User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/The 666 word pasta write off!/@comment-24101790-20160408002601/@comment-26475800-20160408175429

I can see that as a viable reason to self publish, but they also had a following they had built up online, and a rather large one. But if someone from here, who may be a brilliant writer, decided to self publish, I don't know if that would work as well. Not because the story isn't good, but there isn't as much publicity. Reddit gets a ton of users, a lot more than we do here. So that is a good springboard to self publish.

I guess that was more of what I was saying, not that self publishing is bad, just that you need a following for it to be worth it. Or maybe, I am just old fashion (I know Dickens self published A Christmas Carol, but that's besides the point.) I think it may be more rewarding to get it accepted by someone than if you just did it yourself.

It's the same way as if someone had given you a car or if you bought it yourself. Both are great, but you would take more pride in buying it yourself, because you worked hard for it until you reached you goal. At least that's how I am.