Does anyone use Wattpad?

CynV said:

Sorry if this has been asked already but does anyone use Wattpad?
I checked out their website. Not sure what to make of it yet.

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It's very teen-oriented. If you want to write YA romance or One Direction fanfic, and you want a community to comment on and follow that, it's worth a look. As a path to publication, there have been people published out of Wattpad - publishers and agents are keeping an eye on it, including myself - but I wouldn't put too many eggs in that particular basket.

(The stats on the site need to be interpreted carefully. You'll see stories with 'read' stats in seven or eight figures. These are way overblown - they count every page view for every chapter, and don't seem to take any account of unique visits or web crawlers. I like to look at the number of comments, as that gives you a better idea of the level of engagement.)

I used to a few years ago. My account is terribly inactive, as I don't use the site anymore.