When you think your subscribers are "fake"

69Michi 2016-05-27 14:11:02 UTC #21

While I can say that I don't think my subscribers are "fake" (that is somewhat of a harsh word to use), I do think a lot of my subscriber/watchers/followers are "inactive" though. There is just that slight different between fake and inactive to me. I have over 1k watchers on DA and only a hundred or less ever votes in my pool, only a handful of people that I consider FRIENDS ever comment on my stuffs. I'm very used to this so I don't think it's that big of a deal. Although I do know some people tend to get very paranoid when more than 3/4 of their watchers are inactive and rather abandon the account to make a new one than sticking around with "dead" watchers.

On Tapastic, I only have around 100+ subs. Not a lot people have bothered to leave a comment on my comic. (Only a few) but that makes every little comments I get a big motivational boost and get me bumped to work more on the comic.

Just try to stay positive really, there is nothing people can gain from being a "fake" subscriber. Inactive, maybe, shy, perhaps. ~~Or purely just lazy to leave a comment, like me. I'M SORRY I LOVE YOU ALL, EVERY WEBCOMIC I SUB'ED TOO OUT THERE~~

sarrowsmith10 2016-05-27 23:52:52 UTC #22

Um yep. I probably only comment with any regularity on only 4 comics I read and I'm subbed to 62 series at the moment...

sorrelma 2016-05-28 01:26:23 UTC #23

i don't think of it that way. i'm only subscribed to ~25 comics but i hardly ever check for updates because i like to binge read + i get busy and just don't have time

i have to respect that my subscribers are often in the same position. and sometimes people simply lose interest but don't care to actually unsubscribe

i'm grateful for everyone who does comment and like my content, but honestly no one owes me anything. i really struggle to remind myself that sometimes tho

demthorshie 2016-05-28 05:43:21 UTC #24

I tend to not really think of any subscribers being "fake" if you may. I just assume that they subscribed to my comic as a bookmark to read later. As a person with a very tight schedule, i've done this with several of the comics I read. It's hard to read a comic in one sitting sometimes, especially if there are more than 50 pages. :]