yes... i believe there are people who read to read, i just think it's hard to find them on these sites.
I think frequent updates seem to work alright on here. it gets you in fresh and it starts growing from there.
+1 definitely helps to get at least the views. Subs is how well you write in terms of audience capture.
I think so! And well subs take a long time.... but itll happen (I hit 250 last night and I was going insane) but it took a while!