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What Happened To My Reads?

During My Recent Vocal Issues

By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred Published 2 months ago Updated 2 months ago 1 min read
The Last Month Or So On Vocal

Introduction

I have had issues publishing on Vocal recently, but we now have an excellent resolution.

I was quite surprised to see a huge rise in my reads from what they had been with my first repurposed "new" stories. I really have no explanation for this.

I know 89 is not a great deal, but it was nice to see.

The music I have included here is "Go" by Public Service Broadcasting because I feel that I can now go and comment easily on others' work.

My Observations

Although I didn't think I could publish on my main account, I could publish on my backup free account (to do this, you need a new email domain and a different bank account, but this account is just a spare tyre account, only to be used in emergencies).

I did get some reads on the backup account and published another forty stories there, but it made it difficult to comment and support others.

Now I am almost back on track.

I am confused about the sudden increase in reads, though. I expected it to be a very slow resurgence, but I do have a decent amount of subscribers, but I don't know how many are active. Those reads are for the 14th, when I posted my first recycled piece, so it will be interesting to see the results from the last two days.

This is another instance of wondering who is reading my work if they are not commenting, though obviously someone is because the reads are showing.

Conclusion

This is just another PSA from me, but thank you for reading, and for your support and encouragement.

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  • Kay Husnickabout a month ago

    89 reads in one day is great, Mike! I've been mostly off Vocal for a while, so I can't speak to your read count then, but what an increase!

  • Mark Graham2 months ago

    You are an awesome writer/creator in many aspects from art to music to fiction.

  • Greg Seebregts2 months ago

    Good to know everything is back on track for you!

  • Oh wow, good to see your reads go up! 😍😍😍

  • Rain Dayze2 months ago

    Glad to see things are getting on track again!

  • A. J. Schoenfeld2 months ago

    First, I want to point out that we all MISSED you. Of course you had a huge spike in your reads. Second, have I mentioned I aspire to be you one day? I'm just one penny shy of making $5 just off reads. Five whole dollars after three whole years. To date I have a total of 893 reads. You have almost as many reads in the last 30 days as I do in my entire career. And your account was broken. This is why I subscribe to you. You inspire me to believe I can do more with my writing if I invest the time.

  • Imola Tóth2 months ago

    I also noticed a drop in reads and comments, but also noticed that a lot of people who were very actively commenting a few months ago (4-5 months or so) are inactive ever since. Good to see you're getting back on track again :)

  • Sandy Gillman2 months ago

    It's awesome to see you're getting back on track and getting lots of reads 😀

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