If only I was rich and could have my own orangery. That would be lovely.

If the segments are too short or insubstantial or just cut off randomly, then reading them can be too frustrating to be worth it.

I completely agree.

Like you I've read some fantastic stories where the posted parts have been balanced well, but often they're not at all.

And that's without thinking about story parts that are around a few hundred words. I'll never understand those at all.