Important:
Firstly, I want to make it clear that this post has no intention of judging the creators, readers or moderators of tapas, here we want a solution, not fights.
To the moderators: my intention is not to cause disagreement or any revolt, just to suggest things that are beneficial for both Tapas and the authors here.
The problem:
Good afternoon everyone, I see that many of us on the forum are creators and spend a lot of precious time trying to promote our stories, but guess what? The majority of people on the forum are creators, not readers, readers have no reason to access the forum.
Let's be honest here? Everyone here wants to promote our work and that is the real interest we have in the forum, not reading each other's stories.
The spam that many of us do to keep our topics alive and at the top of the list is notorious, but this is not healthy, neither for us creators nor for the readers, who will have even less interest in the forum.
Why this matters:
Writers spend more time promoting their stories than writing or drawing;
The few readers that exist here will always see more of the same and will have less and less interest in the forum;
If we didn't have so much need to post our work here over and over again, there would be less spam, and other good stories wouldn't be hidden by the huge flood of spam.
Stop to think:
My fellow writer, you make promotional topics that reach 200 views or more, but how many of those views accessed your story? Flooding the forum may be necessary now, but it is not the way to go.
What is the solution?
I didn't come here just to complain, but to add.
First of all, I invite everyone to comment and give their point of view and possible solutions to the situation; If you have a different or better solution than mine, please write it below.
What I think the solution is:
As I mentioned before, the problem is that there are many more writers here than readers, we need actions that bring the public to the forum, and for that, it is necessary to offer the public something they want in return...
... For those who don't know, there is a space called Tapas Offerwall, where you can get Ink for free by completing some tasks there...
... My idea is to create an item acquired just by interacting on the forum (and limit the quantity that can be acquired in a day, this is important to avoid reader spam, leaving the forum cleaner and with space for more readers interact), and when acquiring a quantity of that item, exchange it for a smaller quantity of Ink.
Another very important thing:
As I mentioned before, many of us make an effort to keep our topics at the top of the list, and I believe this is another detail that negatively affects the forum, I believe that, when updating, topics should appear randomly or be displayed based on the interest of each user.
Finally:
This solution may not be perfect, and since I don't have much knowledge of how Tapas operates, there may be one or more obstacles that I might not be considering. That's why I'm asking you to share your opinion and perspective here.
