Fake subscribers?

J.Z.Castillo 2016-07-12 20:51:52 UTC #1

Does anyone else have that one person (or people idek) who subscribe to you almost every week? Like, okay, I have this one person who has subscribed to my comic 4 times already. I know because I recognize the name and the pic. Does anyone else experience this? I have only seen this on Instagram when people want you to see them and follow them (I just block them because that's just fucking annoying and thirsty). The thing is, this person doesn't have a series of their own... so why do that? Maybe it's a bug? Has anyone else experienced that? Honestly I am getting sick of this person lmao I wanna block them.

Kura 2016-07-12 20:57:39 UTC #2

I see it a lot too, readers that sub even though I've seen them sub to my comic before, I think it might be a bug since most of them this happens to don't have comics, so it's not a 'trying to get a sub back' thing.

It may actually happen to me as well, where I'll not be following a series anymore for some reason and need to sub again. I don't know if it's a legitimate bug or I'm somehow accidentally unsubbing somehow with miss-clicks or something like that, or I keep logging into a different account by accident and subbing there instead of my actual account instead. (at some point I messed up logging in managed to sign in via facebook or something)

I have no idea why it happens.

60Six 2016-07-12 21:00:47 UTC #3

One thing that's happened to me SEVERAL times is I accidentally unsubbed to a series on accident while browsing on mobile. I don't actually use the Tapas app and instead just browse the mobile site when on my phone, but if you use the mobile site, it's REALLY hard to scroll down pages and REALLY easy to accidentally click the unsub button (At least on my phone it is).

JessJackdaw 2016-07-12 21:25:54 UTC #4

@Riko This right here. It's really easy to do on a touch screen. I'm sure people get notifications from me unsubbing, subbing, unsubbing then subbing again. The mobile site (screw the app, I want to give people ad rev) makes it painfully easy to accidently touch the unsub button. So I think this is actually the reason.

Kura 2016-07-12 21:27:05 UTC #5

That may actually be what's happening to me then ><

alaingrey 2016-07-12 21:32:10 UTC #6

Yeah the mobile app sometimes lags when you hit subscribe too- so sometimes I hit it twice and subscribe six times in a row. Or sometimes I want to unsubscribe and I do and then subscribe again and then repeat the process. Of course I do have a series so I always feel awful like people think its attention seeking, but I really just have sausage fingers : /

J.Z.Castillo 2016-07-12 21:45:40 UTC #7

@kurapikasuki @Riko @JessJackdaw @alaingrey oh werd? Maybe it's that, I wouldn't know since I don't use Tapastic's app or the mobile version. But still... it's annoying af haha. Thanks y'all!

scullpanda 2016-07-12 21:46:57 UTC #8

I don't think this has happened to me yet I don't have a lot of subscribers so I would know if I lost or gained anyone

Rabbit 2016-07-12 22:35:01 UTC #9

Well I can actually think of some comics here on Tapastic that I subscribed too, decided I didn't like where it was going, found it again later, realized that it wasn't going the direction I had assumed and actually looks really good, and I subscribed again XD
So I think in some of these instances in these comments it could be that; but that one person who subs and unsubs every week? I have no clue what his deal is.
I don't use the mobile app, so for the people saying that, I guess that could be it (seems like Tapastic should fix that, though, if it's so easy to unsubscribe without meaning too... makes me worried ;o;)
The only problem I've had similar to this was when I had 49 subs, someone unsubbed (which sucked 'cause I was watching my sub number like crazy then), and after I got 51, that person re-subbed. It could have been a fluke, but at the time I was like 'what a jerk' >o<

JessJackdaw 2016-07-12 23:04:09 UTC #10

@alaingrey Oh man, I thought I was the only one. It DOES lag a lot. Even with a stable internet connection.

I wish they would just put the button under the comic, not on the right side where your thumb is usually hanging over the screen. I mean usually you read the comic, then want to sub? So why put it at the top anyway? Weird choice of UI design Tapastic...

demthorshie 2016-07-13 03:45:05 UTC #11

I've noticed this with my own comic as well. I've had the same person unsubscribe and subscribe to me again about 3 times now. I'm not really sure what the meaning of that is...:s

ToonDoctor 2016-07-13 04:09:32 UTC #12

I wish that I had a problem with fake users subscribing to my comic... I have only had five new subscribers in the last year. Are you sure that your complaint is warranted?