Considering The Situation .. Again

Introduction

These are some observations on the current state of Vocal, which is not good for creators and readers alike.

I know this piece will give me a lot of criticism from other creators for daring to point out that there are faults with Vocal, but I just want it to be working as, in my opinion, it is the finest online publishing platform, even though they don't appreciate my work.

This is one situation I had to deal with, but thankfully, others won't have to deal with.

So Where Are We Now?

The site is slow, and there are gateway timeouts requiring us to try again. If we use the editor, saves often don't work because we are auto timed out as we edit (you can correct this by logging in on another tab in your browser, but god knows what happens in the app)

In this story (which I can't embed), Raymond G. Taylor remarks that when this happens to readers, they don't wait or retry, and we lose reads. If we are paying for our subscription, Vocal should be offering some recompense for that.

Reads are my biggest income for Vocal now, as my stories are not deemed good enough for any bonuses by the moderators, so it does rankle a little with me.

The Worst Thing Is

Not a word from Vocal. This is what their status page is showing. Disruption last Friday, but everything has been fine since then:

Here is their launch article with a link to the Status Page

If things were wrong where I work, and I didn't let people know the situation, I would be severely reprimanded or worse.

Time and time again, Vocal just go quiet when something goes wrong.

We need to know what you are doing, even if you don't know what is wrong.

Are Vocal under a DOS attack? Are the servers failing? If you don't know, please tell us and let us know that you are trying to find a solution.

Conclusion

Vocal is the best publishing platform, but we need it working. We have your back, Vocal, let us know that you have ours.