As a reader...

... look at how desperately this author wants to get an audience.

Anonjohn20 said:

... look at how desperately this author wants to get an audience.
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The first part could help with search SEOs everything else is a failure

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I don't believe I've encountered something like that before.

I like how the red line in the picture lines up to underline "this author"

Tabula_Rasa said:

I like how the red line in the picture lines up to underline "this author"

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Ah! Cursed! You use light mode.

that hurts to read

Edit - It hurts more that two people plan to read it

Juia_Darkcrest said:

that hurts to read

Edit - It hurts more that two people plan to read it

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One of those "plan to read" is me. The other one is probably the person who left a comment asking for more. I might come back to this just to see if the author succeeded.

I say we give this AI Author some encouragement. We should shower him with five star reviews. But we have ChatGTP write the review. That way the story could be anything AI can dream of.

What's the problem? 2 plan to read. Impressive.

More than I got, three weeks and 11 chapters into posting, before I deleted my book. But I didn't advertise explicit incest and orgies with a creepy lolita/stalker vibe. (I know, "18+," wink-wink, ... whatever).

Wish this author all the best. No doubt the next big thing for the inimitable ScribbleHub.

JordanIda said:

What's the problem? 2 plan to read. Impressive.

More than I got, three weeks and 11 chapters into posting, before I deleted my book. But I didn't advertise explicit incest and orgies with a creepy lolita/stalker vibe. (I know, "18+," wink-wink, ... whatever).

Wish this author all the best. No doubt the next big thing for the inimitable ScribbleHub.

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It's the brick of unformatted, unedited AI text as a synopsis more than anything.

JordanIda said:

What's the problem? 2 plan to read. Impressive.

More than I got, three weeks and 11 chapters into posting, before I deleted my book. But I didn't advertise explicit incest and orgies with a creepy lolita/stalker vibe. (I know, "18+," wink-wink, ... whatever).

Wish this author all the best. No doubt the next big thing for the inimitable ScribbleHub.

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You understand none of this, do you? The joke flew over your head, it seems. Or maybe you took this seriously. Meh, whatever.

Leme be the prick who needs to explain the context of something.

When writing, an author should NEVER, EVER, force the readers to request a chapter before reading it. No one will ever go and check him if that's what the author did. Instead, make an enticing synopsis and nicely-written chaps of a work and be consistent with it. You won't get much readers on the early chaps, the first chaps to the 30th. But, the more you posted, while also keeping the content of the chaps good, the more readers you will attract, thus giving you abundance amount of views. Take my recently published novel for example. I released the first 5 chapters this week. I also have a synopsis well-made on the front page. And the plot is good, even with several unattended grammar mistakes.

How many views has it gained?

You can check it yourself by clicking on one of the illustrations on my signature right below this paragraphs of mine, the one with a dude typing on a hologram laptop. Yes, that's AI made. I am not ashamed of using it, until I find myself an artist.

But, if you're lazy, here's my report: 130 Views, 8 readers, 7 favorites.

Good start, in my opinion.

Alr, now that I'm done being a prick, could you show me that deleted book of yours? If you still have it, that is. I'm intrigued to see what you've made.

No, Nolff, I didn't miss the point. I get the joke, and sure, I chuckled, but it's beside the real takeaway, isn't it?

My point, and I think yours too, is that despite how bad the author's approach is, it's doing incredibly well. You're right: never, never, never be an attention whore. I get it.

But here, it doesn't matter. The thing is hot property. Why? Writers are laughing at the approach, but not readers. This guy is advertising exactly what they're here for.

As for my stuff, I don't know. I'm not going to add a porn track, to attract readers.

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"O people reading" is "incredibly well" for you. Noted.

Two plan to read (at the time of your screenshot), and the series even has an encouraging comment from a real person. Yeah, for a series with one chapter, I'd say it's pretty awesome.

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Two plan to read (at the time of your screenshot)

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One of those is me. Keep in mind the story had been up for more than a week. So, exactly 1 reader from a smut story in SmutHub of all places. Stories posted less than 24 hours ago have higher numbers. See:

My Life in a Reverse World

The Yistamor Chronicle

Now it's four, and one of them is me. :) Your interest has induced his crap to go viral. :D

Honestly, what do you think constitutes popularity around here? There are more writers than readers, and the writers don't read. (For the most part, though some exceptions prove the rule.) Books with thousands of followers belong to writers who brought their audiences here. The native reader pool is vanishingly small.

I wish it weren't so, but it is. I had my book on here for three weeks. 11 chapters posted. Custom cover. Slick synopsis. Result? One follower, and that one was a spammer.

Congrats on your own results, though. You've apparently found the secret sauce. Good luck with it!

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Honestly, what do you think constitutes popularity around here?

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The same thing as anywhere: people reading the stories.

JordanIda said:

There are more writers than readers, and the writers don't read.

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You are objectively incorrect on both counts.

JordanIda said:

Books with thousands of followers belong to writers who brought their audiences here.

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Again, this is not true.

JordanIda said:

I wish it weren't so, but it is. I had my book on here for three weeks. 11 chapters posted. Custom cover. Slick synopsis. Result? One follower, and that one was a spammer.

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Ah, now I know why you believe the falsehoods you state. You're coping. By the way, the two stories I posted earlier seem to be doing better than your story too (I can confirm that "The Yistamor Chronicle" started here too; the fans didn't come from another site).

Here, let me show you some stories that have thousands of readers (showing that there are plenty of readers), started here in ScribbleHub (their fans didn't follow them from other sites), and the authors of the second, third, and fourth stories are avid readers of the first story (which means the authors read). These stories prove all your claims wrong.

1. Rebirth of the Nephilim
2. Lilith: Origin of Succubi
3. The Scarlet Paladin
4. Perversions of the Flesh

LOL. Okay. First of all, I'll admit to a little hyperbole in claiming there are more writers than readers. I don't know if that is literally true, but that's exactly the point, and you are kind of making it for me. It's impossible to know, because the membership rolls are hidden.

Do you know how big the active registered reader pool is at this time? If you do, I'd love to know how. Because I can't find it.

How do you know that writers don't bring their audiences here? The only alternative is a large native reader pool, which one cannot ascertain.

The four books that you cite: these prove the rule, too. You've cited never-ending stories that have been running for years. In one case since 2022. And all of them are monetized, which means they are at least partially bringing their readerships here.

Quite possibly in 2022 a larger reader pool existed. Height of the COVID sequestration. Since then, all webnovel venues have been in decline.

Listen, I'm not knocking this place. It's rough all around. But reality matters. I might post here, but I'm trying to get a rational sounding of the prospects for new readers, to be accumulated organically.

If you have a way of knowing the size of the active reader pool today, by all means ante up. I've asked the question on these forums several times and have heard nothing but crickets.

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LOL. Okay. First of all, I'll admit to a little hyperbole in claiming there are more writers than readers. I don't know if that is literally true, but that's exactly the point, and you are kind of making it for me. It's impossible to know, because the membership rolls are hidden.

Do you know how big the active registered reader pool is at this time? If you do, I'd love to know how. Because I can't find it.

How do you know that writers don't bring their audiences here? The only alternative is a large native reader pool, which one cannot ascertain.

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A cursory glance at the story's statistics page shows the stories get thousands of readers each day (I'll choose the least popular one of those four and screenshot it), that is way more readers than there are authors posting every day.

JordanIda said:

all of them are monetized, which means they are at least partially bringing their readerships here.

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Nobody is finding these stories in Patreon and then coming here. They found the stories here, and then once the following was big enough, the authors started a Patreon so the readers could support them. People don't just pay money to Patreon accounts before knowing what they've supported. Your attempt to put the cart before the horse is honestly making you seem a bit disingenuous here. I'm not sure if I should continue interacting if you're going to be this insincere. If your goal was to have the last word rather than have an honest discussion, congratulations, you will likely outlast me.

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I wish your actions matched your words. Instead I know you'll keep coping.

JordanIda said:

If you have a way of knowing the size of the active reader pool today, by all means ante up. I've asked the question on these forums several times and have heard nothing but crickets.

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Simply looking up the site's web traffic implies that approximately 70.4k people visit Scribblehub every month; it'd be foolish to assume that less than half of those people are readers.

EDIT: Here, check the traffic yourself. https://seranking.com/website-traffic-checker.html

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There are more writers than readers, and the writers don't read. (For the most part, though some exceptions prove the rule.)

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You should check out Honeyfeed if you think that's the case here. On that website it's by design, up to the point that authors are kind of encouraged to leave soulless comments on each other's works, because every comment by an author comes with a "read my novel" banner.