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Stop daily post from authors showing up daily news feed

throwaway8390 🚫

So this is more of a request; so watching new stories on a daily basis I have seen a lot of repeat garbage from the same same authors day in, day out...every day there is a post from them with a book advertised story.... how about making it so they can't grab the headline all the time, or set rules that they can't grab the headline daily...something along the lines of not rewarding folks that publish so frequently for literally publishing shit. If needed I'm happy to post a few authors names that I consider an example

Replies: Diamond Porter Pixy I zitqhile throwaway8390

Diamond Porter 🚫

@throwaway8390

Add them to your Author Exclusions.

Replies: John D. Rodburn

John D. Rodburn 🚫

@Diamond Porter

Add them to your Author Exclusions.

That's part of the excellent premier level service.

Pixy I 🚫

@throwaway8390

So this is more of a request; so watching new stories on a daily basis I have seen a lot of repeat garbage from the same same authors day in, day out...

To be fair, or at least trying in a cack-handed way to be impartial, this tends to come about by a misunderstanding of the basic rules of selling/promoting.

If you look at 'guides', they normally espouse the regular posting of 'small' things to maintain visibility. Which, in its own way, makes sense. But it's easily misunderstood and misused, often leading to the complete opposite of the intention that was desired. Which is that people will ignore you and anything you write/post because they are sick of seeing 'you'* or your content.

It's a fine line. And like all fine lines, can only be successfully used by individuals who are aware enough not to walk the line in the first place.

Again, broken down as simply as it can be, it's "Quality over quantity".

*Just to be clear, when I say 'you' I don't actually mean you (throwaway8390) specifically.

zitqhile 🚫

@throwaway8390

Some authors I would also not need to see everyday, but then there are some top authors that finish writing their book/s and then post everyday. I find after a couple of days, authors I don't care that not for, I just scroll past them without reading.

throwaway8390 🚫

@throwaway8390

Thank you all, I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. It's just a shame that you have to pay good money to avoid the garbage... I mean it's good for the website and have no issues with that train of thought.... I suspect it's a fine line of allow an author to be creative and punishing those that just post drivel every day in the hopes to get someone to do the 'click bait' thing.

Replies: Pixy I

Pixy I 🚫

@throwaway8390

It's just a shame that you have to pay good money to avoid the garbage

Woah! Easy there, tiger!

It's very unfair and dare I say it, a little selfish, to demand a service you are not prepared to pay for (one way or another).

You get a lot here for free, but running the site costs money and those costs have to be paid for, somewhere, somehow.

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Stop daily post from authors showing up daily news feed

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