Do you wish Tapastic had different sections for lesser comics?

[elixiadragmire]

ALSO I think we're getting caught up on sub counts a bit, as if after 50 or 100 subs you've made it... You haven't. You have to work just as hard at 1000 subs as you do at 10. No matter what sub count a series reaches it faces plateaus in growth. And then, there's no guarantee that all those subs come back with each update.

THIS! This! ALL OF THIS! This and moooooooooooooooooooooooore

Theres is currently a MASSIVE hang up on sub numbers at the moments and it very troubling. People have said it and needs to be said again, they're just numbers. All of us, regardless of numbers are facing the same issues in garnering an audience, keeping them engaged, maintaining a web presence and staying positive. This obsession over being popular and numbers is frankly toxic and it'll hurt everyone.

[sarrowsmith10]

Theres is currently a MASSIVE hang up on sub numbers at the moments and it very troubling. People have said it and needs to be said again, they're just numbers. All of us, regardless of numbers are facing the same issues in garnering an audience, keeping them engaged, maintaining a web presence and staying positive. This obsession over being popular and numbers is frankly toxic and it'll hurt everyone

THIS. Perhaps, tapas can just hide that number. That way besides actually looking through who is subscribed, you don't have to constantly gauge how many subbers there are. I mean, on smackjeeves you have a number of fans that have "liked" your comic, but because its RSS feed based, people can add your comic to their feed without you even knowing. So, realistically you don't know how many people are actually subscribed to your comic feed. Just a thought. #DontHateMe #ALittleOffTopicSorry

[shaneoid77]

I'm not sure if it's been suggested, but there is another option. What about learning how to sell these type of comics? It's a case of giving the reader the right frame of which to enter a not-so-polished comic.

Instead of being apologetic about these comic strips, why not take the opposite approach and sell the site on the fact that you're giving a platform to up and coming talent and promoting creativity.

I am a bit off with this site for it's seemingly elitist stance and art snobbery. If you're going to open the doors to anyone uploading a comic, but only promote the select few you may as well become another Hiveworks and ditch the illusion this is for everyone.

[vongcw]

I think the mathematics would be quite interesting to manage. Meaning how would a computer program identify new and upcoming comics? For now only likes, comments, and views are considered.

As a slightly flawed example: Let us say there were 1000 comics on Tapastic. If we follow a simple Pareto's Law (20% of comics have 80% of subscribers, or 16% have 64%), you'd only ever see the first 150 comics appear on the front pages.

So fine, let us gradient the lower tiers and create categories instead. We'd quickly run into the trouble of knowing who is more "popular" or good. This is because now 20% of subscribers are spread between 800 of those comics. so at the lower tiers in the bottom 600 comics even, most of them will have a like or two and a handful of pageviews. That'd be pretty difficult to choose from.

Of course my mathematics aren't perfect.

I think in order to improve the algorithm, things like frequency of updates, length of being on the site, and viewer to subscriber ratios may help find potential great comics in the lower ranks where subscribers and views really wouldn't differentiate anything.

[timinabox24]

fresh section should be the first thing on the front page, or at least on front page at all, I think you only have like popular and trending on front page and then no one bothers to scroll further than that anyway, but for fresh comics you have to go under comics and then fresh but that's like too much work @_@
and they could add some newest comics section, I'm sure I've seen on some other sites that they had newest members or somehting like that thing, so I see no problem here

[Kawaiiyusra]

At least having a link or option for it would be nice because obviously Tapastic wants to only show off their best comics, which is fine. However, for someone like me I couldn't even find my own comic :/ no matter how hard I browsed. Which really bites when you are new, I have no idea how the subscribers I have now even found me. I may be in the minority, but I like reading new comics because when you are new you need public support to give you motivation to keep working.

[joannekwan]

I found you through the fresh section when you updated!

[Kura]

I think one of the big reasons 'fresh' is not on the main page is because of previous spam, abuse and those friggen spam bots that make 100 new series in under a min. (I duno if anyone remembers the struggles of trying to go through fresh when that was happening... oye...)

[Kawaiiyusra]

@kurapikasuki Oh well that makes sense
@joannekwan Oh sweeet ;___; at least it's somewhere. I literally browsed in the categories and tagged section for awhile and could not find it. My friends tried to search my comic as well, and we could not find it.

[scullpanda]

can I just say I don't like the word "Lesser"-- all comics even ones with small amounts of subs have value and you have to give your comic and yourself time to thrive and find its people for some it can take years others weeks or months but the point is there is no "lesser"

[LeoKi]

There could be a "New" section where legitimately new comics that have just been posted are shown. People can head here to see what are the brand new, completely "fresh" comics and not just ones that are being updated.

This section exists already (on the web version, I don't know about the app) although you have to dig a bit more to get there: It's under under Comics > Browse All > Date or bookmark it: https://tapastic.com/browse?sortType=CREATED&browse=ALL

[Shanny8]

For me, there's no such thing as "lesser comics". Even the most popular comics at one time or another have been "unpopular"; they've just came out with a story and/or art that was well received by by a broad audience. At any given time any artist can come onto this site and their comic takes off. You as an artist have to keep in mind that you HAVE TO get out there and push & promote your comic; it's not going to do it by itself. We like to think that "if you draw it, they will come", but that's not entirely true. You have to get out there and let people know that you have a comic, and constantly show the work as well...

The more eyes you get on your comic, it will grow. I should know- I'm now screaming about my webcomic 7 days a week, in addition to my life away from the comic(which is almost non-existent save for my FT job). I'm watching as my comic grows, and I feel good coz I'm putting in the work that is needed to get more eyes on it; I just started this comic a few months ago. I dont try to worry about which series is popular and why isnt mine just as popular, coz I know these artists put in the work & effort to get to where they are; I'm trying to concentrate on getting mine to that same level. I'm not even trying to be "the most popular comic on Tapastic"; I'm just trying to increase my fanbase so that I can sell comics...

Just concentrate on making your comic and get out there and spread the word about it. You will see your views & subs grow, and then you wont think in terms of your comic being "lesser".