updates! growing pains + all that comes with em

It's healthy to be able to vent when you need to, and it's just nice to see that you feel you can do that with your community! I think like-sided trust and understanding between a creator and their supporters helps build a much stronger community. It's not just a machine spewing out content and us throwing money at it for more. I think it's important to see the human in it all and not just numbers and consumption. I'm very new here, but when I choose to support someone it's to support the person and not just the making of the content, and I have a feeling most people feel the same way. There's really so much free content out there you'd never have to pay for anything ever, so when people choose to ("right thing to do" aside) I think it's because they like, respect, and/or care for that creator. So I hope you can keep doing what you enjoy, like when this was just a fun hobby to you, and feel that the good community you're building will keep supporting you through it and share both the rough downs and good ups that will come over time. And in times where it gets really tough, the hate gets to you, or you're burning out, I hope you'll feel you can share it with your community and have them support you like you support them. (Mandatory "English isn't my mother tounge. Hope this ramble makes sense".)

I can completely relate to taking on new projects to the point of oversaturation. 😅 While I only have two manuscripts actually completed (Even though they're written out they both still need a lot of work.) I have about ten or twelve story boards for different novels along with character profiles. It's gotten me into a bit of trouble in the past. I had a few people waiting for a revised chapter of one of my finished books and I was off plotting out an entirely new idea 😆. Anyway, it seems like you have quite the juggling act going on. But from what I've seen and heard, you've got this. Wish I could offer even a nugget of info about dealing with your audience, you kind of need one to know how to deal with it. That's actually a fear of mine if I ever do manage to get a book published. I shut myself in and write for a reason, to avoid large amounts of human interaction. Regardless, you keep kicking ass Ally! Wishing you nothing but the best!

I can't speak for the erotic audio space, but I know the Vtuber space definitely has a lot of toxicity in it. The sad reality of the internet is that you can measure success by how much abuse you get, the more popular you are the more bitter angry people will appear to try and tear you down. I hope you always put your own wellbeing before anything else and don't ever feel obligated to appease strangers on the internet.

I'm just a quiet lurker person, but I really want to say that enjoy all of the facets of alekirser from the twitch/youtube sfw stuff to your spicy patreon/reddit stuff, it's great that there's so much variety to choose from. I'm really interested to see how far you can grow and expand your audience myself, but I hope that you'll keep having fun with it despite some of the outside negativity that comes with being more known. You got this, Ally!

ALLY. You’re so well articulated. These more in depth, rambley audios are always so nice. I love hearing about your thoughts about you, you’re VA career, and the community as a whole. You’re a phenomenal content creator and I can’t wait to see where you go, as you and the community grows. We all adore ya and will always be here to support you. The haters will always be a thing unfortunately, so keep that chin high and don’t let your crown slip queen.

If we like you, and you like you, then there’s no reason to worry about the people who don’t like you. I’m all aboard this aletrain until you decide to pull it into the alestation so do whatever you think is best for your community.

You have very clear thoughts and goals, that is awesome and really happy for you :) Take care of yourself too!

I don't want to speak for everyone, but if most of your fans are like me they'll probably enjoy whatever type of work you decide you want to put out. At least for me, I don't really pay for this subscription for the content. I do it because I wanna support a creator I like, and I'll support whatever they decide to do.

People have told this way better that I could ever do, but still want you to know that your hard work is really appreciated. I hope things get more manageable soon. Let's go, we're here to support you.

Thank you for making this, Ally. I’m glad I got to hear what you’ve been thinking n feeling. You’ll always be a rockstar to me, and I’ll always be rootin for you!

I believe in you. Just keep doing what you do!

I'm only through the intro but you sound great and hilarious, thanks

You already soundmore confident in this ramble, and it's only been 30 seconds, happy for you. Keep up the good work/grind Ally!