@smceccarelli I've heard of horror stories like that before. I had considered myself immune to it until I saw a post by Maggie Stiefvater on Twitter, explaining how her popular YA series had taken a hit (and not turned into a box set by the publisher) because of people illegally distributing her kindle copies.
I like how you have your website as a living, interactive portfolio. Maybe I should take that approach with Wattpad going forward. ^_^
As a side note, a majority of agents and contests do not consider Wattpad to be a published place. If you self-publish on nearly any other site/platform online, some will see the author as "used material" as they prefer debuts. Wattpad lets you retain all rights as well as the special debut privilege, which was a major factor in my decision to post there.