Observations On Dead Vocal Subscriptions
Been Cutting Down My 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.
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Comments (13)
Sending strength for you, Mikeydred, and sincere hope that everything gets resolved soon!
Yeesh. That really stinks. DX
Hoping it works out for you soon.
Good idea Mr. Mike I was thinking about doing that too. For I have a little over 200 subscribers and when I reviewed I noticed some of mine were not publishing for quite a while.
Oh no, it's been 4 months since I've published anything, and it may get longer as time goes by. So please don't unsubscribe from me 😅😅
Deleting dead accounts is something I should also do. I don't think those dead accounts were linked to not being able to publish new stories, though. What would be the connection? What do they say?
I wonder if that is a problem here. I have over 600, i wrote a piece saying goodbye to them but never posted it. Now i may start letting go of them too. It is a good idea. I thought you were posting again...what the heck.
Really hope things get better, I think they were of on a break, so hope lives. Pulling for you Mike.
Happy New Year -- wishing you all success in the months ahead!
I hope this mess clears up for you. Good luck.
I really need to do this, I'm sure that there's some dead subscriptions lying about in my feed.
Just a thought, but you have a large volume of stories. Have you inquired as to whether or not there’s a data limit for each account that may be causing the problem?
I go through my subscriptions and delete all the test accounts and old accounts that haven't been published in a while. I've never seen any sense in keeping them. Except for those with whom I've struck up a friendship, I always hope they come back.