For Writers: Let’s Take a Peek at That Follower Bonus
The follower bonus is an adjustment to a writers engagement points.
It’s muddy.
I trust it is an effort to be fair to all writers. Let’s just look at the follower bonus.
… if a member follows the author of the story or publication that the story belongs to, we give those points a follower bonus.
For the writer to get credit we need to follow from that story.
The reason we are doing this is to incentivize authors to establish longer-term readerships and communities around shared areas of interest.
I like this. I know I appreciate my regular readers and enjoy their work.
I’m changing my behavior. I just hang out, read, and write. Now, I’m going to pay attention and follow the writer & publication after reading a story I like.
What are your thoughts?
Happy Writing Katie