Not A Top Story

Introduction

This is the last Top Story and any kind of non-read reward from Vocal.

That was in October 2025.

November 2025 was the last time I was able to produce a brand-new story on this account.

Vocal has given me a year's V+ as recompense and says they are working on the system, but I only got that when I closed the account, and have had nothing since then.

Now this is what I get in my drafts, making it more difficult to reuse stories. It's been like that for two days. I know why, but Vocal have not done anything about it, though I told them of the issue.

Why?

I have maintained that Vocal have a list of creators to whom they dispense Top Stories. Some only have to post a story to see it in the Top Story listings very often within hours of posting.

I am not on that list and feel that I am on a blocked list.

When I read the comments, I know that my work is excellent.

Some creators have explicitly told me that my work must not be very good, but I know that is just them being spiteful, but that's how I feel the Vocal moderators are being with me.

One of the problems with not getting Top Stories is that people stop seeing you, and that sends your reads down, so it is a lose/lose situation, though, since I worked out the workaround and started reusing stories on here, I have increased my reads in 30 days from the low of 600 to 944, that is a 50% increase.

It is Vocal's platform, so they can do what they want.

But it does hurt seeing my peers get their fourth Top Story since I last got anything.

I have had sizeable tips from a few friends who appreciate my works, and in the last two months have received far more from my Pixabay site than Vocal, and that is just based on tips:

Conclusion

I will keep on going because of the support I receive from my audience, but at the moment, I cannot recommend Vocal, but I really do hope things change.

I should not have to write these things, but if I don;t everyone will think everything is OK.

Thank you for reading and thank you for your support