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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
Recently, on Archive of Our Own I've seen an influx of "placeholder" stories where the author simply posts that they're planning to post a story soon. It's pointless — just post the story when it's ready, you numbnuts. It's also against the ToS.
I think a lot of them are Wattpad users who moved over. Eternal september.
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Agreed. I remember when Kindle Vella started and (primarily) the Wattpad users moved over--it was like flipping kindergarten. I got so annoyed that I had to stop visiting that forum. w
I mean...you should have
HEARD the whingeing. ("Why can't we discuss plot points and stuff with our readers?" You mean, the people who are P
AYING to READ YOUR SH**???") Unflippingbelievable, how they think that it's perfectly rational to publish DRAFT CRUFT and
still expect to be paid for the privilege. [SMH]
Hitch