Yeah, I've stopped adding my referral link to most recent stuff because I feel spammy. I may still add it sometimes though, like in pieces geared toward new writers or nonmembers.

The referral requests with the sob stories stress me out the most. I enjoy reading about everyone's struggles on here when they describe them via articles or poems, but I hate the referrals with them.

I saw one the other day that said something like "I know nobody cares about my work, and that makes me sad, but you can help my writing dreams come true by subscribing." I was like nope, you're not guilt tripping me into following you.