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Published my last chapter on October 4. Got my last like on October 6. Then nothing, for 10 days straight, during which time the story got 2500 views.

Not complaining! No need for pity likes. Just thought it was funny/interesting.

People like new chapters because the story is on the front page for a few minutes and that is where many random readers (who may not have read your story before) find it.

Unless they are looking for some specific niche, readers are less likely to go read stuff that isn't on the front page.

Also, if they like the stuff, they may go through the entire story and leave a bunch of likes.

If anything, readers who find an old story because they like its niche would leave /more/ likes than people who just trawl the most recently updated stories.

I suspect that instead I got most of my likes from people who favourited my story. Once I stopped posting updates, those people disappeared, and they took their likes with them.