Well the original intent of this thread was simply to ask if other people had had a drop in their stats if anyone knew what was going on. There's been a lot of other talk since about the platform, but on the whole people are just expressing concerns. You make it sound simple when saying it's "a business model they don't like". On the surface it's true, but on a deeper level the success of Webtoons depends on its creators. WE are creating the material that they are making money off of, and if the creators have legitimate concerns they should express them. If Webtoons doesn't remember to have a system that can do something for its creators and encourage their growth, eventually they are going to flee the platform in pursuit of other more lucrative alternatives... And what would Webtoons do then? Maybe it would become a ghost platform like Smackjeeves.
Besides, your approach is dry and calculated and I believe that can only take you so far... If you look at any kind of industry, trend followers get a decent amount of success... but only trend setters take it next level and become massively successful. You can only go so far by riding someone else's wave, especially if you're not passionate about it. When there's true passion, inspiration, originality, uniqueness and love in a project, people can tell the difference. Making exactly what people expect in every way sounds like a boring and soul sucking process. And when you meet people's expectations too much, eventually they get bored too and they go in search of something that will surprise them.