I don’t find or hear too often of people copying others work, I think it would be easily caught and the ramifications would be swift: banned from site.
Email subscribers: in my first year I subscribed to anyone who subscribed to me. I do however check and follow all of my email. Once the “quantity bug” bit many writers I subscribed to, getting a post from them daily is simply too much…some even send article more than once a day.
I’ll visit their profile at least once a month now or three times a month if I can, but I cannot read all my favorite writers daily. There are not enough hours and there are at least 60 writers I read regularly.
So I end up just keeping subscriptions of those who may publish once in a while and handful of those I don’t want to miss whatever they post.
I appreciate anyone who has subscribed to me but I don’t post often anymore as I can’t. I think that hurts me too but—there’s nothing I can do on that end.
Have a great day/evening Hermione!!