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Is it possible that people can read my stories without being registered in this website? I'm considering stopping using this just because that

Hello, as the title says, I wonder if there is a way to make my stories public for everyone without any need to register in Inkspired. I noticed of this some time ago when I shared a story for review to a person and he wasn't registered so he couldn't read. I think this is really annoying, I left wattpad for inkspired because I like inkspired design much more, but the fact that people need to be registered to read makes me to consider to seek for another place to share my stories. Also, you should know that when register is obligatory, people won't care as much as if it's optional. With obligatory register, your stories can only be shared with people who is registered, and people who is not registered can feel lazy to register, so it's impossible to share stories outside inkspired, when you do that, it feels more like free publicity to inkspired to get more users than anything else. So I ask for a solution. Thanks.

June 23, 2021, 11:17 14
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Valerie Trix Valerie Trix Hi Anamura, I know this message is a little delayed but as of recent, there is a function that allows guest reading on Inkspired. But we should continue voicing our thoughts to let Inkspired know that the user base wants these types of improvements. Any other suggestions you come up with, make sure to use the Inkspired Contact Us Form so that hopefully we can continue to improve Inkspired all together!
September 22, 2021, 18:26

  • Anamura Alententa Anamura Alententa
    Where is this function? Because I haven't found it... September 23, 2021, 12:22
  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    If you log out of your account and click on the discover tab you should be able to click on different books. Although it says you have to have an account to read, all you have to do is click on x button and you can read without making an account. I was able to test this out by simply logging out of my own account and trying to see if it would allow me to read without an account and I was able to. Let me know if you run into any trouble. :) September 23, 2021, 16:34
  • Anamura Alententa Anamura Alententa
    Hm it's very weird, I try with my own stories. I just go into chrome incognito mode and I open one of my stories. I can read chapter 1, then I go to chapter 2 and I get a window saying "To continue reading, please sign up or log in. For free!". No X box to close it. This makes inkspired completely useless. September 23, 2021, 18:12
  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    Hey again Anamura, Yes, I forget to add that you won't be able to just click the x for every chapter. The site will ask you to make an account after a certain amount of chapters. I can definitely see how this may be a hindrance. I can also see how it does make the site more limited in functions compared to sites like Wattpad. I think considering how this is very frustrating to us writers; I think we should make use of the Contact Us Form. I will also be going in and using the form to help make the Inkspired Team aware of this. Suggestions like creating better guest reading functions are things that should seriously be considered! And, I can relate to your sentiment that Inkspired in its current form is not exactly the most helpful to its user base like us writers. It has a lot more improvement that needs to be done. Hopefully, over time with suggestions and you and others in the current community continue to voice our frustrations and suggestions. Maybe together we can better help this site improve! I'm highly optimistic about the potential of Inkspired, and I hope one day you won't ever have to feel like it's a useless site. September 23, 2021, 21:03
  • Anamura Alententa Anamura Alententa
    I'm going to try with the Contact Us form just copypasting the text in this thread and also a link so they can see the reactions of people and such. I still share my Inkspired profile in my links collection hoping they solve it, but I'm already thinking how to publish the random stories I publish here of other way. Honestly I generally have little hope about what companies will do to improve a platform. September 25, 2021, 13:55
Gura Simp Gura Simp I don't know bro, though you left Wattpad? Dang, I've been a Wattpad person for a few years now. I'm registered so I can read anything. I'm doing really good job on Wattpad, I can tell you my Wattpas name if you want to check me out, though I'm trying in Inkspire, meet thousands of views all in total with all my stories, but no hearts, no followers, and it hurts man. My most viewed story here is Cutthroat. Me read others stories, that has lots of hearts, and views, me feel left 0ut. It ain't stopping my writing career, but I feel like a outcast in the pelvic eye 😕 Maybr we could help each other out?
August 19, 2021, 23:09

  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    Hi Gura Simp, Sorry that has been happening. I know it is difficult just getting started out on a new platform. I know personally; I have been discouraged many times with posting my work here on Inkspire because there is not a real active reader base here yet, but I feel as if we can't be detered. Inkspire has a lot of potential than some of these other writing sites, and I have faith that it will be one day be the kind of platform you and I can both find the right readerbase September 22, 2021, 18:30
  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    Maybe we can all help each other out by creating a Feedback For Feeback Group on Inkspire? September 22, 2021, 18:30
  • Anamura Alententa Anamura Alententa
    Mi stories here have thousands of views, now that I just logged and tested one, it has more than 10k views, but no reviews or hearts, it must be bots because if not I don't understand. My stories keep going "featured of the week" to the point that I don't even pay attention to that, it has happened so many times. But I don't see any interaction, just a random spam comment sometimes. September 23, 2021, 12:24
  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    Hey Anamura, I'm not too sure if the site uses clicks as views or reader retention for views. However, if it uses clicks its likely that your story got clicked on but not necessarily read. Clicks just mean how people clicked on your story and it doesn't include how many people are actively reading it. Also, I think part of the problem is Inkspired does not have an active reader base yet. It has more writers joining the site than readers. And I know that sounds unfournate to hear that there aren't many readers yet, but I think overtime if you continue to help populate this site with interesting stories like yours that will attract more readers and will eventually help improve the site's reader to writer ratio. September 23, 2021, 17:06
  • Anamura Alententa Anamura Alententa
    That's the main problem of inkspired, that it mostly attracts writers but readers must register to read and this discourages, because let's admit, we all are lazy to register in random websites, so... September 23, 2021, 18:09
  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    Hey Anamura, I agree with you. Inkspired has a lot of problems and it is not the best at advertising or attracting readers. I agree that most readers would find it a huge barrier to have to go through the annoyance of creating a profile when they just want to read. Even simple functions like creating comments here, are a bit janky in their function. Users should be able to directly comment under other users and there should like or dislike button. Also, even the Inkspired mobile app is not the best functional wise. These are defintely issues Inkspired needs to consider fixing if the site is to improve, and hopefully, it will one day improve. September 23, 2021, 21:06
  • Valerie Trix Valerie Trix
    Hey Anamura, I don't know if it helps to improve your concerns and frustrations, but I did send out your suggestion about Guest Reading Function to Inkspired through the Conact Us Form. I will do my best to keep you updated... September 24, 2021, 01:33