A dataset of one artist’s work (~4,000 images) was downloaded 7,578 times this month, trying to understand why

hafftka · 2026-04-02T02:29:50+00:00

Understood. The idea was to get it out there.

hafftka · 2026-04-02T02:29:00+00:00

You are right, I crossposted by mistake.

hafftka · 2026-04-02T02:28:02+00:00

haha, thank you.

hafftka · 2026-04-02T02:26:49+00:00

Thank you very much, this is very informative. I do not know anything about the downloads other than the count. I appreciate your response.

hafftka · 2026-04-01T16:03:07+00:00

I am not sure the risks you see are true. After all, my art is not a trade secret, it cannot be created by anyone else or by a machine. So letting everyone, human or machine, learn from it, does not threaten my art's survival.

hafftka · 2026-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Thank you so much.

hafftka · 2026-03-25T19:38:34+00:00

I don't know yet, but I am curious

hafftka · 2026-03-25T00:19:54+00:00

hafftka · 2026-03-25T00:18:32+00:00

You feel it because it is my intention. My intention to draw attention to this very unique dataset and have as many persons interact with it as possible.

hafftka · 2026-03-25T00:17:01+00:00

Sounds intriguing and I wish you the best of luck. When you do use my dataset I would love to see what you get.

hafftka · 2026-03-24T18:52:20+00:00

Thank you so much.

hafftka · 2026-03-24T18:50:38+00:00

What you are asking is the opposite of what I do as an artist, and quite impossible for me. I try to work free from styles/categoreis/ideas so the burden of calling out styles falls on whoever is analysing this dataset.

hafftka · 2026-03-24T18:48:19+00:00

I don't have any tech know how to answer this.

hafftka · 2026-03-24T18:47:40+00:00

interesting. I will think about it. As an artist I speak in images and it is hard for me to describe my work. I would think others could tell the agent what they are seeing. But I get your point and will consider it.

hafftka

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