How do you guys feel about Webtoon/Tapas in general

[ghostmaya]

I love and hate both Tapas and Webtoon~ they both monetize well for the creators~ What I like to tapas is their support ink~ though what I hate tapas is that it's not healthy for new creators, For me (just an opinion), no spotlight for low subs comics~ I like webtoon because of the patreon program and ads~ and They welcome and give opportunity for newcomics~ (again, just my opinion). what I hate Webtoon is they're too strict to be able to monetize to their site~

[thecrystalrook]

The database isnt the problem there, it's the browser that can't handle that. Programmers can work around that, but if your programmers are lazy well...then it's not gonna happen haha

[jensrichard77]

The only thing I find annoying is trying to distinguish the paid stuff from the free stuff at first glance.

Maybe this will help?
Click "Free to read"

[Kelheor]

You can also gain Ink completing some games, find Free Ink tab.

[starry-sea]

this helps, but they still have a point though. casual readers will think all comics are like the premium comics when staff mixes them together the way they do. I thought the same when I first started using tapas. Webtoons does a better job of showing what's featured or not than tapas

[dsptss78]

Personally I feel like webtoons is better for getting views and subscribers due to traffic. However tapas has a better social community, you're able to share ideas and communicate with readers/creators through forums. Also the reading format on tapas is way better than webtoons. It's more organize and clean, you don't have to click on arrows instead you scroll down. The fullscreen option on tapas is also extremely convenient. Overall I recommend using both, the more platforms you're on the better you'll be promotion wise.

[Shadymeadows]

I just had to edit 4 of my posts on Webtoon even though I only showed partial nudity and sexual gestures.
I love Tapas way more and have gotten more subscribers with my fantasy vampire BL comic here.

[joannekwan]

Yep, even partial nudity is prohibited on WT. It's ridiculous.

[EdwardSaddle]

Webtoon is missing a notification system, as stated already. And I'd like it if it had a way to schedule your upload like tapas

[starry-sea]

I know this has been said, but I'll say it again I wish there was more incentive for webtoon or tapas readers to look at the new section or just discover more comics. The closest thing webtoons got to that was canvas week because they were giving out free coins.

I know not every single comic ever can be put on the front page of these sites for growth, but it sucks that's one of the /only/ ways to get growth on these sites. Not every single comic can meet tapas or webtoons' staff's standards for being featured, obviously, but that doesn't mean there isn't an audience for said comics. If that makes sense

[jensrichard77]

Try this settings

There is always something new in the Fresh
Even my little Blue Life shows up there from time to time.

[Kelheor]

That's not about it though. No one is ever looking in Fresh, that's all =)

[starry-sea]

yeah, I'm saying there needs to be more incentive for readers to use fresh/new, not that I don't know how to use it myself

[jensrichard77]

No one is ever looking in Fresh

But... I am

[starry-sea]

yes but most people Are Not, which is the issue

[Iris-Grimoire]

Creators read creators, that ends up being a thing - the forums are a perfect example, I'm gonna read those self-promo threads because I know the struggle of starting out, whiile a reader doesn't really care until they're told why they should care. But it's a difficult balance, because if you favor consuming new comics too much, you might get WT's bad community practices of demanding episodes to be longer, better, faster, stronger, etc.

[starry-sea]

there's always going to be bad apples though, even with tapas' current system there's still people who say stuff like that

[Iris-Grimoire]

Bad apples maybe, but when the FIRST thing you hear every time there's a thread about Webtoons on social media is "the comments there are horrible", there's a problem. I've seen people on Tapas delete their mirrors there because it was starting to become harassment, not just demanding more content, also making gross comments about the characters. This does happen here, but there's the tools to remove them, and it's less common.

[starry-sea]

I'm kind of confused on what your saying? you're saying comics shouldn't get more traffic because they'll end up like webtoon? but if comics get more traffic here and there's tools to delete bad comments what is the issue?

[YangKoete]

I'm a little ticked Webtoons took so many good comics from Tapas.