Being a silent reader is another, but subscribing then unsubscribe......

Well, the title said it all. There's not much to further elaborate the purposes of this blog post.

I've been quite docile about the whole silent readers issue for a long time since I know maybe some of readers out there feeling too exposed or uncomfortable speaking up about the story they're reading.

As much as bitter I am feeling about this; I understand. I try too. ​​​​​​

Then came the thing amongst SOME in here, to my stories, subscribing ~ reading~ enjoying it or not idk bcoz these people never said anything.

Then they just unsubscribe. Just Like That...

 

And with all due respect, that's so bloody rude​​​​​​.

 

Maybe this only in my opinion but yes this blog is MY opinion and I'll be vocal to say I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. The amount of disrespect to the author's works and audacity to just make it like 'a pit stop' truly poking on my nerve. Please don't do that again and ever, Please. Don't be ungrateful, don't be rude, don't be a person that only knows how to take instead of giving back. It's so downgraded and absolutely awful.

(unless they vote on it i am grateful for tht. Its enough for you leaving a vote even if you're not commenting or unsubs back next.) TO WHICH BRING BACK THE POINT!! Show some appreciation. Don't take my efforts and passion for granted. 

You'll know what it means. Have a good day/evening. 

-penguin. 

 

PS: btw those tht I caught doing that rude thing (sub then unsub w/o vote) i just Block you. No mercy. Bcoz why should I when i feel so used? 

 

 

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sayasayangtodae #1
And why they have so much time to do that..
Sugasluv #2
That does sound annoying! Thanks for this post. Sometimes I truly feel invisible here making me want to interact less and less. Even when I leave a comment or hello on someone's profile. They don't bother to answer or say hi back. I guess that's the world we live in.

I thought I could maybe do a book club where we can read each other's stories, when we have time and give feedback to each other. Whoever would like to join comment your username here or on my profile. I don't want to do it if nobody is interested.
kyoongpinks #3
I wouldn’t usually comment; you’re actually lucky I logged in here and saw this for the first time in a while. But here’s my perspective as both a reader as well as a writer both in AFF and a writer in real life.
As a writer, it’s not that deep to me. I do think writers here deserve a bit more respect since we’re writing for free, but at the end of the day that should be the least of our worries. To me, reading a story from start to finish and never upvoting or commenting—or worse, plagiarizing, are far worse. As a real life writer, I care about it even less. It’s similar to someone buying my book / downloading it on Kindle and then choosing to return it, or someone reading my article without interacting with it at all. It doesn’t really affect me.
This also leads me to the reader perspective. Sometimes on Kindle, you have to return a book in order to download more. While that isn’t the case in AFF, the subscriptions tab is quite annoying as I feel it’s kinda cluttered. At one point I was subscribed to over 400+ stories here, so I did some spring cleaning a long time ago. I went through stories I had already read and unsubscribed after leaving an upvote or a comment. I already read and most likely interacted, so what’s the point of the story staying on my subscriptions tab if I’m not even looking at it ever?
And I think blocking someone over something like that is a bit extreme, but hey, that’s just me.
Misskittyrose #4
Tbh I understand. Its frustrating being an author sometimes. You work hard and people Subcribe then they unsubscribe. I don't mind it at times, but sometimes I just want COMMEMTS like... Tell me the story is cool or something and they don't its frustrating.
bacononapotato #5
Tbh I don’t care that much. I mean it makes sense if you subscribe to read a story and then in a certain chapter there us sth u r not comfortable with so you unsubscribe. BUT if you genuinely enjoy it and then have the audacity to unsub it’s just hideous. It’s not like instagram where you try to keep a followers vs following ratio. It’s just literally a subscribe button, it’s free it doesn’t do any harm so why unsub when u like the story? That annoys me but u don’t really give a f at the sane time.
LayDZhang #6
It happened to me too but thankfully, just one or two person. Idk maybe it's an accident to them but if it is intentional, that is really sad.
I guess some people doesn't really know how to appreciate the author's effort, for them it's like something the could throw like a piece of garabage when they're done but in my case, I can't blame them myself because I'm a slow writer and I really don't care as long as I'm entertained by my stories.
MiaFox_117 #7
do you get unsubscribed notifications?? i never knew. not gonna lie that is really annoying!!!
Eigenwelt #8
It's hard to deal with people like that. But again, it's inevitable so I try my best to comment on the stories that I'm currently reading. Being a writer is already a tough job since most of us are doing this for free, not to mention, it exhausts our brain just thinking about the entire plot and other elements that are important to the story. It hurts not to know the reason why people unsubscribe because I believe that every single engagement from the readers (whether it's a bad or good thing) can contribute a lot to the author's growth.

Despite this, I commend you for being an author. Kudos to you!
Sweet-Kookie #9
I've been checking out the readers' actions on this site since I'm new on the scene. I'm a reader and not a writer, and I don't understand the behavior at all! To add to the couple of things you mention you dislike, I see there's more. How about subscribing but refusing to upvote or comment? How about unsubscribing, taking back upvotes? If a reader wants to see what the story is about, read the description and forwards from there; you should know if you want to read the story or not. I take my hat off to the authors here on AFF. You guys have to deal with a lot of rudeness and unkindness, selfishness, and I don't care attitudes and, on top of all of that, silent readers. And there's so much more that I have observed that is being done to writers. Too bad it's a free reading site. I bet if they had to pay to read a story, they wouldn't be behaving this way. Smh.
Lad7whisper #10
I'm still new in learning every mechanism of this platform, and I will always state that the layout is not easy going.
Also, I wanna anticipate that my comment here won't pick a side, I'm just trying to see the situation from a different prospective.
As a reader, and writer, we have to admit that when you have lots of subscriptions, even if you go check the "last subscriptions", at times is hard to find a fanfic you want to read or that you're looking for. So, maybe, some people does some "cleaning", to call it off ugly.
I don't justify them.
What I'm truly against is the lack of comments when you see constant gaining of subscriptions. We get it, is free, but even if you'd comment with: "wow, this story really gave me a good time, thank you!", it would mean the world to us authors.
But at the same time you cannot force people to do otherwise </3
NeverNinaa #11
Ahh I come across these people all the time! Just this morning I had 5 subscribers, 3 stayed and 2 unsubbed for unknown reasons. At least they should state why they decided to do that.
mandalee #12
This is why I put off the notifications of the "Unsubscribed" box because I get anxious really easily and when someone unsubscribes, I literally doubt myself. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. Heh.
QueenMoona #13
Say it loud and clear, Penguin💙💙💙💙
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