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Hey Bloo! Thanks for the reply. I apologize if my original statement read as critical or whiny. That certainly wasn't the intent. =D
I work as an executive-level manager, so the economics of the whole thing make sense- WN makes its money through SS purchases, and SS are spent to unlock new chapters of promoted or premium stories. A story with multiple new chapters a day, each behind a paywall, would naturally incentivize a hell of a lot more spending than a few chapters a week, even if the constantly updated stories are pretty, well, awful. If you generate a rapid stream of money for the company through constant releases, the actual quality of the product doesn't matter so much because both the company and the author are making money. It's 30's pulp magazines on the internet. I get it. It makes perfect sense, and I'm not in the slightest bothered by it. I'd push for the same exact thing if that's what the quant data showed me.
My only real question was if it was ever an exception based on other factors besides production volume. And if not yet, what one would have to achieve to prove the economic benefits of occasionally making such exceptions to the company?
I know for myself that rifling through hundreds of pretty terrible novels to find something decent on this site is a chore, even including the top ranking books. Having a novel promoted to me by "Editor's Choice" or "WN Masterworks" or something specifically because it supposedly places quality over quantity, even if it was one suggested book a month, and the entire book was premium after the first chapter, would be a far greater incentive to for me (and I imagine more than a few people like me) to pay for access and give my money to the company. I can imagine the amount of people who care about quality on this site is probably not huge, but it's also money that I speculate probably remains untapped.
Either way, I'm still gonna write here!
If it takes years to develop a following because it's impossible to be promoted, I'm not sweating it much. I've already been published irl. Writing here is as frivolous a hobby as I can make it, hence why I'm not using my actual name. I'm here for the community and the ability to be in on the creative ground floor, so to speak, not for money or attention.
Either way, I hope you're having a lovely day!
P.S- Thanks for removing the quotes around "talented" in your reply. It doesn't feel snarky and condescending now XP
