I love the fact that StoriesOnline allows authors to illustrate their stories now. This has, actually, always been available but only recently, I guess with the popularity of AI, has it become really common.
I do think what counts as an "illustrated" story, in the tags, needs to be worked on. I keep seeing stories with the "illustrated" tag but the story isn't REALLY illustrated. The only illustration the story has is a cover picture.
I think the definition for an illustrated tag should mean illustrations other than a cover. Otherwise, it's just kind of a tease.
That's just my opinion though.