I’m typing this post so far in advance of the time it goes up that I’m not in the “Signing off for the day” mindset I usually am. Logically I know that people come along to look at the page whenever it suits them, but the structure of posting at night just before it goes up makes me feel like I’m actually talking to people specifically. Really though I can wish you a good day at any point. It’s kind of funny to read the posts all in a row after I started paying attention to mentioning the patreon and stuff because they fall into this pattern of me wising you a nice tomorrow over and over in rapid succession. Even if it’s not real I like the artifice of having a personal relationship with you readers when I write these posts. This kind of thing is very much out of fashion with webcomics now. After the decline of social media a lot of creators have pulled away because of the pitfalls of being open like this to a large audience. My audience has always hovered around numbers that have gained me very few dedicated opponents. As much as I like the idea of more people reading the reality is I’m at a level where the percentage of people who read my work because they hate me and it is very manageable. I’ve known a few people who had very dedicated sections of their audience committed to hating them. In the age of site advertising that was fine because a view was a view. You got money regardless of how the view felt about you. Now that we are in the subscription era someone who only comes to talk shit isn’t useful in any way and not really worth tolerating. If you can’t monetize your hate it has no value anymore.
Many years ago I told a friend who was being targeted for harassment that as long as the views were making him money to just delete the worst comments and forget about the rest of it. I wonder what I would tell him now if we were still friends. I guess if it ever becomes a thing again I’ll worry about it then.

Anyway, I have things I need to attend to, which I why I’m so early on this in the first place, so I’d better attend to them. As always PATREON. I hope your week starts of well. I’ll be back on Wednesday for more low stakes adventures. Until then, recycle clean & dry.

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