How do I make my vector character shrink well?

I created a character in illustrator that I plan to use in animations and on the web. When I shrink the vector to the size of, for example, a small avi picture for social media, I significantly lose line quality. How can I maintain the quality of detail? Is there a specific way that I should save or setup the document?

dustycanvas,
If you get distortions when scaling down, you may be facing the Align to Pixel Grid issue; you can turn that off in the Transform panel (two places).
If this is about a general degrading at small sizes, you may have to simplify the character so it is suitable for the size.
An image illustrating the issue might help helpers help you.

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thanks for your help.

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