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Member Loss Surge
🕑 Added 2024-09-17 21:31:30 +0000 UTCI understand that my work here isn't going to maintain interest with everyone forever, I wouldn't expect it to. I also understand that people might want to take breaks, and that interest in the story isn't permanent. Some may not like where the story is going, and some may just want to step away.
Supporting me is something I greatly appreciate, but I also understand that it is not forever.
That being said, I've lost almost 2 months of gradual patron gain in like, less than a week.
There's clearly an issue, and I just want you to be aware that if you have concerns of some sort you can feel free to message me, either here, on Discord, SV or SB.
Have a nice day ya'll
Comments
Christopher Cummins
Well, I appreciate that you're hopeful, but you sure didn't sound like it. As an author, we're around for the same journey, I just have more context. Hearing an old supporter was so disheartened by a few decisions I made - which honestly aren't even that big in the grand scheme of things - that they tossed a coin as to whether or not they'd even stick around because they can't see how the story can survive, is going to hurt. I have feelings too.
Akasha
Y e s. Because I'm paying money for access. And if I didn't hold some fucking hope that this story manages to beat the trend, I wouldn't have thrown that coin. I'd just cancel quietly and spend the cash on something else. It's not as if the result of the toss somehow binds me.
Christopher Cummins
You literally said it's doomed and you're only around - on a chance based decision -because you want to see how long it has left! Am I not supposed to take that in the same tone as someone watching a bug dehydrate on the sidewalk on a hot day?
Akasha
*Hoping* the story is going to suddenly die? Because I told you what usually happens and suggested that might be the answer? And you call ME negative? I guess we know why people don't tell you why they unsubscribe, huh.
Christopher Cummins
I'm not arguing with your answer, I'm arguing that the story isn't doomed. First it's not an SI, there's nothing SI about the story, this is possibly the least SI thing I've ever written. It follows a 12 year old girl on a murder rampage. Regardless, both the Core and Otherworlder parts were planned... literally 100K words ago, so if the story is doomed for their involvement, it's been doomed for longer than most people write anything in their lives. I have structural plans that go until this time next year, so if you're hoping the story is going to suddenly die soon you're going to be disappointed. Thank you for your coin flip based continued support.
Akasha
*shrug* You wanted a potential answer, you got a potential answer. I'm not here to argue with you. The amount of dead Gamer and SI stories that unalived themselves soon after either of those paths were chosen speaks for itself, though that may be simple correlation, rather than causation.
Christopher Cummins
Timing's off, I considered that. Not sure how either thing makes anything "doomed." That's some really depressing thought process you have going there. It's also incredibly insulting, as it removes my agency from the matter entirely and just assumes I'm going to suddenly become a terrible writer because I dared to do something different. The entire story is a different idea, in a different direction, largely based on what I thought was an interesting way to go. Not sure why one creative path in any direction creates a death spiral.
Akasha
I suspect at least a chunk of the people in question quit because of the Otherworlder thing (as adding additional SI equivalents is almost always bad for the story) and the whole sharing the System thing (as that also nearly always makes the story quality plummet). When I saw those, I flipped a coin to see if I'll remain subscribed because, as far as I can tell, the story is almost inevitably doomed, but I'm interested in seeing how long it lasts.
Michael Zalesny
Well they might be denying patreon itself their money, or they pay 70 bucks a month to creators and just lost their job
Christopher Cummins
No. One person did contact me after I posted this to inform me that it wasn't me it was a blanket cancellation of all subs due to financial issues, but uh, still doesn't explain the surge. Is what it is. Though if a bunch of people are suddenly experiencing enough financial woe that $5 is a breaking point, I have very different fears.
Michael Zalesny
Might just be bad timing, did any of them fill out the survey? Not many do i imagine, but still...
Readgold2000
I'm still enjoying the story so there is that. Could just be because of other costs for some people like I imagine school starting for children, etc.
Christopher Cummins
Just wish I understood the trends. It's always so disheartening to lose people, so when a sudden surge happens I'm left like "The hell happened now?"
Dopplerdee
Hope things go well, you're doing great.
Lol
You're doing good don't beat yourself up about it!
