There are several mammoths (instances) peacefully grazing on the same pastures (the social web), but the pastures are also shared with completely different species of animal. Perhaps they are single-user instances as no birds are landing on them; perhaps they are completely different pieces of the social web, such as Peertube or Lemmy.

Or maybe I’m over-thinking it.

There are good replies here already, but I just want to emphasize the role of bragging. It seems boasting about yourself is quite accepted and sometimes perhaps even expected in the US. In Europe it is not at all, and we tend to react strongly to it.

Whenever I’ve found Americans to be insufferable they’ve always been bragging or taking themselves too seriously.

Not all Americans obviously. And I guess a lot of Americans can’t stand these people either. But it’s still a common American trait that very few Europeans will have patience for. Even our narcissists have learned to pretend to be humble.

Fantastic! Thank you for this. :)

I guess it depends on the art style. But generally, if you want to do it the hard way:

1. Get a drawing tablet. The ones where you draw directly on a screen are the best, but they are also way more expensive.
2. Get some powerful software that can imitate brushes. Krita is good.
3. Practice, experiment, watch videos and gather knowledge on both the art style and your software of choice. Copy pieces of art in the style you want to reproduce until you master it.

With an emphasis on the third point. Digital art done manually is not so different from traditional art - it takes practice.

Of course there are also styles you can reproduce using filters in GIMP or whatever. And you can do the above by drawing over pictures you’ve taken or borrowed for the purpose. It’s really a question with an unlimited number of potential answers.

Lemmy does not display microblogs, which is what Threads is.

The only way we’d see content from Threads here is if someone on Threads somehow stumbles over content from here (for example if it’s boosted by a Mastodon user they follow), and leaves a comment.

That, or if Threads users tag a community, in the same way Mastodon uses can do.

Basically it expands the theoretical reach of the comment section, but in practice it’s unlikely to have a huge effect.