@Rodimus13 and @Larslaustsen if you go to tapas via google app, you can get to the forum that way, I do it all the time on my phone throughout the day
Yeah I can too (and am now) but it is a pain because on my phone it keeps going it failed and I have to go a second time for it to recognize it. You can’t expect a lot of people to be willing to put up with that.
Genuine question: what would readers talk about here, anyway? Readers come to Tapas to read comics, and if they want to talk about comics they read, well... What does the forum offer that the comments section doesn't?
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What about the creator start a thread about their own comic? I'm afraid that people will find it petty. Idk
I agree this is a great forum for all creators.
And maybe we just shall let it be like that, and find the readers under our comic/novels.
But how to get the comic/novel out to be seen to the "only readers? (I know there is lot of answar to that around on the forum) but I still ask.
in all honesty, its not about if the readers know or can get access, the readers really don't care, what is the forum to them?. nothing to really talk about when you are not a creator on here. this is why there are no "just readers" on here cause this is basically a creator based forum
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.
Hihi reader here.
Basically this:
It's a pain to log into, there's really no reason to be on the forum. If I want to interact, there's a comment section and creator wall for that. I mainly come here(Tapas) to read comics, not really to think up community events.
I agree the forum should remain creator based, it's nice for creators to have this space to do their stuff. Readers don't need that
Honestly, I'm only here because it's way easier to get a hold of staff about bugs or lost ads compared to emailing them.
Then why would you even care about what comments are new, if you don't follow the comic?
Okay, now first of all I would agree with most people - there is just nothing to do here for a reader.
Most threads are about promotion and helping each other with art and writing. As creators we need it. It is also nice to bond with fellow comic makers, it would be hard to approach them anywhere else.
Readers don't care about that. If they want to say something about your writing and art - they will do it in comments under your comic/novel. If they don't write anything there, they will definitely won't write anything here.
And I am sure you don't want every reader to give you advices about how to change your writing and art style for their liking, because you know, everyone have their own opinion on that things.
Again then, what themes would you think will be interesting for them? If you say "we make a thread for each comic on Tapas to discuss it" - the comments are for that. And also if this happens, people will discuss those big, featured, trending comics and no one would care about small comics again, they are not easy to find on Tapas and they won't be easy to find here.
yeah, its hard enough with the free to read comics being barely visible on the app, we really don't need to be over shadowed on the forums as well
I kinda just comment on stuff, I don't really pay attention to when it came out. Personally I'm pretty okay with people still commenting on stuff after it's been out for a while, it's not like there's a cutoff when I stop appreciating engagement and feedback
Weeeell, making a thread about your own series has its pros and cons. I can speak for nobody but that Zaboem Guy.
On the con side: the forums work very much on a monkey-see monkey-do format, and we are always at risk of seeing these forums buried in self-promotions. I've not seen evidence that such threads actually help increase the audience size either.
On the pro side: Some self-promotion is both inevitable amd healthy. Creators should take pride in their work. There are certainly better places to do so than here, but it doesn't hurt to start here. Also, I find a series-specific thread is far less annoying than spamming nine threads in a row with the same link which has become a normal practice.
Another pro is that if you can actually put interesting or useful content into your thread, then you are contributing to the forums. I would have zero issue with that.
My personal rule is this. I will advertise my own work no more than once per week and only then in an appropriate thread. The "Advertise Your Novel Badly" thread is a perfect example of where I would participate in self promotion and hopefully inspire a laugh while doing so.