Yep. Both of my projects have the full chapter title on the VERY first entry into that chapter (e.g. "Chapter 1: A Visit to a Planet Where Humans and Robots Live In Perfect Harmony") and the rest are titled Chapter 1.1, Chapter 1.2, etc. If your chapter titles are short you can just do [Title] 1, [Title] 2, etc.
After reading the replies I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't have trouble with this. I kind of like the restriction Tapas has of words because when I post a chapter I can type it up quickly. Every day I take out an hour and write my chapter like 800-1000 words. Since I update daily this restriction doesn't really matter. though I have had moments when I do parts of chapters I think it increases the reader's curiosity and makes them look forward to the other part of the chapter if you leave it on a cliffhanger obviously....I try my best to do that. 
Apparently the concept for Tapas is for small works rather than huge novels, etc., that can be enjoyed when people haven't a lot of time to read. Hence the name, Tapas, which are small snack plates, basically. So, I guess the limits are the result of that original concept.
This is a ridiculous and arbitrary restriction for Tapas to impose upon writers. It is the reader's responsibility to rest their eyes, not the author's, and books and phones can be put down at any time for any reason without requiring the reader to reread.
If we were discussing, for instance, a long video game cutscene where it was impossible to pause halfway through and return the next day at that halfway point, that would be one thing, but that is not the case.
Tapas is modeled after the Korean way of consuming comics and novels which is centered around mobile devices - so shorter but more frequent updates.
I honestly would hate to read a full book chapter in one go on my phone.
Never saw the issue with the character limit, mainly because with the book that I've written (and haven't published), I already wrote the chapter in parts. 1 part = 1 scene, all of which were under the character limit. An reading can be tedious, even if you enjoy it. Though I understand thr frustration because it can break thr pace of a scene, but there are work-arounds.
Not really. Like Joanne just said above, they're modeling it after something, so I wouldn't call it an arbitrary number. Doesn't really seem like Tapas would choose something like this out of nowhere, meaning they have data that backs up their choice. Sure, readers can stop reading whenever, but shorter chapters mean more chapters and more frequent updates which ultimately helps writers. It also means a lot of people are doing their best to make their opening chapters more dynamic and attention grabbing to retain their audience, which isn't really a bad thing.
It may not be a writer's responsibility, but it is in our best interest to keep in mind who we're writing for and how that content is consumed. Especially if we're looking to build up an audience. Not sure about your point with the cutscene analogy since it's two very different types of media being consumed in different ways. I always see long un-skippable cutscenes as breaks, so, yeah.
Personally, I don't mind it because I will ultimately do what I want as a writer. I can put pressure on myself to make shorter chapters, or I can just leave it as is and split them, or there's always the choice of posting somewhere else. Whether we want to adapt to different platforms is ultimately our choice.
My point was that, in the case of something which requires a continuous time to complete, it would indeed be the responsibility of the creator of the media if engaging with it caused problems like eye strain. Examples would be cases like videos that could not be paused and had to be watched all at once, long levels that cannot be saved midway through in a video game, or something like that. In that case, if someone got eye strain or another concern from completing it in one go because completing it in one go was the only option provided, it is sensible to lay the blame at the hands of whoever set it up that way.
Books do not work like this. Books can be paused and put down at any time, in the middle of a chapter, in the middle of a sentence, whenever. If someone complained to the author that "The chapter was so long that I got eye strain reading it all at once", the author would be completely within rights to say "Then why did you read it all at once? That was your choice, not mine." The cutscene analogy was a case in which it was not the other's choice, and is thus fundamentally different.
I maintain: It's an unneeded restriction, and the justification of "it prevents eye strain for readers" is silly because the reader has the power in their own hands to read in as long or as short sessions as they wish. Putting the impetus on the author to write shorter chapters wouldn't help anyway, since, as you said, you would just split the chapter into smaller pieces and then it would still be the reader's decision whether to read them all at once (causing eye strain) or breaks in between (not causing eye strain).
I think you're a little too hung up on the whole eye-strain thing when there are plenty of other reasons for keeping updates short on the platform.
I provided one already, but to elaborate: The concept behind the "Korean way" of consuming comics and novels on mobile devices is that they are reading this during short breaks during the day between work or school. They might not have time to binge 5 chapters of something, but they can keep up-to-date on a story by reading a little bit at a time.
People can still binge of course, but this structure allows ease for sporadic consumption as well.
You are forgetting something important. Most mobile consumers don't like reading long chapters nor long anime episodes nor long youtube videos even if they can pause it. Most consumers don't even start something if they feel they can't finish it.
Take One Piece for example it has over 1k episodes. Suggest that anime to someone who hasn't watched it and they will just laugh at you. Extremely long chapters and extremely long stories aren't as popular as before.
Another thing you need to consider is your target audience. Selling long chapters is better recieved when you finish a book and publish it.
Here on Tapas and on other publishing websites short weekly chapter is what thrives. I have seen so many people enter tapas and make 2 common mistakes. Dump all their chapters in 1 go thus releasing 20 in a day. And the 2nd being releasing long chapters.
As an author it is your job to study the target audience of where you plan to publish your story. Not doing so is like placing an advanced physics book in the kids section or placing a romance story in the horror section.
Sure, there are good reasons to have shorter chapters. I focused on eye strain because it came up. There are also good reasons to have longer chapters. However, it should be the decision of the author what their chapter length should be, and for any reason they want. An imposition from the site itself - especially if you are not being sponsored by the site in any meaningful capacity - is, in my opinion, the website overstepping its bounds on authorial control.
Plenty of places have word/character limits. Does the limit on twitter posts stop people from writing longer posts? No, they simply make a chain of posts in a thread. If they want to make a long post in one go, they can do so on other sites like tumblr or a personal blog. It's not that hard to adapt or just use a different platform if a character limit is your only hurdle.
That is just self entitlement. The decision of what goes in a site goes to the people who created the site and the people who pay for the servers of the site.
All sites have memory limit capacity. The more money the site has the more servers they can afford to prevent being affected by such limits.
And no a site doesn't need to accomodate your needs. If you don't like it create your own site. Tapas is a nice place where authors can publish for free. When someone gives you something for free you don't have much room to complain tbh.
Btw you can simply separate your chapter into parts and release all at the same time. (Plenty of authors who do that.)
I honestly don't see why you are trying to make it an issue of "authors should have all freedom especially if we aren't sponsored".
That's like going to a book editorial and saying "the editor shouldn't tell me what to write especially if they don't sell more of my books".
You get sponsored for the same reason you sell more books your writing is well liked. Simple as that.
I think you are honestly freaking out over nothing. Tapas is a serial fiction platform. This means that the story is meant to keep going on potentially forever, rather than ending at roughly the 80k word mark like a regular book likely would.
No. Websites create word limits 1. for web hosting 2. for the readers. While online publishing has opened the door for a lot of new writers to get their work out there, it's allowed writers to write essentially without thinking. I am on Amazon's serial platform, Kindle Vella, writers are allowed 600-5000 words per chapter. With my default Microsoft Office settings, 5k words turns into roughly 10+ pages depending on the content. I've tried to read those 5K word chapters on my phone and they are the most boring chapters ever. Had the author decided to think of the readers and made 5, 1K word chapters, I would have kept going. But when they are pushing 4K+ word chapters EVERY chapter, I DNF.
So, no. Websites adding character/word limits aren't trying to take over authorial control, they want readers to stay on the site and finish your story.
But it works in games because, again, it's a different form of media with different ways to consume it. You can pause a book, you say. Well, you can pause a game, even in cutscenes. I've done it plenty of times. I literally cannot remember a cutscene that could not be skipped and/or paused and I play RPGs. And eye strain is not an issue with games. I have never met a gamer complaining of eye strain. You're more likely to meet one complaining of not having enough hours to play. Also, as someone who games and reads online a lot, trust me when I tell you eye strain is easier to get while reading on your phone. Which is how most people use sites like Tapas.
And speaking of the way in which people use Tapas, most people read while on break, or on the bus, or just in between tasks, meaning that they may not have long to read. If you give them a long chapter to read, they are more likely to lose interest and drop it, even if, as you say, you can "pause" a book. People lose interest in books very easily. It's why your first chapter is so important. Tapas puts these restrictions because they are beneficial to the users on both sides. Readers have quick bits they can look at during breaks and writers retain more readers if they post shorter chapters more often.
But going back to the game analogy, do you know why they can put long cutscenes you have to power through? Well, they're mostly before big fights, which means you've progressed far enough into the story that you're invested. Even if it annoys you, you're going to sit through it because you have to keep going or toss hours worth of gameplay. Books don't work that way. If you give someone a long chapter from the start, they're going to drop that book and not come back.
Ultimately, Tapas can't control what you do. They don't tell you what to write or how to write your story. What you post will be the same whether you post it in 15k characters at a time or 50k. You could post two or three story parts at the same time if that's what it takes to post a whole chapter, and it won't change the way your story is written. But it will change the way you build up your audience when you're posting so much they can't keep up.
No one can force you to post on Tapas if you don't want to, but you can't force them to serve your personal needs either. In this era where there's so much content available, you either adapt or get lost in the crowd.
-> Write your book in a Google Doc or whatever
-> Coypaste for Tapas
-> Too many words that surpass the character limit? Cool even more chapters without doing extra effort
-> Schedule all that shit, damn I have a chapter a week covered for an entire month
-> Work comfortably without stressing much on deadlines. No need to be entitled to "NOOO MY WRITER'S VISION! GAHHHGGHGHAHAGHAGH" either you can publish or use another webnovel platform, I bet there are others with no character limit or that fit your needs the most, but like welp bud, your loss if you can't adapt your work to the different platforms.
Now this is why Webcomic artists are superior to writers, we adapt, we overcome, we improvise.
Like seriously guys is no spoiler... 
Tapas -> Spanish dish, an appetizer/entree
"Bite-Sized stories" -> Damn we have writers but no reading comprehension
Official/Trending/Popular stories following the layout -> Like hello? They are right there
Sorry for the aggresive joke, is just that this conversation has passed several times and it's a bit ridiculous to me how... is not much of a conflict nor a great disrespect nor handicap lmao. Like the solution is quite simple and doesn't need a tremendous amount of effort to do either.
