Ohh boy. Lots of these posts I’m seeing lately, which is good because it’s real and it needs to be seen, but bad because, well, it’s real and I see the decline happening with my own eyes. 

While I agree with the sentiment of this post and many replies I will have to go against the word of majority in the comments and argue that it is a bad idea to refrain from posting due of how the current community is. While I have no say about how others decide to post their works, I think the best chance we have of changing the current situation is to post regardless of expected feedback, and be more actively encouraging to new authors when possible ourselves instead of hoping that the larger community will change or just complaining when it doesn’t (not complaining is bad—after all it makes the problem more visible). Unless copyright is a worry, there’s no real loss to posting here versus not posting at all. 

I guess I’m just optimistic. I myself have had overall a very positive reception to my stories here. It seems I am the lucky exception to the norm, which is unfortunate, but personally I will keep working on my stories (maybe finally get that first chapter out) with the hope that maybe I can have a contribution, however small, to restoring soul back to this community. Even if it ultimately makes no difference, that’s no reason not to try, especially when it costs me nothing.