Have promotion threads lost their meaning?

[jwabeasley]

I'm with you. If it isn't appropriate to the conversation and it isn't in the promotions category, report it... but otherwise, I find it ridiculous that people repeatedly spam promotion and sub4sub, etc. I can only sub once! The same is true of everyone else here. During my 6 months here, it seems every couple of weeks some dummy comes on, does well with their first sub4sub thread, and then spams 100 more identical threads for a week or so and then gives up, to be replaced by a new dummy.

It's the same crowd today as it was yesterday, and there's only so much turnover month by month. The forum sub4sub can be a quick boost, but it's a one time thing! I'm not sure if there's a permanent solution other than not interacting with the dummies.

That said, the regulars here can give great conversation and feedback in other ways. I really enjoy the rest of this forum.

[yaziroburrows]

It can be very annoying.

I try to only promote in threads I've never posted in and Only post like a few times, but I often find if I want to find interesting topics, I have to just go to the individual categories, since so many people just span promotions threads. I honestly find promoting tedious and prefer to focus on writing, but when I see interesting concepts, like the 1 lie, 2 truth threads, they can just be fun and help me find new stories.

Even in some of the ones I've made, there are people who just post each chapter of their work back to back, without even doing the sub4sub, like4like or comment4comment. It gets really annoying and frustrating, since I am actively looking for more NEW stories to sub to, and its constantly the same people spamming.

[thepenmonster]

I'm pretty against sub4sub threads

Aye. Read my comic and do so because you like it. I'm not here to help you get your numbers up.

[Maxouco]

I think that people that starts their comic/novel tend to forget that they do it for themselves before all else when they enter the ''promospam'' mode.

[ButterflyEmpress]

I've been lurking around time to time and I realized that most creators here are looking to sell, not buy. Either because they're too busy on their own project or just simply don't care about others' works and want quick validation. Most readers aren't coming here for something to read, they're browsing the front page of Tapas and Webtoon for the professional stuff.

[Maxouco]

I agree, I I also think that if people want to promote their stuff here or sell, they should at least take the time to appreciate other people's work. We are a community not CEOs waiting for sell's pitch after all!

[Leyelle]

agreed, I still try to make some games now and then but I haven't bothered to mute the other threads because there are so many I was part of before lol