@candiedcotton phahaha sure, next time someone needs an artist who draws a page per week, just call me x)
I agree with @darthmongoose , it's really nice to see people acknowledging their achievements.
And congrats on 2.5K, Kate! 
great number 
Nothing petty about it. You SHOULD be damn proud and you shouldn’t feel like a jerk for celebrating a legitimately incredible and impressive milestone! Scream it, shout it! (Especially to your fans, they will celebrate with you!) Just don’t be obnoxious about it, haha—which you are definitely not.
Congrats on the awesomeness. Keep it up! 
Congrats to your achievements. It might bite me in the bum but I'm gonna say this that I do celebrate my own achievements with my close friends, don't really shout it out usually because personally I think that there are many people who try equally hard as us and don't nearly have similar results so I don't wanna rub salt into anyone's wounds because I know how it feels like feeling like an utter failure way too often 
@DarkSena yeah, and that's the reason most creators stop celebrating with the community after they achieve some numbers ^^ no one wants to feel like a jerk, even though we all want to share and be proud
I vote we start pushing to encourage each other to celebrate milestones. If we only support when people are struggling, it feels more like a 'misery loves company' kind of thing. We should absolutely support each other. This is frankly the only place I go to when it comes to talking about comics and whatnot, and I'm sure for others it's also their only place to find support and relatability.
I mean, this forum is overflowing with people just spam-promoting their work. At least if we are showing our milestones and celebrating together, it adds to the sense of community here.
We shouldn't be ashamed of being proud (and I'm telling myself this too, lol).
Edit: and not just subscribers and stuff, but also instagram and places we're building social media presence. That's important, too. Plus, it could encourage others who ARE struggling to ask questions about how someone achieved certain goals.
Ok but no jerkiness or pettiness here. This is amazing congratulations! 
We should absolutely celebrate those achievements more, especially here with other creators who know how difficult it can be, and just how meaningful those successes (the small ones too, not just this) are. So huge congrats again. Keep up the good work 🥰
@darthmongoose also gonna use my comment to say congrats to you too! That's... beyond incredible honestly. And I'm sorry you felt people might think you're a jerk if you celebrate it here (the way I see it the only way you could have actually been a jerk is if you would have said something along the lines of 'behold my success peasants! You could never!' which... I really don't think you would have lol). But I get what you're saying ,which kinda sucks.
We should be able to celebrate each other, realizing someone's success doesn't come at the expense of yours (and I say it as someone with less than 50 subs so... technically I should definitely be on the "losing" side. Only I really don't see it like that). I really think we can only benefit from an environment where both small and big achievements are celebrated.
Positivity is VERY YES.
It's always good to remember that if an independent creator is getting more readers, that means more people who read independent comics coming to the app, it means more people interested in browsing independent creators, and it means more chances for promo and banner swaps or fanart features and the like. So if somebody's managed to get more subs, it might mean more subs for you, since people who like a comic or novel and have made an account on the site or app will probably want to read more stuff!
We should but the problem is that people do compare themselves with others. It's like the neighbour bought a new car then I should buy a new car so I'm not the "loser" It's the natural competitiveness that makes us feel so many ways and often makes us bitter. I'm also on the loosing side here Never thought that my first sole project would perform the way it does as I've been in the "game" for so long but let's keep up doing our best 
I might be a dreamer but I still believe in miracles. Gonna check you out
Oh I completely agree, and I would by lying if I said there isn't a part of me that say 'am I not good enough?' when I see other people succeeding. That being said, I also understand this voice is my insecurities speaking, and the fact someone else is doing better than me does not mean I should be bitter/salty about it and towards them. Sometimes it's just a matter of time or content (not in terms of quality, but what you create vs. what the audience on the platform wants), and if it is quality... well, I'd rather improve and be objectively good (to some people, because you could never match everyone's taste) and not be read because I'm the least worst, you know?
Also, just like @darthmongoose said, a positive environment truly benefits all creators, both big and small. Not to mention, big creators are still people too, and still creators while at that. They deserve to be celebrated just as much as smaller creators do, plus you really can learn a lot from them (and at least from what I saw here they're very generous about sharing knowledge and helping others).
And hey, I say dream on! These things can take time (I think), and believing is always good. And I'll be sure to check out your work as well just based on your avatar here (it's so fun and colorful so I'm immediately intrigued haha).
Worth petitioning for an "Achievements" forum category so anyone who might not want to see other's successes can mute it and the rest can celebrate fellow creators without feeling like they'll perceived as jerks..?
Oh, uh-
Can I also be a jerk?
* in a boasting connotation *, "Eyy, I just hit 60 subscribers-"
Yeah, no. That's very unimpressive. On a serious note though, congrats to everyone here it's nice to see so many successes and positive things on the forums.
There is a milestones thread, which was created after a spate of people using literally anything they could call an achievement as an excuse to create a promo thread, so it might be best not to. That's largely how people use the "achievements" category on the discord, with a lot of people posting weekly or almost daily with arbitrary numbers like "I got 34 views today! Hooray! [link to thing]".
Unfortunately I feel like a category would encourage people to do the same thing, and it'd just end up as an annoying form of self-promo.
Congrates on the features . Aint a jerk cus that is somthing to be proud as hell for. 3-way feature sandwhich
I wish people would promote a little more earnestly. I get the want to promote and all, but sometimes... it's a bit spammy.
Also thanks everyone, I admit I get overwhelmed easily and put myself in the spotlight without thinking much, so I get nervous and awkward after, heh. But for real, thank you.
Yep, agree with everyone here that you're not being a jerk at all! Humility is overrated, never really understood the stigma behind saying good things about yourself as long as you're not saying bad stuff about others :'D
I'm not great at being encouraging so I usually don't comment on achievement posts, preferring to just like and move on. Sometimes I'm worried people would pick up on that pattern and conclude that I'm actually salty, but that's probably being paranoid and people have better things to do than tracking my posting habits 
But I just wanted to say for the record that I'll never, ever think someone's a jerk for celebrating their accomplishments, no matter if it's something 'dumb' or 'petty' like 34 views or something incredibly enviable that most of us are very unlikely to achieve :]
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