How to deal with the follow unfollow method

[DogshitJay]

Do deadsubs hurt stats? I had no idea.

[DualDragons]

Yeah i heard they do.
In fact, views, likes and comments are better for your stats because they can put you into trending if you gain a lot of them. Whereas I don't really know what subscribers do other than unlock the milestones.
Again, i don't know the full details of it but there is a reason why people don't like sub4sub.

[Kelheor]

Sorry, I didn't get. Notifications lead a person to unsubscribe? When you publish a new chapter your followers receive a notification, right?

I believe it works like this: a person subscribes to you, maybe they didn't like your comic that much or just started reading, then they forget about you, next time they see a new update they decide the comic is really not for them and unsubscribe. When you don't update, they just don't remember your comic is in their library (and many people have thousands of those), so they don't unsubscribe =)
So it's a usual situation when you gained readers, but then with the next update some are unfollowing.

[martinadenatale]

Oh, got it. It make sense Well, better loose then.

[LadyN]

You definitely didn’t understand. Updates are good. On the other hand, most people who don’t read comics/books in sub4sub don’t really care for you or your story. They just want those stats up or something.

People then forget your story exist after subscribing so you don’t ever have to worry about losing subs cause they’ve already ignored your existence.

Sorry if it didn’t make sense. Basically “people just don’t care“ is the message I’m trying to get across.

(And I just realized someone answered your question.)

[martinadenatale]

Yes yes, I got it now! Also another person explained me Thanks anyway <3

[snowy]

I just lost two subs right after posting a new page, so thanks for explaining what that was about. This has been happening fairly regularly actually, so I probably have an even smaller audience than I thought I had.
On the other hand, comments and likes are up slightly, so at least I'm not getting worse at this, I guess.

I have no clue how to deal with this, and yes, it is flippin' annoying as heck.

[martinadenatale]

I'll do a new update in few minutes. Let's see what happens

[snowy]

The weird thing is that this also happens to me on webtoons, where you can't even see who subbed you, so how they expect me reciprocate is beyond me.
And if they just really suddenly don't like it anymore, I wish they'd at least bother to tell me why.

[martinadenatale]

Yes, maybe an explanation could be useful.

[Kelheor]

And if they just really suddenly don't like it anymore, I wish they'd at least bother to tell me why.

These are mostly just people who were not really invested in the comic.
Every time I post on Webtoons I lose something like 20 subs, if each of them will write they are leaving for the better comics every time, I would choke and die at some point

[snowy]

Lol, ok, fair point.

[mappypaint]

Sub for sub can actually hurt your ranking in the trending section if the subs aren't actually reading your comic. So just a heads up.

It was from this thread, an old subscriptions vs subscriptions topic back in Nov 2015. So this was before the need of subs to unlock the tip and milestones feature.

[vothnthorvaldson]

In my opinion, the best thing to do is to not follow someone who follows you UNLESS you are really interested in their comic and would read it even if they were not reading yours, (AND)/OR you know the person well enough and from what you know, you want to give them an extra chance even if the comic is not your style, etc.

Following a follower's comic just because it exists will potentially bring unsubs, but also awkwardness. You may feel obligated to read it, to keep subscribed to it even if you don't read it and the person updates all the times, you may feel bad if you unsub, etc

I keep a separated list of comics I want to read later and put these in this list. I think it's a good way to not clog up your comic notifications and still keep track of comics you want to give a chance to.
From time to time, I also remove comics from my subscription list if I don't read them and put them in that other list.

[martinadenatale]

Yes, I actually don't do follow for follow unless I'm really interested in.

[MiniSheepPencil]

I still get these sub4sub requests as private posts on my wall and I can only say that I don't find it worth my time to even respond to such messages.

There are no lasting benefits in this practice. That's why I don't want to invest my time on it.

[lynestjules]

I couldn't care less about follow/unfollow, they're clearly in it to gain subscribers, but don't aren't there to genuinely support other creators. It's me, myself and I.
Personally, I want people who generally likes my work. I have a lot of follow/unfollow on instagram as well and I get a lot of requests for sub4sub on tapas and deviantart, which I don't do. I only subscribe if I'm interested in it and will read. Might take me a while, but I'll do it eventually.

[PorcheJ]

I hate when people do that. I think it's really petty when someone follows to unfollow. Especially in Day 1 of following!
But yeah, like the majority of people here said, ignore it. Keep doing what you love, and that is your story. Don't fall into the trap of Sub4Sub either. It's not worth it. Be real and only follow people who are genuine and if you like their work.

[PorcheJ]

That's interesting! The more you know, right?

[Psychobott]

I generally ignore it. But I do get butthurt, to be honest.