Do any of you just delete comments that bother you? Or does that sort of count as a reaction? I only had one comment that bothered me and I just deleted it because it was a really pointless comment anyway.
Oh snap maybe I’m getting this mixed up with my webtoons account!
That would be a nice feature in tapas.
I personally would say it's up to the creator on that end since it's their comment section. Maybe they could also implement a system where the creator can give permission to specific people to delete comments on their stuff (like chat mods). Reporting works too.
(and on a side note, can't get abusive comments if you don't get comments in the first place ^_^).
I wouldn't delete negative comments myself because I want to welcome all opinions good or bad. I actually had a commenter who would just bash on my main character whenever they posted. I didn't tell them to knock it off, just responded along the lines of "Haha, that's great" and then they suddenly changed their tune and became a lot nicer.
I dunno if they were testing me or something but hey, it worked out for me in the end. 
I'm usually pretty lenient with the rude comments I get.
I'll generally try to ignore them, and will only delete them if they are
- threatening (ex. Update Raven Wolf or else your family. I am America yes this was a real comment I got)
- have personal information for me or someone else (ex. I know where you live followed by a photo of my house, again real comment I got)
- have no point to being in the comic and the commenter is just using my comic as a soap box platform to reach more people with their unrelated opinions (ex. long ass run on sentence paragraph about how global warming is fake and yeah, just like the other examples this was unfortunately another comment I got)
Dude. You make me want a comment about global warming is fake on my novel so I can tell them how my world has weirdly placed arctic areas just to F with them XD
That`s some high level trolling XD
If you wanna mess with people further, you can also make the world on your novel flat. "everyone knows the earth is flat".
But i must warn you, you may accidentally attract flat earthers and global warming deniers.....
Hey everyone!
Really sorry to hear that there have been issues related to negative, abusive or unsavory comments. It's our goal to create a safe space for readers and creators to interact. We have implemented more reactionary tools to help protect creators against these types of comments - but we are looking towards how to be more proactive and filtering out these types of comments before they ever reach the creator in the first place.
That being said, if you feel that a particular reader or creator has been harassing you, please take screenshots and send me their profile link at:
michaelson@tapasmedia.co
We operate off of a zero tolerance policy when it comes to bullying and can remove their account or outright IP ban them.
I wouldn't exactly count those as harrassment. Every creator is going to get rude, nitpicky and even downright stupid comments at some point, it's actually unavoidable even on here. Just know that they will also have people that love their work too and that's what actually matters.
Yeah, the comments that made me make this post absolutely crossed the line in tone and quality, and it was really upsetting them - I did email tapas support with the links and everything, so we'll see what that review leads to. I was curious to see if anyone had a similar experience,mostly.
Exactly. It doesn't really hurt me partially because I have almost no comments on my comic 
That, and my philosophy is 'don't take crit from people you wouldn't take advice from' and that's nice for the internet. It's important not to take mean spirited comments to heart - often, they'll have never put themselves out there creatively like someone publishing online has, so what merit does their opinion have?
It's mostly that I'm wondering why there's no option to report harassment or anything like that, but I think I worded it poorly.
Thank you very much! I'll request that my buddy does that so I'm not over here muddying the waters and making it hard for you to look through.
Oh... I thought was a thread SEEKING abusive comments! I thought to myself 'finally something I can really sink my teeth into'.
I've only ever gotten mean or abusive comments on webtoons and I just either screengrab them and laugh at them with my friends or plain ignore them. On tapas I only get update demands every so often, but I always just shut them like "yo I'm mentally ill, be patient" and that tends to be the end of that.
People being mean on the internet kinda is part of being on the internet. If it's not actual threats or otherwise serious, being able to take it in stride is something that'd be a good thing to practice.
