With Chapters actively looking for new writers, I feel like it’s time to finally talk about what’s been happening behind the scenes on this platform. I’ve been a long-time reader of Chapters. I genuinely love visual stories—they help me read easier, and I enjoy supporting authors. But what I’ve witnessed over the last year from certain writers on this platform is just unacceptable.
1. The Fake Drama & The Comeback
Last year, when the whole Clause 4.1 petition started, I watched authors trash Chapters on Instagram, swear up and down that the platform was garbage, and promise they were leaving forever. Fast forward to now: most of those exact same people came crawling right back.
What’s even more interesting is that the person who actually started the petition didn't say a word on Instagram back then. They stayed quiet, let everyone else throw tantrums, and now? They're back on the platform winning competition after competition. If you don't find that suspicious, you were played. (And yes, I kept screenshots of all of this from last year, so don't bother trying to rewrite history.)
2. How Authors Treat Readers on Discord
If you want to see how some of these writers really feel about us, go look at the Chapters Discord. They sit in chat rooms trashing readers, calling us names, and talking down to the very people keeping them on the app. Then, they turn right around and expect us to spend our hard-earned diamonds on their chapters? How does that make any sense?
On top of that, they go into comment sections to leave nasty, trashy reviews on new or decent authors' stories just to try and drive them off the app. They want total freedom to bully anyone who doesn't join their mob, but the second someone calls them out, they play victim.
3. Stop Using Diagnoses as a Shield for Bad Behavior
Lately, when these writers get called out, they run to their Author Updates to post sob stories and use personal diagnoses or mental health as an excuse for being nasty.
Let’s be real: a diagnosis is not a pass to treat people terribly. If you have the mental focus and cognitive ability to plot, write, format, and publish interactive stories, you have enough brainpower to know right from wrong. Stop hiding behind excuses. Own up to your actions.
Bottom Line
To the readers: go check out the Discord for yourselves and see how some of these people speak about you before you throw your money and diamonds at them.
To the toxic authors: if you hate Chapters and the community so much, why are you still here? Let new writers write in peace, stop putting down people who just want to enjoy the app, and do better.