- While I haven't sought out sub4sub I use to participate in them on other writing platforms. Yeah I got a follow, maybe a like on a few updates, and a comment or two. But quickly after a day or so their effort/activity was gone because they can't keep up with all the sub4subs they're doing, or they just don't care. I've seen it discussed here on the forums a number of times, and another experience popped up below
If the people you're participating in sub4sub are being active, congrats! That's honestly awesome, I'm just discussing the concept as a whole since I think 90% of the time it doesn't work well and isn't the best for one's reputation overall.
And what I'm trying to say is that even if you unlock ad rev, it won't matter if you don't have active views because you won't be making money. I see the point in aiming to unlock tipping however, but tbh I think tapas should have that feature be integrated without reaching a milestone in the first place.
My view isn't solely directed at you and your work, so no I'm not assuming your work won't attract genuine readers. I mean it as anyone who is or is considering doing sub4sub. And to quote myself here
And this is just an observation from my past experience and those I've seen discussed here on the forums previously. So yes, you can gain a genuine audience, but the way I see it
1. First you may damage your online reputation and burn bridges.
2. Then out of those you DO gain and see as a success, only time will tell how any are sincere/long term.
Overall it's just not worth it to me. Time spent messaging the masses and keeping up with a ton of sub4subs could be spent doing those other networking things I mentioned earlier, without any risk.
Again, I feel the need to say my use of "You" in my last points is directed to the practice in general and not the literal YOU. If this method is working for you, and you're happy then that's great. I'm just here to discuss.
I feel I've stated my main opinions/observations on this though, and since it isn't directly on topic I probably won't be responding further on this thread.
To answer the original question though: I ignore/delete them. If they're rude and I'm grumpy I might block them. It definitely bums me out to receive a notification finally, only to discover it's a sub4sub though.