Where are you seeing this? A lot of the fills I've read have responses from the OP and other anons.
If you're upset that one fill has 10 responses and another has 2, that's just how it goes. Not every fill is going to get a lot of responses and it might be because non-OP readers don't like that pairing or kink, not for any malicious intent.
Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?
If you're upset that one fill has 10 responses and another has 2, that's just how it goes. Not every fill is going to get a lot of responses and it might be because non-OP readers don't like that pairing or kink, not for any malicious intent.