forgetting names.............. bloody names. i do it so often. even if the names in the description i still hesitate.

i think im less likely to comment if im reading on mobile, which i do more and more now. when im reading on mobile it tends to be a 'when i have a spare minute' case, and i dont wanna get caught by my classmates mid comic comment. im very socially anxious and over guarded is why. its also like, a whole nother click away.

but typically its the fact i have nothing to say. i should get more into the habit of just complimenting something nice - a particular pose, or expression, the gesture or composition in a page. but usually im just too turned off to notice?

mmmm character pages... sweet sweet character pages..... i like that idea

and yeah, i guess its a nerdy kind of comment, but as an artist its my favourite thing to get comments abt. i have a friend on tumblr who reblogs my art w things like 'ugh the movement!! the balance!!' and honestly. its such a high

I usually don't comment, mainly because... I have nothing to say?
And I read most often on the app than on desktop, finding it much harder to write on the phone then.

And the readers... They already have written such witty comments, that it's just a pure joy reading them instead of commenting

If and WHEN I leave a comment, I write really lengthy ones, praises mostly xD And it's kind of sad when the creator doesn't comment back?
I get it if there's extremely many, like 300+ and such, but just my comment and nothing else?
Just want it to feel like it was worth my time to write it, that's all!

I usually don't comment. I don't want to be annoying to creators, and I often don't know what to say what I haven't said on other pages.

The only reasons for me to comment are when it's a comic of a friend that is underappreciated and deserves love.
Or if I thought of somethng very witty to say and there aren't many comments yet.
Or when I finished binge-reading a comic and want to give some appreciation to the author. This usually ends up being an essay full of praises... Which probably makes the author feel really awkward and uncomfortable, but whatever haha.

I too have little to say. I'm not a very jokey person and that seems to be the majority of comments. Either than or "wow! Damn! Next more!"

Sometimes, I just don't know what to say.

for me it's A) don't have enough time to, B) have nothing interesting to comment about, or C) there's already a lot of comments on the chapter and I feel like mine while be lost in the mass of comments.

Sometimes I'm just too tired. I like to read before sleeping, and I'm not always awake enough to write a sensible comment I won't regret the next morning (a bit like drunk texting haha). I usually do comment though, unless I just don't have anything to say.

Sometimes I can't come up with a witty comment or I feel that I don't have the time if the comment I have in my head is long.

Part of it is because I've been burned one too many times over the years. I'm not good at wording, so a mini-essay comment that I genuinely meant as a compliment gets mistaken as a criticism or something else entirely. I'm sick and tired of that happening. I'd rather not comment than have that happen again.

For me mostly it's to keep a low-profile.

I usually don't comment because there is no reason.

Usually my comments are like a reply to the authors description, so if there's nothing to reply I often don't comment, cause it feels like i'm just reading instead of interacting with someone, also If the story isn't catching my attention or got me lost I won't comment, maybe just something like; "god i'm lost, gotta re-read the whole thing" So basically if there isn't any specially interesting in the page I won't comment, I need to see a cameo, there should be a plot twist, an improvment or an interesting composition overall, I need to note something in page to comment, otherwise it's just meh, and actually over the time I'll stop following the comic.

It indeeed bothers if the author does not reply (in the case of comics with little fan base) but for me isn't kind of a big deal, it bothers but i can rol with that, An example of a great author that is commited to feedback is Harkill, in his comic HeLL(P)3 he often replies to coments, his description seems also like a coment or a gag about the comic itself, and there's always an easster egg on every page, everything going by the hand with stonnishing and marvelous visuals, it just clicks

If I don't comment, then it's simply because I don't feel like it.
But there's sometimes those moments I think I should say something, but I can't find the right words at the moment. So I leave it be, but come back a few hours later, when I have a better idea of what to say.

I comment when I feel something strongly! So like, if a page is incredibly sweet and I'm touched, I'll try to remember to actually say "omg this is so sweet!!" If two characters are bickering, and their back and forth is a lot of fun, I'll try to remember to comment "oh my goodness I love this." I know as a creator, getting a ton of "HOLY CRAP WHAT" comments when something big happens feels amazing, even if those comments are small and don't leave much to reply to, so my goal in commenting is mostly so that the creator can know that I felt a thing.

So if I don't Get A Feeling, I won't usually comment. Also sometimes I just forget!

Like joanne, I don't really have fun speculating because I'd rather wait and see what's going to happen, and writing little mini-essays on the composition would feel forced from me because I don't really experience media that way -- I look for stuff like that when someone asks for a critique. My reaction isn't going to be "whoa, the colour contrast just perfectly hilights the points of interest and sets the anxious mood of the scene really well" -- my reaction is gonna be "DANG THIS IS PRETTY AS HECK, I love these colours!!"

though I am the kind of person who will page back through the comic to remember a character's name xD

Me too! I got a name of a character wrong once and the author thought I gave the character a cute nickname... That made me feel so bad for some reason. So ever since then I scroll through older pages to make sure I got the names right

I was never good at commenting on stuff, even if I really appreciate a comic. It's a mix of being lazy because I'm overworked and I only read comics whenever I have a break from said work. Other than that it's because I'm not sure what to say because I more often than not feel like there should be more weight ehind my words. Personally I am overjoyed when I receive even the simplest of compliments, so maybe I don't need to think so much about it all the time? What do you guys think?

I usually comment on details in the page that I liked, artist's comments, or when I feel like I have to say something about the progression of the story or character development, or simply when I want to complement the artist.
One of the most common reasons for me to not comment is when I feel that it'll be flooded in the other comments, so the artist isn't going to read it anyway (so why bother ). The other most common reason is that I don't actually have anything to say. I don't want to force myself to say something when I actually don't. ^^'

Same, that's my main reason.

But sometimes I'll comment when the page's art looks beast. Obviously, I won't do that every update. But every once in a while a creator will make a page that just looks so sick. Like, you can tell they put more work into it. It's a good way to leave a meaningful comment without remembering names haha

I truly never thought about the names issue. I write and compose the comic as it was meant to print (because I do print it), so I make sure I name them often enough throught one episode, but still. Reading online is weird.

I often feel useless when commenting. I don't have anything particular, or witty, or interesting to say, so I just like my stuff and that's it. I felt the same towards forums. Now that I'm a creator and I'm trying to build an audience or at least some light relationship with readers and other creators I'm learning to comment more often - even if the comment is still very short ._. I guess I'm too introverted, but I can improve

Like a lot of you have said, my main reason for commenting is not knowing what to say. I get shy and worry that I'll say something weird, but I try to force myself to think of something to say if I genuinely like the comic, because I want the artist to know that and I'd want someone else to do the same for my comic. Even if a comic already has a ton of comments, it can't hurt to leave one more to let the creator know that another person enjoys their work!

As a creator though, I can say that comments generally aren't annoying, and you shouldn't worry about saying something someone else has already said. If two people say they like something about a page, that makes me twice as happy! Same if the same commenter says they like multiple pages. As a creator, it's so easy to forget that there are people reading your comic who don't leave comments, so even just a "nice!" or even an emoji can be a nice reminder that someone is enjoying your work.

For me a like is more than enough, also I am lazy. In my case I like it when people just like a page because I feel that they took the time to check out my comic .
I only comment when is something that really caught my attention.

Sometimes I dont comment because english is not my first language and Im a little lazy to look for the exact words in english, or the correct way of saying what I want to say...
so
my reasons is that im lazy XD
sorry dear writers unu

A lot of the time I think about telling jokes in the comments section but most of them--all of them are bad jokes which heavily rely on tone. It is nearly impossible to convey tone through a simple piece of text so I just write nothing and laugh at the joke in my head. HA HA AH HA HA AA AAHAHHHA...aaa.aaaa....ha...ha.

If you want to comment , do it , if you don't ,don't, i think it's that simple .What i realy appreciate in cooments is when the reader shows his love to the spesific story and that may give a boost to the creator when he is down , a little push to keep going when you feel down , as a creator myself i have experienced that. Tapa's community is awesome!

i wrote a comments if i have something to say. and it's quite rare.
most of the comments re "ehy what a stunning sequance" or "i rotfled so much, lol"
nothing else.
oh yeha: i avoid to write if there re already 9849198 comments that say what i think already.

in this era where everything must be "soscial" where if u havent any comments... "u sux"....... it become "a must" get them as many as possibile. like pokemons. look like there re creators needy of comments, who spend most of the time worrying about comments than thinking about what they create.
a community's ethical fail -_-"

not having anything to say is the reason for commenting
there are a few occasion when I read something and something immediately pops in my head to wanna say something about it
but if not, that means the chapter is just doesnt encourage me to say anything about it
or the reaction I got was just a giggle and doesnt leave me a huge impression that I want to comment on it

the 'like' button makes it easy for people and sometimes it makes them think that it is enough

Yeah, this sometimes mystifies me a bit too. People will subscribe but not comment, even when I ask specific questions like: what kind of monsters would you like to see? But as they're subscribing I'm presuming they like the content? Answers on a postcard please...

1. I look stupid when I talk =)

2. I got nothing constructive to say because I can't think of a comment better that 'i like this' 'cool'

3. I am so into the story I completely forget.