How is Tapastic's community so...Nice?

[nobody]

Am I the only one who dislikes the font? XD It's one of the very very few complaints I have about the site. It's stylish, just a little hard to read. (Maybe all it needs is a little size increase.)

No, me too, I really, really don't like the font they're using here. Poor readability compared to...a lot of other fonts. It's not Century Gothic, and it's definitely not Helvetica. Either of those would've been better. I've been trying to find out what font it is, but no luck! It looks a little bit like Twentieth Century, but there are still some differences. Increasing the size would help of course, but it's still not particularly good for longer text posts.

But the font is my biggest complaint about this site, which means there really isn't that much to complain about

[ametueraspirant]

can I take at least 5% of the credit for making this place more awesome with my mere presence?

[PotooGryphon]

That makes sense to me XD

[demthorshie]

I thought it was just me! This is a really nice community and with some convincing and positive words from a couple of Tapastic members over at twitter, I found myself here.

[agentfink]

I've only been on the site since October, but the Tapastic forums have become a part of my daily ritual. Everyone is so encouraging and civil-- a breath of fresh air...

[VermillionWorks]

It's all apart of our evil world domination plan.
It starts with being nice and blowing everyone's mind, and then.....CONTINUING TO BE NICE.

[AnnaLandin]

@VermillionWorks This is a nefarious master plan I can get behind! XD

[mg78]

Is it because there are so many females in our community? Or are we just older on average? Or is it because the staff secretly sprinkles fairy dust into our cereal?

i dont think so.
imho the main problem come from the prize.
here it s like to be in a showcase. sometimes we re put in the best spot, most of the time we re all in the same shelf. thats it. someone got a lot of follower, other less or more... but thats it.
on webtoons there isnt only this... because if u re on the top, u can win that or whatever. and this can create some situation that we all know...

if tomorrow tapastic would come with an announcement like:
"who get more vote win 1.000 bucks and ll be pubblished by XYZ"
well ...there ll be a bath of blood in less than an hour with fake votes like rain and flames over all the forum.

jm2c.

[maximumthemokona]

It's Function Pro Book.

[nobody]

It seems so! Thank you ^^

[el_fury]

Yeah... Tapastic has kinda spoiled me. Everyone here is so positive and supportive. I started posting stuff to Reddit and am now remembering how brutal people on the internet can be, lol.

[helloapanie]

Oh my god I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who noticed this. I just started making webcomics and wanted to upload my stuff on LINE Webtoon but I stopped myself because the people there are just....vile. They argue for no reason. I mean I get it, some comics might not pique your interest, but there's really no reason to be hateful about it. Just move along to the next comic!

Though I don't really have a fan base here on Tapastic either, but I'd prefer to creep around here because I get a nice and warm feeling every time I read something.

[yvettegustafsson]

First and foremost I think there is a good vibe spread by @STAFF , working very hard to keep it friendly, habitable and engaging with the users helps a lot to hold the line. And second, you don't want to be "that guy" if you see many others being positive it might feel wrong to be the opposite. Vibes are contagious, good and bad. I really enjoy being here - I've never felt comfortable in forums, it has just not been my kind of place to be in but tapastic is very different from any other forum I've ever seen.

Thank you, all! <3

[Marvin]

Now that I've tried to understand LINE Webtoon a bit more, I think I get (partly at least) why it's so much peaceful here.

On webtoon, notwithstanding the sheer number of readers compared to Tap, they don't have a forum where people can learn to know each other and unless I'm mistaken, they don't have profiles at all. Which means that when someone posts a comment, his name is just that : a name. The others can't click on it to see if the guy is a regular troll or has his own comic or anything... It's almost anonymous... And who says anonymous says it's troll's open bar...

And has @yvettegustafsson said, the fact that the staff here is so present and friendly and approchable sets the tone to the whole site

[burgercat]

There is practically no drama here...like no arguments or grudges.

I'm not saying that's a bad thing, in fact that's great, but the community is so peaceful it feels weird o-o

[Noglastiaa]

Lol I guess I get what you mean. It's pretty peaceful but I think it's honestly because the people gathered here are very peaceful and supportive. Like all the supportive people across the net gathered together. I mean I've seen a squabble of two but like that it.
Honestly if it could always be like this I'd be so happy:P
It's just such a great and positive environment.

[scythe]

Believe it or not, there are people of highly divergent stripes lurking in these forums and reading comics on this site, and even though I'm a pretty opinionated person, I haven't gotten into any flame wars on here yet (not that I'm looking to start any). When it comes to my history with a site I regularly visit, that's at least a first.

I put it down to the relative newness of the site and its links to the app store, which I think every creator rightfully respects. For me, as long as Tap stays like this, and powerful, obnoxious cliques don't start forming (who start trying to police everyone's comments and comics), I won't be looking to flame anyone.

Shitposting however ...

[zelkats]

I'm one of those many resident lurkers, lol. I think one of the main reason for the forum's peacefulness is because there aren't really many people here who encourage crap-flinging here. There HAVE been cases of name-calling and people acting like complete trolls even when the target is calm and isn't out to offend anyone here in the forum. But these users don't stay very long because the environment here isn't exactly a place they would thrive in. Plus, there aren't many people who speak their language (figuratively) here. An OP starts a gossip topic? Bam, Tapastic users shut it down.

[winglesscomic]

Shitposting however ...

can you imagine coming to tap one day and finding that you're unable to do this

i couldn't suffer another day

[AnnaLandin]

There have been arguments, and people's tempers DO flare up occasionally - it's just that most of us like Tapastic being peaceful and nice, so we tend to work together in an effort to make it so. Tapastic is a really nice place to hang out, so why not try to keep it that way?

As an example of brewing arguments being shut down before they begin - I remember last year, someone started a thread where instead of recommending comics we liked, they wanted us to talk shit about comics that were "more popular than they deserved" - and the entire thread just turned into a long line of posts going "uuuh, how about no?" before it was shut down by a mod.