How can I be more "friendly" to my followers?

[NickRowler]

OK, I think I have joked around with some people...but I don't get many comments so...um.

But if some says "I am enjoying your comic so far"...like how are you suppose to respond besides "Thanks"?

[Stickly]

Well once I replied to "Unexpectedly amazing!" with "You're unexpectedly amazing."
So make them feel appreciated too

[LordVincent]

Your mum is unexpectedly amazing.

...sorry I just had to.

[NickRowler]

So..."I am enjoying you".....oh dear that sounds creepy.

[NickRowler]

Sorry if it seems I am asking weird questions. I am not the best as being social (due to social anxiety) and I am trying to get better at talking to other people.

[LordVincent]

Lol I talk too much and fail harder than anyone at socializing in a pleasant way so hey you may think it's bad but it could be worse ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[NickRowler]

Oh goodness, maybe I just need to just work on interacting with more people in general.

Step 1...find people??? I think.

[keii4ii]

A broad praise like that, you can prompt a more detailed response by asking questions like "Thanks! Just out of curiosity, who's your favorite character in this comic? : D"

[NickRowler]

That is actually a reader poll question I want to ask.

Tho part of me wants to wait until I hit a larger number of followers so that I am pulling from a larger group. Like it's the difference between 10 people answer a poll card vs. 70. (I'm not really demanding more followers with this statement, I am more talking statistically)

[keii4ii]

Personally, I wouldn't save all the good questions for a poll. There are many other questions like that you could ask, so if you really want to do a poll later, save one or two and ask other questions in the comments section?

[NickRowler]

I will still ask in the comments, I was just stating that I also want to use it as a poll question.

(Sorry I didn't make that clear )

[J.Lovelace]

If you have questions about your followers, aim the questions at them. You repeated the fact that you don't know what your readers want or if they'd be ok with changes/stuff you plan for the future... just ask them? Make a post on your wall addressed to them?
I see people do that all the time in the status updates on Deviantart.
Mostly people asking their watchers about their opinions on things.
If you don't get critiques, ask your readers if they have any advices. Voice your concerns to them. You seem to be worried that nobody will respond to it. Well, you may never know.
Just do it.

[NickRowler]

Where are good places to post this information?

I do post updates and other stuff on my walls but I don't really get feed back there. Would it be better to post directly on the series?

[keii4ii]

The profile wall is among the worst places to have a discussion for two reasons:

1. A lot of people either ignore them, or can't even access them (no wall access on the app).

2. Even if they do check out your wall post, they may be reluctant to reply because once you've replied to a wall post, EVERY TIME that post gets a reply, you keep getting a notification. That gets annoying.

Try your author's notes section?

[J.Lovelace]

Do you push the bell button so that they notice your posts on the wall?

And yeah, you can also do that in the episode description as well.

[NickRowler]

I sometimes write weird witty stuff or "fun facts' in the author's note section. Are you suggesting I put notes on every episode? Ask more questions? (Sorry I just trying to understand all this)

[J.Lovelace]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I think Tapas REALLY should improve that thing... if we can't rely on it to casually reach our readers, then the purpose of it is pretty much lost

[J.Lovelace]

For example you said that nobody may enter if you make a raffle. Well the, just ask if your readers want a raffle.
That kind of stuff.
Each time you are in doubt about how your readers may react to a certain thing, just ask them about it.

[shazzbaa]

It's just, my comic is turning 3 this year (in June) and part of me wants to sort of work on something else. But if my current readers still wants my current comic, I will just stay with making my current comic.

This sounds like something where, if people don't respond strongly, make the choice you want to make.

If you tell your current audience, "hey, I'm thinking I'd really like to finish this comic up and work on a new comic, but I do enjoy this making this one, and I could stick with it if enough people really want it to continue -- what do you guys think?" and you don't get enough people telling you that they really want you to stick with it because you simply don't get many responses......... then don't worry about it, go ahead and start on something new! You're free to do what you want to do.

I really feel like getting a responsive audience is something you can't force. There's no way to demand other people put themselves on the spot or force them to be open with you -- you can only put yourself out there, and hope some folks respond in kind. The way you interact, the way you talk in the page description or in replies or on social media, the kinds of things you draw outside of your comic -- that's all you've got.

I'm not really asking for more subs. I'm talking about interacting with my current subs.

The weird thing is, though, that it kinda is a numbers game. Only a tiny portion of any audience is gonna be outgoing enough leave comments. It's gonna be REALLY HARD to have 70 subs, and get 10 of them leave a comment or respond to a question, just because of how small a percentage of readers are vocal. So, how do you get at least 10 folks to respond to a question? Have at least 200 subs.

[NickRowler]

Oh, OK. I don't really want to finish the comic right away (there are way too many loose ends), more like stick it in hiatus and work on something else for a while (a shorter comic). And once I done with the shorter comic, I would go back to the main one.

How do I get better at interacting on social media. I recently got a Twitter but I am not sure what to do with it. I put that I have a Twitter on my wall but I haven't seen any new followers since that post.

Additionally, my comic has much less then 70 subs. Um..the number in my profile is sort of split with about 45 on main and 32 on an older comic.