Goodbye Vocal Media

It started off great but now we go our separate ways.

Shamar M
Writers’ Blokke

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Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Side note: This post was inspired by Laquesha Bailey and her recent post on her reasons for cancelling her Vocal Media subscription.

I know what I’ve said before about Vocal Media. I was singing its praises, recommending everyone to join, and licking butts with other creators. Well, that time is now done. Let me go through a number of reasons why I’ve cancelled my Vocal Media + subscription for the final time.

Other creators kept stepping on my toes

Being one of the first to discover Vocal Media meant I got to watch it grow — at a rapid rate — over 2020 and 2021. I had joined all the new Facebook groups and was having fun meeting new writers’, but some of them were absolute pricks.

A few months down the line and I had participated in multiple heated discussions in the comments. A few folks had ended up blocked because they were just really getting on my nerves. One guy, in particular, was just a huge, selfish, inconsiderate baby, and…

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Shamar M
Writers’ Blokke

27. Based in the UK. PG DIP HR Management. Chief of publication The First Time. Editor in About Me Stories.