I would absolutely love to have readers join on a Tapas forum if it provided a lot of good subjects for them to engage in. I’m sure it could be fun for them to be in on the conversations and talk about our stories that they’re reading with one another and making up theories, or discussing what they love about the stories and art. But I almost wonder if it would be good for readers to have a forum of their own on the Tapas App?
I’m not trying to be negative, because readers are what’s important to a lot of creators. And, I’m just taking this from comments I’ve read on multiple platforms like webtoons, etc. But I fear if we had readers in our forums as well, things could possibly get more toxic. I say this because there will be many more people, they will be discussing what they like and dislike about our work. I don’t want creators to read anything that would be hurtful on this forum unless they’re asking for criticism from other creators.
But I also think that it would be great for readers to discuss amoungst themselves about the theories they have for our work, the characters they love or ship, they styles they appreciate. And if creator’s want to join in on a “readers” forum, then they are making the choice to have the possible chance of seeing criticism of their works, but also seeing positive comments and theories about their work. So, I’d suggest that Tapas have two separate forums, one for creators and one for readers if that’s something that seems necessary.
I hope this doesn’t come across too negatively. I sometimes to think of “worst-case-scenario” just to put it out there as a possibility.
And, like people have said, there is always the comments section.