When I woke up this morning, I checked my Twitter feeds as per my morning routine to see if there's been anything of interest that's happened overnight in the world. Long story short, no, there wasn't. Stupid sounding hashtags were trending. The latest Mass Effect: Andromeda shitpost had people in certain circles predictably guffawing. More gaslighting posts about how (x) is now allegedly "Alt-Right" AKA a Nazi supporter. And of course, the usual personal posts from fellow comic creators I follow. Nothing unusual or anything that I'd normally care about enough to consider retweeting.
Until I came across this lovely gem on a fellow creator's Twitter feed from last night.
Since you don't usually see this kind of behavior on a (mostly) nice site like Tapastic, naturally it piqued my interest and going through said creator's (who shall remain nameless because reasons) Twitter feed from the moment this incident happened, I can honestly say the guy who was screencapped did not disappoint from a popcorn eating perspective.
Seriously, I think the above screencap that I took from one of the tweets adequately sums up the extent of the exchange that happened between the two as well as any conversation this guy had with people on Twitter who were rightfully calling him out on his unprofessional behavior.
Being a small time content creator myself, if anyone knows how frustrating it can be to get your comic out there, its me. I know firsthand how sucky it is when "popular" creators don't so much as say hi to you even if from a logical perspective it probably wouldn't kill them to do so. I know how much it hurts when it seems like everybody but you is doing well with thier webcomic of choice. And yes, I would be lying if I didn't say that sometimes it feels like Staff has a certain bias towards certain webcomics.
(Newsflash: They are a BUSINESS first and foremost and though you don't have to agree with some of thier picks, your niche hipster comic about how much humanity sucks probably isn't in thier interests to promote at the moment.)
However, acting like a little kid when things don't go your way is not only an ironclad guaranteed way to ensure that senpai will never notice you, but that its also a foolproof way to make sure that most people won't give you the time of day in general. Oh and it gets better, the man of the hour decided that harrassing one popular creator wasn't enough. Oh no. Below is one last screencap that the aforementioned posted on his Twitter feed in which one of our own (not saying who) was apparently subject to this guy's passive aggressive spamvertising.
SIDE NOTE: And from a similar thread somebody made several hours ago, it seems these two creators weren't the only ones who had to put with McWhiny Butt's temper tantrums.
Wrapping this post up, what can any new content creators do to get senpai to notice them aside from not behaving like a passive aggressive douche?
Don't act like an annoying telemarketer. If people want to read your stuff, they generally find it either through a link you posted in a "check my comic out" esque thread that's often posted here on the forums or better yet, they usually stumble across it while looking for something to read. Some of my favorite comics on here are often the ones I happened to come across one day while looking for new comics to read and the rest is history.
Forget about senpai. No really, screw senpai noticing you! For me, its no surprise that most of my fellow creators who are often also subbed to my comic Life of an Aspie are creators who were just like me starting out more or less and relatively speaking are often on a similar artistic skill level as a content creator. Starting out as a content creator, you are more likely to attract people in your sphere of influence than you are to attract someone who's sphere of influence is on a much higher level than yours. And on that note, threads like "comics under 100 subs" and even twitter events like #comicbookhour or #webcomicchat are in my experience are a solid way to generate initial interest in your webcomic.
Stick to the grind. This is what I feel weeds out the people who say they want to be a content creator from the people who are crazy enough to actually go through with it and more importantly, stick with it come hell or high water. Not every day is going to be sunshine and roses for you. In fact, while your experience may vary depending on your artistic merit, I would say that most days, you would be lucky to get a fraction of your sub count to not only like, but also comment on your newest page/episode and yes that goes for the "popular" creators around these parts. In fact, the best thing you can do as a content creator is to focus on simply making your webcomic the best it can be every time and to treat new subscribers/senpai noticing you/possible anime adaption/etc as a byproduct of making a good product, not directly because you made something good because that often leads to a "holier than thou" attitude.
Anyway, that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading this post. 
