Some of my older stories I wouldnt' make any money off doing that even though they are good, because I didn't have 100 followers so couldn't monetize it. I'm still fake mad about that requirement.

It seemed so arbitrary and I'm glad they did away with it but that doesn't help me with some of those stories and one was so popular I would have made hundreds but never got the opportunity to do so.

What pisses me off with others is the lack of reciprocity here. The people who know how important email subscribers are and who always lecture people on claps and how important email subscribers are and fake gush all over me about how much they supposedly love my work but not enough to email subscribe.

These are pubs that I write for. At least it shows me who is really in the "club" and who isn't, and I'm not.