I have a bit of a problem here, too. I have not noticed any more reads when I publish in some pubs and it often seems a waste of time. I'm now trying to find a pub for addiction and can't seem to figure it out. One pub I use is great but I can't submit everything to them. Can I?

Quite seriously I have been considering stopping this whole thing. It takes a lot of my time, I'm ignoring friends and duties, and getting zero exercise! I get hooked on reading and spend an entire day just doing that. But, I need a side hustle that pays me a certain goal I have a month. I was earning 2x that goal and now I'm down to 1/2 that. I'm trying to figure out if we get paid for "listens". So much is up in the air on here. I know exactly what you mean about some pubs. I'm not an editor of any kind but I've been asked to be one. I have zero credentials for that so I felt it was unfair to the writers.