Likes, views, subs and comments, which matters to you the most?

[mappypaint]

Comments matter the most followed by likes... subs and views I don't pay attention much. I've seen creators with a bunch of subs and views but have a hard time with engagements from their readers... and they feel sad because of it. My comic is one of the few cases where my webtoon version has more subs and views compared to the tapas one, but I have more comments and likes in tapas despite having significantly less subs and views. That's the reason why i'm happier here in tapas.

As for a ghost sub...I say i'm not. I comment and like most of the series i'm following. You can easily see my profile for the no of likes and comments I gave. Any comics in my reading list that haven't gotten those are yet to be binge read by me. XD

[domisotto]

Well, I will get the full result when I am done posting the thinggie. Fingers crossed I can hit closer to the average of what people get

[kmlangleyauthor]

Both as a reader and a creator, I think that putting any kind of personal note in the author’s note section is at least semi effective for interactions. I personally love it when authors stay real. I try to post something - ranging from “I don’t know wtf I was doing in this episode” to “omg I hit 100 subs!” to “this is what was going on in (other character’s) head” - but it’s the replying back to comments that I feel like make the biggest difference to that type of thing. I have two stories that I freaking LOVE and I comment on all the time... but they rarely comment back to anyone and I legit feel like this hurts their readership community. (Neither of them post personal author notes, either.) Sorry, I’m just full of rambling today

[WolfUnderTheMoon89]

Im sure you can! don't doubt yourself

[foxnflames]

My loyal readers do but I want more of my new readers to chime in. I went back on my earlier chapters and added that I’d love their feedback or ask questions. I guess in time they’d catch up and engage so I have to patient. And I think I’d be the one to accidentally spoil someone because I’m so in love with my story that if you ask me anything I’ll probably tell you

[ItzaMeLuigi]

The average I mentioned is from comics posted on webtoons, but I'm sure it changes depending where and what you post. In the end, I wouldn't worry too much about the numbers and focus more on just trying to provide the best story you can.

[domisotto]

I really want to win the numbers game. I have been writing for a while and the success has been elusive. For me, being read is the Holy Grail. It is outside my control—I am not delusional, so yes, I understand that. I also do not begrudge others their success. But my body is ready for the Good Thing to happen to me.

[amthecomic]

Comments definetly. Nice words are always more important than inactive numbers... Thats why I always try to find some words for the things I´ve read. Its the easiest way to show appreciation.

[ratscout]

Comments for sure! It lets me know that the person is actually reading the story, and as writers, the thing we want most is readers. If I could confirm somehow that views and likes counted as reads, I might be fine with them, but there are reasons why a person could be liking the story that have nothing to do with whether they actually read it. And views of course in no way count as reads.

I'm not a ghost subscribers at all. Mostly because I know how frustrating it is when someone is a ghost subscriber. Like, for pete's sake how much effort can it really take to pause for a moment, remember to leave a like, and leave a nice comment? Especially when leaving one or not can really influence whether a creator wants to keep making their story. The only time when I'm a ghost subscriber is when I bookmark something that I really want to read, and I just haven't gotten to it, yet (one of the reasons why I try not to get someone's hopes up by subbing willy-nilly).

Hmmm... I like subs, but subs are some of the most frustrating things on this site. I swear that there's a bug where, whenever I update, someone unsubscribes but then for some reason I get a new sub on the same day. There was a weird instance of that lately where someone had subscribed, and then a few days later, they subscribed again. I was just like, "Wait a minute, didn't that person already subscribe?" LOL

[ItzaMeLuigi]

Yeah it sucks that becoming "popular" doesn't rely solely on the quality of your work. Sometimes you get lucky and it'll explode overnight or you have connections that can give your series a bit of a "push", but for most people it's an extremely long grind of slowly growing your audience.

[domisotto]

Heh, if I am one thing, it's a try hard.

[jensrichard77]

I'm not sure which matters most to Tapas, but I do know that the like : view/sub counts matters to Webtoon algorithm for your placement in the rankings.

I’m sorry for your loss of comment engagement. Here at tapas you get a notification every time someone post and you can have a conversation.
That’s probably why people value comments that much.
And as I understand it, you can't do that on Webtoon

[TenguHarley]

Hmmm, I say like most, it would be comments as there's more engagement to the story. It'll make me feel like either I'm doing well on my part with writing since usually when it's silent I get anxious to the point my thoughts go

"Either they're sunk deep and await to comes next"

"or they're like me and not sure what to say to avoid saying a similar comment from before asdf"

Likes are nice as it shows they've enjoyed it. It's the same I feel for views, since there are times either I give a like or not but I do often ready many webcomics. tbh i tend to forget to hit the heart ;;; so I'm doing my best to break that habit

[AmazementComics]

Honestly, the more people view my comics, the better. Sure it'd be nice to get more subs, but getting attraction is priority number one for me. So I think views are more important.

The next would be likes, then comments (beacuse it gives reassurance that people are paying attention to the stories), and then finally subscribers. My sub game has been on fire recently, but I feel that's partly because I aim to please my followers by creating multiple series to pick and choose from.

[lillyssil]

For me comments matter the most because they can show you how much people apreciate your work. But I am happy about any kind of attention.

Also I read a lot but I like and comment very often. Still by some Comics/Novels I am a "Ghost subscriber" but mostly because I forget to like and have nothing to say... But sometimes I am a "Ghost subscriber" on purpuse because the Comic/Novel doesn't have enough chapters or I haven't read enough to judge and give it a like because I like it. Still thats very rare because almost everything that was ever created deserves a like.

[MeltingCORE]

Thoughtful comments make my day... So, comments!

[Rhonder]

Hmm hard to say and kinda makes me think lol.

On a surface level, comments definitely are my favorite type of interaction to get since they're comparatively rare and give me a chance to directly converse with the people who enjoy my work~

BUT I think a strong argument could be made for views and that might be what I'm inclined to go with tbh. After all, the whole point of posting my content online is for people to read it and a "view" is the most basic representation of that The other 3 types of engagement feel better and are more motivating but I'm not sure that they're necessarily the most important.

Part of this point of view comes from having talked to people during the run of my debut one-shot here on Tapas. One place I advertised my comic is on a facebook art page that I have, which has a lot of people I know irl who follow it. Something that always surprised when I would run into quite a few of these people (who I'm not necessarily good friends with but might wind up seeing a few times a year or whatever), is that a lot of them were actually reading my comic. Every few months when they would see one of my update posts, they would click over and binge read through the pages that had piled up. But yet none of these people actually bothered making a Tapas account to subscribe or whatever because... they just didn't need to, they aren't big webcomic people or whatever but just wanted to enjoy and read my content.

That kind of contextualized the nature of webcomics for me, a newbie who didn't really consume many of them prior to starting to draw them myself. The raw interaction numbers on a hosting site like this aren't necessarily the end all be all of your comic's reach. Those thousands of views carry some weight too, and that's pretty cool!

[SilverLugia456]

For me it would be comments because I like the feedback that I could get from the readers. Feedback helps me to reflect on my writing and let me know how to improve my writing as well. Coming behind would be subs and likes because it shows that readers are enjoying my writing then in the last would be views.

[Ardelvion]

Which matters to you the most? The amount of likes, the number of views, the sub count or the comments?

If I were to rank them, it'd be like this:

1.) Views - I promote my webcomic strips through Tapas forum, Twitter, and Instagram. Views help me show if I'm able to draw in readers through any of those platforms or not.

2.) Comments - I like engaging with readers through comments. In this way, I know I'm engaging with a reader who's a human, not a robot. Hehe.

3.) Likes - There are probably readers who are too busy to leave comments, so I guess this one's fine with me.

3.) Subs - They probably subscribed to my webcomic strips because they want to read more, they want to read later because they're busy, or whatever reason they have.

Why are you a ghost subscriber?

Because it's either I'm busy with work or I just don't know what to say in the comment section.

[kitschensyngk]

Without views, there would be no likes, subs, or comments.