Line Webtoon and Tapas 18+ content query

AdrenalineShots 2023-09-16 12:08:39 UTC #1

Hi All

I haven’t updated in a while and am looking at developing a more mature one off series.

I’ve heard some things lately about attitudes potentially having Changed on tapas and Webtoon and just wondered what the actual position is now for adult series and the experiences that you have had / are having.

Thank you

BlairFujin 2023-09-16 12:22:17 UTC #2

I know nothing about any changes on webtoon - it's still censor the hell out of your work, but in a way that it's not obvious that it's censored, because they don't want their readers to know that they're getting butchered comics : P
on tapas it's... censor to the same degree as on webtoon but here you can be petty about it and just plaster black bars with "read uncensored pages somewhere else" everywhere
you can theoretically keep it less censored but be taken off the app but since recently this way you're series will get removed from popular, fresh, etc sections of the site - there was no announcement about it and I only found out about it by sending out a support ticket on their discord about my series going missing (globalcomix allows for as much as we could show here on browser version)
so, for both, censor the hell out of your work and try redirecting your readers somewhere else

As to where to redirect, Comicfury and Flowfo are the only comic platforms where I don't need to censor my work at all. There's also hosting your own website, putting 18+ stuff behind patreon paywall or putting it as pdf on itch.io

AdrenalineShots 2023-09-16 12:30:10 UTC #3

Ah thanks so much! I haven’t heard of flowfo before? Do you get much reader interest on there?

BlairFujin 2023-09-16 12:35:13 UTC #4

Not really to be honest... out of those I use it is probably the least well known platform

NickRowler 2023-09-16 14:25:07 UTC #5

I know that in 2018, that is when strict rules on 18+ material was put in place. These rules were pit in place because of a US law.

I heard that there are people trying to push back against these laws. And I have heard some websites becoming more lax, like Tumblr allowing some NSFW in 2022.

I haven’t heard yet if Tapas or Webtoon will also back paddle. I know Tapas used to allow non-pornographic nudity in the past. There was some drama recently that a premium series had an explicit cover and was promoted on the main page. It could be possible that premium series are allowed to be a bit edgier while everyone else has to play it safe.