you should leave comments on peoples' art!
many of us are so used to the informal way of engaging with each others' art on places like twitter, where you just drop a like and a retweet and move on. but, and i won't speak for every artist on the internet, comments can be just as -- if not more -- valuable than simply just clicking the heart. the heart tells you "hey, i saw this and thought it was good", but a comment (to me at least) shows that a piece spoke to you in at least some way, even if it's just "the shading is good" or "nice color choices" or "awesome riffs". anybody can just click a button and scroll away, but those couple seconds that you spend typing something for them to read is a couple seconds of care and attention that i think really matters.
comments also open up a gateway for artists to actually interact with the people that like their work. again -- only speaking for myself -- but i absolutely love talking about art with other people, whether it be their art or my own, whether i have a substantial amount to say or just a compliment that i appreciate what they created. if you say "i like this", i might say "thanks" or i might give you a little description of how i got to that point or how i did that thing, and who knows -- maybe that comment reply might have some insight that motivates you or someone else reading it to do something similar, or engage in an artistic process of their very own.
all of this is to say -- i think you should leave comments on peoples' art on cohost if you like their art! don't simply just reblog and walk away, take a couple of seconds of your day to drop some appreciation. you might actually perk up an artist today and make them feel good about what they've made :)
