when two worlds collide
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Like is being an epihipster a thing? I lowkey am averse to trending stories but I enjoy a handful of popular stories like The Doberman but I struggled to read a lot of trending stories. I just find them kinda unengaging I suppose but I am a sucker for romance 
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Thereâs been a few.
Pregnant by a Nerd and The Tutor are a couple that come to mind. Both good stories, but I felt like they started dragging and I felt like theyâd both already reached enough of a conclusion for me so I stopped reading.
Supposed to be Cyberstalk 3 but I may be entering this new contest.
Yes! Pregnant by a Nerd. Holy moly just end already!
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Wow this thread really escalate⊠A lot of opinions that I agree with.
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I agree with you⊠Sometimes I do find different popular authorsâ profiles on Instagram, and I see â10 million reads and countingâ or something like that. I donât like that because again, they are gloating a bit when they have that in their bio. I just think it isnât right either. Yes, it is good to share you achievements with other fellow authors; I am not saying it isnât. But why do they do it? I can never answer that question in my head.
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I think the âItâs Just an Illusionâ series is overrated. I stopped reading Miss Mjâs stories a while back because I felt like her plots to her stories were getting too extreme for me; it was too much. Sheâs a great writer, but all her stories deal with the mafia and gangs.
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To be fair, Iâve seen some authors with âMore than 1000 reads!â in their bio lol so itâs not just authors with millions.
Itâs personally not something that bothers me, but my read count is also something that I leave off my own bio because Iâd feel like I was âbraggingâ. (I donât have millions of reads though lol)
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That makes sense. I truthfully never really notice the order 
but I can see why some people would feel like the person is showing off.
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Youâre right. Personally, I wouldnât feel right bragging like that about how many reads I haveâŠ
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I agree with you, numbers should never be glorified. Thereâs nothing wrong with celebrating your achievements but when all you care about is a number and put yourself above others, then it becomes a problem. Everyone deserves to be treated fairly. No one deserves to be made to feel like theyâre worthless just because of a number. Itâs always quality over quantity 
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You said it perfectly!
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As an author myself, I fell under the trap of thinking my story was not good enough, that clearly everybody is doing something right where I am not but a big slice of âteach yoselfâ and encouragement from the community helped.
It is funny to see how some âbigâ authors think they are all that because of the numbers. The attitude that some authors have can put me off of a story - if I know the person is rude, it can bother me a lot and makes me struggle to enjoy the story because essentially, the author is a jerk.
Stories I find overrated are the ones that are hypersexualised - like obviously the writing is not explicit but the whole writing around the edges and making soft porno is off putting. I have read some raunchy stories and it is so damn cringy - BUT sex sells I guess� Like there is this story called Keeping Him Tight and the same author wrote The Heat Inside. The Heat Inside is um yes - I read all of it but it was creepy as it was quite sexual. Obviously nothing wrong with sex but when using an app shared by a younger audience, I cannot help but feel gross.
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Please remember not all big authors are like that - there are so many lovely big authors out there who interact with their audience but remember as with anybody there are a minority of jerks within a majority of good people.
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@purplezombieattack My thoughts exactly. Iâm glad there are sane people like you exists. Iâve noticed that as well. Itâs really weird how the characters wake up with lipstick like isnât wearing makeup to bed going to damage your skin and make you look old as hell?
I used to have this friend from The Netherlands who is 28 years old and she gets offended when people including myself do not like feminine men or gay men. Doesnât make sense that a straight woman chases gay men.
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Whatâs that mean? My story was inspired by that story!
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@celestiial.missy Oh man these idiots remind me of the time I used to use Twitter and they brag about how theyâre better than the other person who is a fan of the band just because they have seen them live multiple times and act like they know the band personally.
Directing is that not great
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Thereâs a difference between âbashingâ and criticising. I agree with you though.
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I think bashing is critique without telling reasons for your low evaluation.
I donât mind someone telling that my story either ânot goodâ or âpiece of shitâ if he/she explains why does he/she thinks like that.
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