Rant Number 4,892

I had no idea what I was going to write about today. I was honestly going to look for a challenge to help me with a prompt but it seems the site itself has become my prompt. I'm being hyperbolic as usual right off the bat, but I've got something of a bone to pick and however many ridiculous cliches come out in this rant, so be it. Why in the world would you take a perfectly good site like this one and start charging fees? Why? I understand the desire to be able to do more for authors on this site and everyone likes making money (or more money), but now there are charges for things that used to be free. Why not keep everything that was free the same and come up with new perks that are actually worth the cost of what's being asked? An author that wants to promote a book? Check. A voracious reader that wants an endless supply of books to read? Check. Someone that just wants to use this site like a diary or general writing escape? Probably not gonna wanna pay for that. One of my favorites aspects of this site was entering into challenges, but nobody wants to pay $6/month to post them. There used to be tons of them to choose from. Guess how many there are now. Go ahead, guess! ONE! There is one challenge right now and it's really not all that creative. Where is the creativity!?! That's one of the things I love most about writing. Why does it always come down to money? I really didn't want to be all pissed off about anything else today. I wanted an outlet for stress, not another cause. Maybe I'll have to find another site or just go back to paper and pen. The disappointments of reality never cease.