If you are going to subscribe to me, at least read one of my stories
A tad annoyed and frustrated me
To be clear, I am talking about those scammers
Who do not read the story
But just subscribe and go
We have a great big mixing cauldron
Of dedicated, purposed and intelligent folks creating here
Who daily and ever are spinning marvelous tales
Toiling away in hopes of loving and being loved
For their craft of honestly creating and reading
Who are ever vigilant to the wiles and cunning
Of those who think themselves smart
If you think that I will jump and click
And hurry to read your stories
Just because you decide to subscribe to me
Think again, opportunistic lazy one
How stupid do you really think that I am
You joined in hopes of exploiting to the max
The good nature of the hardworking folks
Who daily toil, write, edit and agonize over the content
Validity and relevance of their heartfelt stories
Who are you to expect a quick fix and reward for doing nothing
But play on the blood, sweat and tears of the faithful and the caring
It may be that you have my best interest at heart by subscribing
But please read a story or maybe two to show your solidarity and sincerity
So I can separate you from the unscrupulous and unjust
As much as I love a good subscription as much as the other person
In the immortal words of Cezanne Libellen
"Please don't subscribe to my Vocal stories, if sincerity and good will,
Is sadly lacking in your character, and you hope to gain something
From doing nothing to contribute to the upliftment of myself and my
Fellow readers and writers upon this Vocal platform!
You insult the creators, by infringing on their time
Which should be spent on positivity going forward
Instead of chasing after fraudsters and imposters
Posing as honest to goodness creatures with a smidgen
Of any type of talent whatsoever
That is all I have to say for now!
Back off and leave us be".
...................................Cover pic by NightCafe Studio.
About the Creator
Novel Allen
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~~ Rabindranath Tagore~~
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Comments (38)
A great message for the fake subs to hear, congratulations on top story.
Novel, congrats on your leaderboard placement!! 🎉
I'm sooooo with you on this one! Also, that was brilliant to include what Cezanne said!
Novel, this must also be your art! It has your vote/ style to it and I adore it! I can see why it’s highly praised! 🩵 I love this sassy poem from you! I feel like it’s cathartic to see someone else so passionate about these scammers wasting our time or attempting to! Love the quote you included from Cezanne, she is so well spoken for someone so young! I can see why this was Top Story, those scammers need to be stopped and put in their place!! May I ask one favour of you? Can I use this in a personal file of mine? I have a file that contains a list of links that I send to scammers when they link bomb and do this crap. I would love to add this to my collection, with your permission.
How do we know if someone has read our writing? I read and learn from other writer's creations. I do notice I have very few comments or subscribers yet I am not in competition with them. I am writing for myself and sharing with the hope someone will start to read my writing and get somehting good out of it. In some ways I feel invisible as I don't crank out stories fast and need a nudge. Comments reflect someone read what I wrote. That feels good. I hope you feel good knowing I took the time to read your article or commentary today.
I say it's best to ignore those that try to farm clicks and reads not out of self-righteous greed, but because if we have better things to do with better people in our lives we should be doing them, those are goals that moving towards we should strive. Yes, the negative exist, just like the waste. To only focus on the negative instead of the positive we can make drains our time, forcing us to make haste. Instead of bud-biting, and constantly nipping, why not get to quipping with creative process reading and writing?
I can clearly see how your method of letting cover art help craft your writing is a beneficial practice. Art inspires your art. This is a very poetic and artistic way of elegantly asking others to respect the art of writing. Congratulations on Top Story!
PHOAR! I loved this! Preach. 👏☺️ I liked your witchy cauldron pic and metaphor too Novel! Congrats on Top Story too. 😁
Reminds me of the haiku craze a few months ago. Haikus are great, but if someone can read the whole thing without even clicking on it? What's even the point?
Good point, but how do you understand if somebody did read your article? From the quality of the comments? Because I mean that Vocal does not provide such information.
Wonderfully expressed!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!❤️❤️💕
Thoughtful words. Congratulations on being awarded top story. 🌈
Some just give their heart and run...
Here, here. Well stated. 😊✨🌹
A Top Story with a top message: there are a lot of people who click on thumbs up and hearts just to belong to a club. Keep them honest. ;)
Hello, dear Novel. I see that you were able to share your concerns and merge them with your art. BFN. 💙
Preach. Congrats on this getting top Story!
So true
Ya so true-scammers are toxic
Congrats on TS! (I fell for that trick once or twice as a desperate newbie and it broke my heart when my notifications were inundated with generic AI generated content. :(
Spectacular piece, needs to be said, and you said it with great literary style and wit. Amen.
Whoooo-ee! You tell 'em Novel! Congratulations on Top Story! 🧠🦾
Ha, 😆✨👀👍❤️🤣You Tell em💯💥Clearly it's Sadly Lacking in Their Disposition - 😃CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AMAZING TOP STORY🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for this, Novel! Each morning, I carve out anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes to get on Vocal, read a story, and write a genuine, personalized, thoughtful comment on someone's work. It's helped me make some actual connections on here. And it brings me genuine joy! As writers, we know that the relationships that we build with other writers are everything to our own momentum and success. Let's keep this community thriving by choosing to engage with it thoughtfully.
Preach! 🙌 Scammers are the worst and i feel very lucky that I haven’t had too much interaction with them yet *knock on wood*