Observations On Dead Vocal Subscriptions

Introduction

I am still looking for reasons why I am unable to publish any brand-new stories on Vocal, but just being a user rather than an administrator, my options are limited.

Given that the thing that is stopping is a combination of things that are totted up for the system to decide that I can't post anything new, I thought maybe I have too many subscriptions.

When looking at my Subscription feed, this is what I saw and what I did.

The music is "Cut Me Down" by Lloyd Cole and The Commotions.

What I Saw, What I Did, and What Happened

I saw a lot of Creators who I had subscribed to had not published anything in over a year, sometimes up to four years. I thought there was no point in leaving those open, and maybe they are affecting my Vocal profile.

So I have pruned, probably about a hundred users, many of whom I subscribed to when they had a Top Story, and I invited them to join VSS and featured them in the Community Adventure.

Some were new Creators, and I subscribed to encourage them.

I was surprised that many who had not posted in over a year were still V+ members. That means they have forgotten about Vocal, but are still paying for it, a bit like those one-month subscriptions that you forget about and end up paying for.

Conclusion

After all the ones I've deleted, I still can't create a new story (remember this one is recycled), but there may be a twenty-four-hour delay, so I will try again tomorrow.

Thank you for reading, and don't worry, if you are still publishing, I won't be dropping you.