Some people are saying that they did not learn the lesson of Smackjeeves.. well, I'm starting to wonder if they did not actually learnt it very well!
It's indeed possible that something similar is happening, but they hope that by not doing an annoucement and changing relatively gradually, people won't leave massively.
I think it's time to start looking seriously for alternatives, although if I'm wrong and Tapas keeps its identity and principles, I will stay, because Tapas is home for me.
My sentiment, too. I won't leave until this site goes under, but I'm definitely having flashbacks to the Inkblazers disaster that brought me here in the first place. . . .
If the worst comes to the worst, is there a way to mass download all one's past work? I don't relish the task of having to screencap all the comics I don't have copies of anymore.
@michaelson please just put the Subscribe button and support button right next to that giant heart they have.
The user then can easily do all three at the end of each episode!
First of all, thanks @michaelson for putting in the time and effort to reply to a largely upset community, it's not easy being the face of the team in this situation. It's appreciated, however it's frustrating that it's even necessary.
I logged into Tapas yesterday and thought I'd accidentally typed webtoon instead. I've been on Tapas since 2014-ish, and I've been on webtoon almost as long because I HAD to, but when given the choice I came back to Tapas and its superior interface, navigation and user experience.
I'm just one of many creators here and I've been lucky to have enjoyed the benefits of posting work to Tapas up until now, choosing this place and its community as a home for my comics. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement, and many have already reached out with specific concerns regarding this update that I agree with so I'll avoid repeating them.
Tapas has done a lot for the creative community, and has historically been more supportive than not. Which is why this 'revamp' is so bewildering to me...it feels rushed, shoe-horned and very unlike Tapas which has me thinking that the team no longer has the power to make the kind of executive decisions it used to. "Missed the mark" is absolutely accurate, it's shooting at a bullseye and hitting yourself.
Why wasn't this redesign contemplated in previous communications with users? (And not just a vague sentence in an email a scant week or so before). Why weren't there polls or surveys to gain insight into user needs? Why weren't the changes beta tested? The fact that the update was rolled out despite this, and that you're now having to scramble around fixing bugs and other critical issues just adds to the frustration.
It may not have been your intention to hurt us with this change, and it's expected to have the dip in activity product of technical issues, but you did hurt us. We certainly appreciate the explanations, the apologies and promises to make things right to the best of your ability, most places don't even care, but there has been a woeful lack of communication leading up to this point and now we all have to suffer the consequences.
If it ain't broken, fix it 'til it is 
I know that on the internet it seems as a million years have passed since the site's update has gone live, but I would like to remind everyone that it has been barely 24 hours since the launch.
The dev team likely already worked overtime and focused on the most urgent issues first and found some quick solutions for some of the other problems. I don't expect things to stay as they are or feedback to be ignored. There is no magical wand that does these things instantly - Web design is hard work & time consuming.
The Tapas team can't, nor would I expect them to, simply stop sleeping and eating because of minor bugs that overall don't break the site. Changes do take time and some patience will be necessary on our end as users.
Or in other words, turning off my mom voice:
Jeez guys, give em a break XD
Can we get an update on when the novel bugs will be fixed? I posted an update yesterday to 40% fewer views than normal, and I have a different novel updating tonight. I don't want new readers to start at the beginning and have entire chunks of text missing, but I don't want to reschedule the update for my current followers either :\
Is there an ETA for novel fixes?
As much as I agree with you that I don’t want people to have to work over time- the clock started ticking when they launched this. It only takes five days for the world to end when the farmers stop farming and the planes stop flying.
The simple solution is to revert back till glitches are solved but they don’t want to do that, if you’d like to point us to someone above mike so we can give >them< hell for doing this to the tapas team. I’d be up for that.
After making changes to the source code, they probably have to recompile parts or the entire thing which can take hours. If they are fixing stuff live, that could account for the sluggishness and slowdown of the site itself.
I have no idea. It's really not my expertise.
I think there were topics on backups recently; otherwise, you can start a new one 
So dramatic! well, I'm glad that my life doesn't depend on the Tapas website. Let's maybe not let them run our government 
Same, that would be fun - although thinking about this, if they are willing to invest money and/or their livelihood into building a company for webcomics, which is everything but an easy industry to be in, nor one that makes you particularly rich, that means even the higher ups are likely just as nerdy as we are. So I guess I'll not give hell to anyone today.
i hate that when i click on a comic from my bookmarks to check the most recent update, im not taken to the newest page anymore and instead im just taken to its chapter selection page
Hey, just for all those worried novelists out there, double check on your novels. Italics are visible now! If they aren't, lets compile instances here so they notice. Just thought I would let people here know.
How bout instead of assuming anything about who are why they do what they do- I just have a chat with them?
Ahhhhh phew. It must have just gone up because I checked half an hour ago! But they're back now, time to tidy up yesterday's update.
EDIT: When I preview my update it still shows no italics, but once it's posted it's fine, for anyone else doing some editing.
Question: So, we got all the changes no one asked for... did anyone think of an easy DM system? I really am uneasy when I want to send anyone a private message and have to check twice if I checked "private" ^^" I'd trade all of the new layout for a good DM system...
Just make sure to give the tapas team some thanks; for such a harsh response they are working really hard.
