Okay like honestly, I feel like I'm slowly getting used not to Wattpad anymore because of the new updates coming out.
I mean, yeah it's good for some, but not for me though, as it meant not liking anything that I used to enjoy. I am okay with the category update and all related to that, as they are trying to compete against all those other fanfiction sites out there, and it was a good hit for the fans, but for me, I feel like I'm not okay with this. Especially that they are in the global market and are competing to get some few hundred thousand dollars on their income.
For starters, they deleted the short story and random categories. Well, how am I supposed to deal with that if they aren't putting it back? I mean, most of my stories are long and are fanfic based but it seems it needs an update to this, right? I have one short story collection book and a Randoms book, but they seem like they disregarded it into something they thought was good but actually isn't.
Got to have more genres. Drama for one. Another should be an alternate universe category for science fiction that aren't fanfics, and of course, more subgenres should be added. I know they (the devs) are working on that and even I know what they're doing.
And don't get me started on the backlash. Everyone started ranting about the new update. Especially those who are aware they are changing up the category section. They've deleted DMs, more than enough to get them to sign off here and choose other sites instead. I mean, yeah, I have plans to move to AO3 soon if it makes things even worse for me, but for now, it's here or nothing.
It is making me unhappy now. And even if I haven't been into writing recently, what happened these last few years are making me upset and unmotivated to continue further. I don't know if I can keep up with this. I can just simply leave and archive everything on there. But I am not taking it. I'm upset, but I also don't wanna upset anybody. I just... ugh...