Third Party, Quiet Writer, Silent Viewer

I’ve been on Vocal for a long time. I think longer than most I’ve seen on here. I found Vocal about a year after it was created, in 2017. I was very active in the beginning, but don’t have many articles on here now because life gets in the way. I put what I want to write on here and then go on my way. I would like to start launching my writing career more seriously now though and hope to create more of a portfolio and I hope Vocal is the one site that allows me to do so while, I hear, being on the verge of some changes.

I’ve been seeing lately that Vocal has been going through changes and people have been struggling. I’m sorry to hear this because I have really loved being on this platform. I don’t tend to make a lot of friends because I like to keep to myself, but seeing the articles where people are having a hard time with this space is saddening. Because I have been on here awhile and don’t plan on leaving for a long while, I really hope that Vocal sees these people expressing their concerns and takes them to heart. Users are here for community, some more than others, some for more writing experience, expression, etc. The reasons people write are many and Vocal is one space people can do that freely. Until I started reading a lot of conflicting articles on here.

Now that AI has taken over quite a bit, it’s hard to feel like this platform is for the people but hopefully we can find a good balance.

I feel like I am watching the chaos through different eyes because I have used this platform for so long, but I tend to watch as an observer instead of an active participant. I have been like this my whole life; I keep to myself and yet life moves on with making history and people having lives of their own doing the things they want to do.

This probably isn’t the best way to be for I do believe everyone deserves a voice, I just don’t ever know how to say the right things when people have a discussion, so a wallflower I become. As the world turns, I stay in one place waiting for it to end. Either the spinning or the second coming, which ever comes first. I am an extrovert in real life, but an introvert on the internet. Kind of the opposite of most people I would say, but I’ve never fit in th crowd. So that’s why I’ve liked writing here, I can do so quietly.

Vocal Media is a source where writers want to write about whatever they want and it is a great platform to do so. The workers for this site make it so, but I’ve heard rumors that changes are coming to this site and that management has possibly changed. I tried Vocal+ at one point in my time here and wasn’t a dedicated writer during that time in my life so I didn’t really benefit from its offered bounties. I hope that the possible changes to come don’t involve exclusive rights to those who pay for those benefits because us free users still use this platform for our own reasons.

I have been rewatching a show and a rough quote they say in the beginning is that every ending is a new beginning.

To those struggling, find solace that maybe the future will be different and hope is something that can still reign in your hearts!