To be honest, it does seem to be that way. XD It could be that the readers on this site are just reallllly quiet and they don't bother to like or comment, but the ratio between people who sub and people who like leads me to believe that this isn't the case. To give a comparison, I started posting one of my stories on RoyalRoad and it has a pretty good number of followers considering I just started posting, and it seems to be getting a lot more comments and interactions and readers who are actually... readers. I do think the genre on this site plays a BIG role into whether you can get readers and not just readers/writers.Tapas kind of self-perpetuates the cycle of like, only romance stuff getting views, so that's probably your best bet if you want consistent readers on this site. I swear, I rarely see stuff that isn't romance get on the front page. LOL.