BJDs with their own social media?

Two of mine have FB pages and I have a FB page for our 1:4 (unoa gang) but I don't really enjoy FB that much so I don't post on them very much. I'm thinking of a dedicated doll Instagram but currently not from the POV of any particular doll. None of our character voices have really 'stepped up' to narrate either their own story or to chronicle for our dolls in general. It would be interesting to have a chronicler or spokesperson character who is the main storyteller for the whole gang, I think. Maybe they could be the part-time voice for a doll Instagram account. That's probably how I would do it.

 

I created a Facebook account for one of my dolls I think he had six or seven friends, all friends of mine who knew I had a bjd and happened to like him. But I wasn't very good about updating his page, posting statuses and photos and stuff--part of the issue being I was too lazy to log out of my own account and log into his Now he just has a Facebook page that I manage, and people can follow him. I still don't post for him very often. . . I should try doing a once-a-week thing, at least. . .

 

I don’t have any social media accounts set up for my dolls but that does sound like a neat idea! It certainly does appeal to me because I think it could be quite fun.

I would consider starting one each for my dolls and I guess why I haven’t is because I never really thought about it! ... and I’ll probably take forever to get one set up out of laziness/need to have the right pictures to post right away.

 

I had a Facebook account for Saito Ikegami, but it is not allowed. Facebook banned the account together with my "real" account.

 

My Lumedoll Blaze, Liam, has his own Instagram account - @extra_large_adventures

Liam is small, and he's easy to take to different places, so I thought it'd be a fun idea to make him an IG of his own. It's an in-character IG, but people really don't seem to get it, sadly. They leave comments for me, not "for Liam" and then seem confused when Liam "replies" in first-person. I have this same problem with the in-character IG that I have for an off-topic doll. It's a bit frustrating, but not enough to stop me from having the in-character accounts.

 

I'm planning on making a personal Instagram for one or two of my dolls when they have more clothes (i'm new in the hobby) as if they are the ones managing the account. (Right now I have my personal ig and a dolly ig where i post dolly things)

 

They don't have their own social media but my media is all about themwww， so they don't have to care about having a media website their own

 

I wouldn’t make their own FB page or anything, but I made a separate Instagram because I don’t want to share their pictures with everyone who follows me on my regular Instagram. I’m currently hiding my doll hobby like a dirty secret from most people lol

 

1. Do any of your dolls have their own social media accounts like real people (such as one of your dolls having their own Instagram account)?
My resins don't (though I did give Yukio control of my LJ for a few days way back when), but they do get to appear on my SmartDoll's Instagram from time to time.

2. If yes, why did this appeal to you? If not, why not? How do you feel about it? Would you ever consider starting one?
I thought the idea itself was interesting. I think that for me personally it's also a sort of RP-lite. I really like RPing, but I generally don't have the long-term concentration/emotional-stamina to keep it up. With a doll's instagram I get to play with a character without having to worry about leaving someone hanging.

3. Have you had any bad, good, or funny experiences that arised from your BJD having their own account?
So far so good I guess? I found some cool people to follow, got more followers than I thought I'd get, and sometimes people comment, which is always cool
Did have one person comment who I think didn't quite get that this was a doll-perspective account and thought I had a RL dolly-sponsor. No, sorry, just me sponsoring my doll on his adventures

 

None of my dolls have a sns account, but I really want to make one for each of them because it seems like fun. But first I need to make more clothes for them so they'll seem more like "real people" and I need to give two of them faceups and redo another doll's face because winter just won't go away!!! It's April, but you'd never be able to tell the difference between now and January, since it won't quit snowing every few days.
If and when I make accounts for my dolls whether they're twitter, Facebook, Insta, etc, I think the most fun would be how motivating it would be to make new clothes for my dolls and all the pictures with stories I could tell. I'd also love to be able to interact with other dolls' pages too.