The Silent Wish as a Creator

[supriyashukla2398]

It's sad but true that many people who love our stories don't subscribe or support us in any way. I have more views than subscribers for my novel. I just wish that those who really enjoy my story would show their support, because as creators, we need encouragement to keep going.

After all, we’re humans too, with feelings.

I love when people read my stories, but I would also be grateful if they could comment, like, and subscribe. Because, as creators, that support is what we hold onto.

I hope every creator agrees with me, whether they are a comic or novel creator.

[Aeneas1]

I wish people would appreciate my comics as they would Tolkien. Unfortunately, as an indie creative, it is hard to get noticed because the general public is so. Fucking. Closed minded. And they’ve always been like that. Look at all the people like that whinging idiot Kafka who didn’t get famous until after they were dead. The problem is that the world is often cruel to new talent and new creations. I know that, and I despise that my work has to live in the shadow of what my mum calls “the cinematic equivalent of Coco Pops.”

[DokiDokiTsuna]

I love when people read my stories, but I would also be grateful if they could comment, like, and subscribe. Because, as creators, that support is what we hold onto.

I hope every creator agrees with me, whether they are a comic or novel creator.

I think everyone agrees with that. Support and encouragement is important, even if it's only in the form of likes. Without that there's very little reason to post anything publicly. ^^;

...However...I feel like it needs to be said that "having more views than subscribers" is 100% normal. That's...just how media works. Viewing isn't just easier and less of a commitment than subscribing, it's also something you can do multiple times/across devices, depending on what a website counts as a 'view'. There should be more views than subscribers...if nothing else, it means your subscribers tend to look at your work more than once.

For example, The Amazing Digital Circus is a very popular series on YouTube: its pilot episode has 357 million views. Yet the channel itself has only 12 million subscribers...but that's not something to be upset about; that's normal. ^^; And in terms of ad revenue, that's great, because you make that money based on views alone. In internet business, subscribers are simply a means to the end of getting more views: loyal viewers who will hopefully keep coming back and bring more viewers in with them.

All that is to say, if you keep getting more views, you will eventually get more of everything else: more subs, more likes, and eventually, actual comments. ^^ So, y'know, keep that hope alive.

[thepenmonster]

As a culture we've stupidly handed power over to tech bros and their shit algorithms. There doesn't seem to be any movement to reverse this because everyone has been so brainwashed by it.

But a constant reminder to the audience of the realities of the system and how their direct involvement is the only currency that counts wouldn't hurt.

Presumably.

[kyupol]

Just the nature of the animal...

I've had a few people irl that think my stuff is based.
But they're have no tapas account either