Updated Site + Terms and Services

[PotooGryphon]

Nah worries, not such thing as a stupid question.

[AffectedMind]

But Tapas is food lol, do you know how difficult it can be to find it on the app store? XD

[joannekwan]

LOL the site app was the first thing to come up when I searched Tapas in the app store, well, it appeared after an ad for Line Webtoons.

[AffectedMind]

Lol the app store knows what's good XD

[Kura]

I know when trying to install it for mom a while back I could not find it, I was only getting food related apps.

She came to me too because she said she was having trouble finding it, I just assumed she was spelling it wrong, but no, I could not find it either. Eventually we both gave up.

If I search it in google it's even worse.

[AffectedMind]

Maybe due to growing popularity of the app it is more visible now, but it was definitely not on the first position when I was looking for it : P

[joannekwan]

For Google searches you can put a "-" before a word, no spaces, and it'll omit any hits related to that word. So say you're looking for this site, you can type in "tapas -food" into the search bar and the site will come up as the first result.

[AffectedMind]

Didn't work for me tho

[joannekwan]

I guess what hits come up varies by region ( ་ ⍸ ་ )

[Cronaj]

Lol, I know, right? I kept getting redirected to a Spanish restaurant every time I typed in "Tapas" in the browser before the update.

[NanettesClouds]

Filter bubbles might also play a role. For me if your search "Tapas Comics" you find it in google. App store "tapas" puts it as the top result for me. It's probably just a matter of time before Google starts putting Tapas.io higher up when people search for "tapas"

[GoldenPlume]

Wells Fargo currently has a commercial on YouTube where the customer is talking about going for Tapas (tah-pah-sss). Kinda want Tapamon to jump out from his breast pocket.

[jjfresh]

.io is just a recent trendy thing. .com is no longer necessary, people can have custom domains. Did you know there is a recent one with .art?

ALSO, can someone please fix the scrolling feature. I'm reading and when I click the button, it brings me two pages up before going to next page. I think it may be because I'm scrolling and then I click the button. I don't know but either way it's really irritating.

EDIT: I take that back, navigation in general is broken. If I scroll up a little to see the top of the page, it jumps me to the previous page. It jumps around a lot in general. And then sometimes it jumps me one or two pages back. Please fix this, it's very irritating. If it's somehow just me, then wai

[jjfresh]

Really? That's probably because tapas is an Italian word for "snack" or small dish. I think it's Spanish too, but I learnt it from an Italian.

Hence why the app says "Time for your daily snack."

[hushicho]

Again, less opining on the "community guidelines". There are hardly "plenty of places" online to post more explicit works online. There are, to mind, one or two. It may seem like this is a minor quabble, but this is a major problem -- claiming this will only spread the misinformation that there are so many places online that welcome progressive platforms that accept and even embrace more explicit content than this one. Please remove the offending sentence.

[LordVincent]

One or two?? I could think of ZERO comic platforms open to publish freely on that are intended for mature content. If you know any, please do tell me.

[kabocha]

Perhaps this is on me for not noticing before, but when was the "Right of First Refusal" section added to the terms of service, and why is it there?

[PotooGryphon]

Right of First Refusal

1. If user desires to sell, license, exercise or otherwise dispose of, indirectly or directly, any rights or any interest in any content posted on the Platform (the "Offered Right"), then the user shall give written notice to Tapas Media of such desire. Commencing upon Tapas Media's receipt of such notice there shall be a 30 day period in which user will negotiate in good faith with Tapas Media for Tapas Media's acquisition of such offered rights. If by the end of 30 days no agreement has been reached or if at anytime Tapas Media declines interests in the offered rights, then the user shall be free to negotiate elsewhere with respect to such offered Right.

2. Written notifications can be sent to content@tapasmedia.co with subject 'Offered Right.'

If I'm reading it right, it sounds like it's there for more established creators that want to pitch their content to publishers in hopes of getting picked up. Like for instance a creator that started publishing for free on Tapastic and then later decided to proposition them a serious offer for them to buy rights to their content series. It sounds like just legalese for establishing that transfer of rights ownership should it come up.

I don't think this will effect most of us on the site.

[kabocha]

That's how I interpreted it as well. However, it still strikes me as concerning even if it won't affect too many folks on the site.
Hypothetically, what if someone is using Tapastic as a mirror, and then is approached by a publisher? Do they then still need to notify Tapas of the offer made by Publisher 1 and enter into negotiations?

Subsequently, how quickly would it be reasonable to expect Tapas to respond to such an inquiry? The negotiation period is 30 days, but how do we know that in the case of such an offer, Tapastic won't sit on the email and let that period play out? The only one required in this section to negotiate in good faith is the user (though I suppose it would then be assumed that Tapas would ALSO be expected to do so).

Seen folks get burned before, which is why I'm concerned. ^^; I suppose the easiest way to get out of it is to simply delete one's account on Tapastic before entering into any other agreements.

[GoldenPlume]

It's basically squatter's rights. Tapas wants first crack at anything that could potentially yield large profits.

We can partially understand where they are coming from. For example, if Tapas saw a new series pop up on their site, such as One Punch Man 2.0 and they started heavily promoting it, and it took off and became a huge hit, then yeah, Tapas should get first right of refusal, that's only fair. After all they put forth a lot of effort and resources in helping the series succeed.

However we don't agree with these rights if the creator alone does all the legwork, spent all the marketing money out of their own pocket, really built up a huge following all on their own and then Tapas rides in to reap the harvest when a third party comes around and offers some serious cash for a series.

In that situation a creator could just delete their account and then proceed with negotiations. Tapas couldn't do much to enforce these rules other than subpoena the creator's email records to see when the offer was first made and take it all to court. Given the company's size, can't see them using up all of their time and resources fighting a legal battle over a webcomic, unless it becomes a multi-million dollar franchise, which seems highly unlikely.

Another potential work around is to simply submit the series as a pitch to the submisions@tapas.co address before starting to post. Most likely a creator is going to get rejected. Then later they can use that email to prove that Tapas gave up their first rights already.