I'm writing kind of a niche long fic that I've updated very sporadically for several years (although I'm writing more regularly now thanks to quarantine!) so I 100% understand why my fic doesn't get a lot of attention. Still, it can get discouraging when I don't really get any comments.

But the silver lining is that my there are always around 8 people on FFN who read my most recent chapter nearly right away, within a few hours after I update. That must mean there are people who get that update email and click right to the most recent chapter because they're following my story! It doesn't sound like a lot, but the idea that there are even a few people who have read all 70k words of my fic and still want to keep reading makes me so happy :)