Stub Warning or Genre

[LazyFloof]

It would be nice to have a Stub Warning or Genre.

So you know what you are getting into when you open a story, read three chapters, and then see the "on amazon"

Personally I think a warning would be the better choice.

I tried search but didn't find a dedicated thread.

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

If there are only a few free chapters and the rest is behind a paywall, maybe add a "Promotional" tag - "This is a promotional/sample of a story available elsewhere"?

yeah that should be the tag or whatever.

Something indicating this is a preview of the work that is available on whatever paid site the story is on.

My favorite (sarcasm) is when I see there are 100-200 chapters on SH, but after 5-6 chapters in the rest of the works are only on X platform or Y Platform, and the rest of the chapters are all actually Authours updates.

 

[Dec]

there are 100-200 chapters on SH, but after 5-6 chapters in the rest of the works are only on X platform or Y Platform, and the rest of the chapters are all actually Authours update

I hope you report those.

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

I hope you report those.

that is a reportable thing? I am not typically a Narc...though I may 1 star it.

 

[Dec]

that is a reportable thing? I am not typically a Narc...though I may 1 star it.

Yes. It is against the Content Guidelines to do such thing;

Content Guidelines | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com

Preview Chapters​

• Do not post a preview of a chapter and tell your readers to go somewhere else to read the full chapter. It's fine if you post a full chapter and tell your readers they can go to patreon to get more chapters, go to another site to read more if more chapters are posted on another site or just an alternative site to read on but the full chapter should be posted on this site too.
• This also includes purposely not posting missing chapters to force users to go read the chapters elsewhere. Example: Posting chapter 1, not posting chapter 2 so users can go read it elsewhere then posting chapter 3, etc...
• This also applies to anything which forces the users off the site to find missing parts between the chapters off the site.
• An exception to the preview chapter rule would be Amazon/Kindle Unlimited. If chapters were removed because of Amazon/Kindle Unlimited's policies then that would be okay.

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

Yes. It is against the Content Guidelines to do such thing;

Content Guidelines | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com

huh...a rule that actually makes sense for once.

Yay! =P

 

[Gray_Mann]

I would think it would make more sense to set it as a status for your story. Like, where it says Completed, Dropped, or whatever. Have an option to put Stubbed.

 

[chins4tw]

Support. Royal road already does this and there are a ton of stories on this site that have been stubbed.