Im actually currently making a website, just need to redo a few things and then figure out how to get the income to run it.

I agree. I honestly recommend making a website. There are plenty of templates out there, and you dont have to rely on some stupid social media ceo to not go full haywire and destroy another platform

I would use neocities or something similar (not square space or word press because they suck ass).

Yeahhh social media kinda sucks ass loll

Plus the enshittification of bluesky makes me so salty that im just going to make a website at this point.

What are their pet peeves?

EEEEEEEEEE

Literally all that I ask for is a platform that has none of the likes, followers, reblogs number bullshit so I can just post my art in peace without the self defeating comparison of post numbers lol. I had a taste of Cohost and I WANT IT BACK. FUCK this numbers game.

I do think that social media like this leaves some sort of bias as well. The more numbers a post has, the more engagement its prob gonna get

Honestly, with any platform that puts numbers above anything else, I think it can lead to a pretty stale and non-receptive environment.
I dont think you're doing anything wrong.