Back To The Future

The Cliff Anonymous (An Author's Mean Confession)

Back To The Future


 
I wonder if readers know that for every one subscription, the writers earn one karma point.

For every one vote, one karma point.

It's not in the sense that readers "give" karma points when they subscribe that they lose that one karma point. I repeat, nothing is being deducted from your points. The moment you click that subscribe or upvote button, a point is simply added to the author's karma points.

 

Actually, some readers know this.

 

But if they start to feel like the story is wasting their time, or they don't like where the story is going, they unsubscribe.

They unsubscribe in hopes of taking back that one point that they gave you when they subscribed.

They unvote to take back that one point.

 

Know what? It doesn't work that way.

Even if you unsubscribe, even if you unvote, our karma points will NOT go down.

It's irreversible.

 

So what's the use of unsubscribing or unvoting when you can't take back that one point that you added to our accounts?

This isn't back to the future.

 

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BaekYeolChanBaek #1
Chapter 8: hey! i know it's a bit late since i've already begun writing it, but i was wondering if i could use this story (but specifically this chapter) as inspiration for a short poem i'm writing? it would mean a lot to me, and i won't post it until i get your permission.
thank you in advance!
Kyutebaekyeol #2
Chapter 18: thank you for writing this, do you have any medicine to heal the hurt everytime reader unsubscribe? I'm new writer, I feel like trash sometimes, the only things that keep me writing is the new subscribers and readers comments and upvote, how i wish that i don't know who unsubscribe, but sometimes i know.....I guess One man's trash is another man's treasure :(
General #3
Chapter 6: I partially agree with this. Yes, advertising gets you some time at the spotlight and more people will have a chance to see and read your story and along with that - subscribe...

But advertising doesn't automatically mean 1000+ subscribers and a gold star.
roanturin14 #4
Chapter 13: oh my god, I'm starting to like this 'rant fanfic/blog' thingy. I practically ing some of authors and readers shamelessly bcus of the same reasons.
roanturin14 #5
I actually think fanfic also supposed to "it's not about being read. It's about being written" thingy. I mean I write stories in my blog without promoting it, only some of my friends who really want to read it. There's no comments or anything, no pressure at all. Because my aim to write is not for anyone, is just myself. Sometimes it's just phathetic for some of authors who go to far with their storyline, changing OC characters or storyline for entertaining some of naggy readers.
park-jiminnie #6
Chapter 9: oh my god this reminds me of authors who try so hard not to make their character a mary sue it goes full circle and becomes a mary sue, but it's actually worse because the oc's so "depressed" and "misunderstood" and fights a lot but only to protect her little sister like jesus i'd just rather have a regular mary sue
park-jiminnie #7
Chapter 4: i just found this and oh my GOD i just started reading but this is how i feel
my story with the most votes still is 11% of the amount of subscribers
i have a story that literally has hundreds of subscribers and TWO GODDAMN votes (.002% of the subs) like votes are what keep me alive man
chaanyeolah #8
Chapter 1: oh my god yes... it's like everytime I update I lose subscribers zzz
JESLEN #9
Chapter 10: Ok. Hahaha. I was determined to read all rants before commenting, but man Im itching to voice out this rant too. There's this author who isnt featured but had hosted a contest in which she garnered huge subscription base. And man, she really thought she's sooo popular that she posted a name for her "fan" base. And I was like, witch please. You have many subs coz theyre interested in the contest. Oof! It's good to ventilate. haha.
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