I've Given Up On Vocal

Introduction

I was wondering whether to write this and whether it will be seen as a moan, but it is anything but.

So Why Have I Given Up On Vocal?

Vocal has shown that they don't give a damn about creators like me, I am just $10 a month to them. I am not a person at all.

I joined believing I had a chance to win big prizes but soon realised that was pie in the sky and would never happen for me.

With their use of AI for choosing Top Stories, I just see any of mine chosen as just like a minor lottery win. No Vocal moderator read that and thought it was good and gave it a Top Story.

I used to get upset at the lack of recognition from Vocal, but now I have grown past that.

I know how good my work is because look at it and know it's good and that is backed up by many, many Vocal Creators, and that is what matters to me.

I have promoted Vocal over and over and brought in many new Creators, I have shown them how to fix things on their platform and been ignored while they put a lot of effort into things that don't matter.

But in the various Vocal Facebook Groups, there is a lot of support and encouragement, and the comments facility that Vocal added has been a great boon.

The platform is fine, with a few glitches, but we can live with that.

The gold in Vocal is the supportive Creators who produce great work and encourage others.

The Vocal platform has turned me into a writer, but without the support of other Vocal Creators, that would never have happened.

I sometimes find great stories, often by new creators, with zero, one or two reads. If "Raise Your Voice" is on, I then add it so that on my last one, all five got chosen as Top Stories, so I was really happy with that.

Conclusion

So while I know Vocal does not give a damn about my work, I certainly do, and my friends and audience are well aware of the high quality of my output, which is why I get a lot of daily reads and have a decent number of subscribers.

If ever you feel you are not getting recognition, read and comment on others' work, and usually, you will get reciprocal reads and follows.

The music is "Give It Up" by KC and the Sunshine Band.

Thank you so much for reading.

A few of the Facebook Vocal Groups worth joining, without whom I would not be here: