Unfortunately, it's not quite like Royal Road. I think it's two separate accounts for the forums and site.
www.scribblehub.com
Yet they have the same password??? Yeah the login is definitely weird, and I'd be shocked if your forum name was allowed to not equal your SH name ..... Unless it IS.... in which case idfk ffnoffnjwoiew
The fact that forum and SH central are so different is aggravating though, if true (I'm not saying I don't believe YOU. I'm saying I scarcely believe SH doing this with their rfjworgorgjw fraaak.)
And not quoting many people in particular, but yes, this exactly. I make one off-shoot parody chapter, and it gets a ton more traction than the actual work I'm trying to grind out for NaNoWriMo. Fortunately, it's because I'm writing for NNWO that I'm continuing, but damn if the grind doesn't get dull somedays.