Perhaps I should leave wattpad after Young Blood is completed
First, they deleted all chat history and shut down the dm function without a warning
Readers and writers’ messages meant the world to me
I read them whenever I feel low in life
But now, I can’t find them anymore
There’s only a blank page waiting for me
They cut the entire function bcuz a minors were reported to be harassed through dm
It means they want to keep the platform kid-friendly, and obviously my works are mature and tailored young adults
Second, they cut fanfiction from The Wattys since last year
After they’re bought by naver, their main purpose changed to fishing for original stories that can be sold to Netflix
(Not to mention they’re still profiting from us fanfiction writers with ads
just to let you know ao3 is nonprofit)
I wouldn’t say wattpad is evil, they still need to make a living
But I think my works do not resonate with this platform, especially when they want to keep it kid-friendly
If you have twitter / ao3 acc, I suggest you follow me there:)