw someone sharing other creators' FANBOX creations and I thought "WTF is this? Why would anyone want to pay for something like this?", Then I found out that the rating of this work was only 1.8, and then the whole comment section was complaining about what the hell this is, like one image and then developed into 240 different versions. If you saw this thing on Pixiv, you would just close the page, you wouldn't complain that you think this thing sucks, or discuss this work with other people, usually only praise or elephants, Do you know what I’m thinking? The thoughts and discussions of these viewers are actually what creators need to know, because it presents a completely different kind of thinking. I am an animator, and when I watch other creators’ video, I'm thinking about technical details, lens design, and scripts. But this causes us to lose sight of the most important thing, "Is this interesting?"
see, as a creator, the goal you need to achieve is to make your work interesting, not just difficult or other things, but when you are a creator, it is difficult to watch a work from the perspective of an ordinary audience, for example {The end of the adventure 03} took about 6 hours to complete, but its number of views and likes were already close to {Loot 0} on September 26, and {Loot 0} actually took about a month to complete. if you consider skills, cost and difficulty, {Loot 0} will be the most successful work, but in fact, everyone doesn’t care so much about these things that only animators know, because everyone’s preferences are different, If you always start from the perspective of the creator and don't understand what everyone is thinking, I think the end of this road will be those AAA games that are no longer fun.
Do you know what I'm most proud of? I think I'm probably the only creator who has had other people discuss their work on Pixiv, and I think that's an achievement, When {Solo 9} was completed, someone commented that he did not quite understand the content of the video. Then someone left a message and explained to him that the origin of the ring was {Solo 3}, and then explained to him what happened to this series. When have you ever seen an interaction on Pixiv that wasn’t with the creator? I think these discussions are important, And that's why I'm considering starting a Discord group.
oh, another reason is that Pixiv’s messaging function sucks.
Anyway I will open a poll on Pixiv, you can leave your suggestions or ideas
https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/123953728