Here’s Why I Rejoined Vocal Media

I’ve been doing Vocal Media wrong in the past

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I’ve been doing Vocal Media wrong. And from what I can tell, I’m not the only one. Let’s deep dive into my thoughts about Vocal Media and why I think it’s still worth a shot.

I arrived when everybody left

I just read two stories on Vocal Media. The first by Laquesha Bailey is called “Why I Finally Cancelled My Vocal Media Subscription After 7 Months”. The second one “Goodbye Vocal Media” was written by Shamar M.

As you might guess from these two headlines, they’re not satisfied with Vocal Media. Nor should they be. In comparison to this platform here, Vocal has quite a few glaring gaps. Some of those were correctly pointed out in both posts.

1. Pay is low: 3.80$ per 1000 reads is not much. Vocal+ with 6$ per 1000 reads is a little better, but it cost $9,95 a month to be a member. 10 bucks that most writers don’t even make per month.
2. It lacks basic functionality: No following, no comments, no editing (unless you’re Vocal+ and only want to quick-edit a few things). For a platform that has been up and running for a few years, that’s just weird.
3. The editor is clunky: The Vocal Media story editor is clunky and lacks features like auto-save.