A writer's obsession with Wattpad's algorithm spirals into a terrifying descent into madness. As reality blurs and the digital world consumes him, the search for success becomes a nightmare without escape. 📉💻🔪
Miles Long wasn't just any aspiring author—he was consumed by the idea that he was destined for greatness. Wattpad, the platform he had stumbled upon, was supposed to be his gateway to stardom. From the moment he uploaded his first story, he envisioned millions of reads and viral success. But weeks turned into months, and his stories remained buried in obscurity.
His reader count hovered just above zero, and the "engaged readers" metric stayed tragically low. He spent days analyzing what made other Wattpad authors rise to the top—what was their secret? Why them and not him?
Miles's frustration grew. He poured his energy into refining his writing, tweaking his tags, and even redesigning his book covers. Nothing worked. The voices in his head started whispering. "You're not good enough... You'll never make it."
Obsessed, he quit his job, retreating into the shadows of his apartment, now a chaotic mess of scribbled notes, printed story analyses, and Wattpad stats pinned to his walls like some kind of demented crime scene. The world outside no longer existed for Miles. All that mattered was cracking the algorithm.
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The Discovery
One late night, as he furiously worked to update his latest story, something odd happened. He noticed strange patterns within Wattpad's backend code, hidden beneath layers of digital infrastructure. There, embedded in the algorithm, was a message: "Operation Phoenix—Target Acquired."
It wasn't a tag, and it wasn't some kind of developer joke. His curiosity piqued, Miles dove deeper into the system, using skills he hadn't touched since his brief college days as a computer science major. What he found was more than he ever could have anticipated.
Wattpad wasn't just a platform for writers; it was a front for something far more sinister. As Miles cracked into encrypted files, he uncovered communications between Wattpad executives—Irvin Lo, Myrna Lau, and the elusive Adelina Soo—names that once seemed like distant overlords running his favorite platform. But their emails weren't about app updates or content management. These messages spoke in coded language about arms shipments to conflict zones in the Middle East, narcotics distribution routes through Europe, and human trafficking operations disguised as "fan events."
Wattpad's top stories? Not determined by any algorithm of merit but by which ones could best serve as communication hubs for these illicit activities. Each highly-ranked story was a part of a global conspiracy, using innocent-sounding narratives as a cover for criminal operations. And at the center of it all were the platform's high-ranking executives.
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