Why do people care how many views they get?

[Chocolate]

Hahaha well for 1000 views, you'd earn a dollar minus the commission you payed for using the Tapastic Ad Revenue.
In all seriousness though, aside from the likes, share, and comments, page views motivate some people like me to do better. I don't normally receive them, but having 1000 views is way better than 10. This means more exposure for you and your art. :3

[thomassayle]

For some its like a useless point system,how much can you get? Also it makes your comic have more purpose, like if you have over 1000 your sense of the comics role and value within the site is differnt compared to that of making the comic for only ten pageviews.

[ifluke1]

Hmm Im thinking of
Ripley on Alien Resurrection

[DynamoToon]

We need to feed our egos somehow

[shazzbaa]

Caring about views is basically like leaving your comic on a table in a cafe and watching to see if anyone picks it up.

Sure, you can just leave it there like a tract and wander off, but it's an awfully good feeling to catch sight of someone picking it up and reading it intensely!

[ifluke1]

Yep sharing is a buzz

[Terraset]

Most people here have said it's about the money, a few said it's for motivation becaue "they like me they really like me!"

I'd argue the fundamental reason is because no one wants to waste their time and effort. If you're pouring yourself into something and getting nothing back then what's the point? when you put effort into anything you do so with some end goal in mind which is your reward if achieved. Money and praise are both material rewards and material rewards are all that really matters to anyone. "But Terra, emotions aren't a material reward!" Yes they are because they are caused externally. Or if you'd like you could see it as getting high off of your own body's chemicals which I class as external. This gets into a bunch of philosophy and practical thinking about how you define what is internal versus external and thus what counts as "you" vs "everything else" and what your locus of control is etc. Which is an expansive topic well beyond the scope of this one.

I don't think it's possible to not be affected by external factors but you can have different definitions of things like "effort" and "reward" so that it appears you're unaffected to other people. For example a person who is putting effort into their comic to become more technically skilled t the comic creation process may not care so much about number of pageviews. They might care about quality and of comments however. Someone trying to make money may just care about blanket praise and popularity and thus pageviews mean a lot to them. These things are all internally defined and fundamentally come back to some very basic expression at the end.

The player archetypes for video games are a sort of good example of this, Whether you're a killer or achiever or socializer, etc. Or rather what mix of it all you are.

[TopJimComics]

@Terraset summed it up. If you're doing the comic solely for yourself, then sure who cares about views. I'd also wonder why you post it on Tapastic instead of on Google drive if that's the case.

If I'm a comedian, and I write a joke, then if I don't tell my joke then I'll be unhappy. If I tell it and nobody laughs, then I'll be unhappy. What I would want as a comedian is to have both:
1. Lots of people hear my joke
2. Lots of people laugh at my joke
I think if you don't want both those things then it would be silly to claim you are a comedian.

I create a humorous comic, and so right there you can understand my motivation. A joke isn't a joke unless it is heard and shared.

BUT art can be art without being seen or shared, I agree with that.

[scythe]

Because life is a race, and I'm in it to win it.

[Kecreed]

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I'm at that point where I care about the views to gauge how many people are looking at the comic on certain days. Aka what everyone else has said.

[Kura]

Aside from what has already been said, it's just a nice sign that the project that you are nurturing is growing.

[Silerna]

I only care for the views to see that people actually read my comic. If its 1 or 10 views, happy with all!

[Vikiro_Hop]

I never worried too much about page views, getting likes and subs is always a higher priority. Getting out there is always nice though.

[kazukitakamura126]

I believe views are more important it you are gaining revenue from your page views.(just like what 99% of all the people in this thread have stated. :P) I like more comments and subscriptions, they mean more to me because it shows that they actually like my material.

[ifluke1]

A lot of response to the difference between 10 -1000.
As one is materially no better off, or its virtually negligible. I think it comes down to fellowship and the fun of competition.
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[sarahrebecca58]

It's not the views themselves, but rather how many of those views star or favorite.^^ That's if it's anything like Wattpad.

Like I get more stars or favorites on my poetry. So it gives one an idea of their writing career direction.

[michaelson]

[danacraig78]

As much as I would love comments and likes, I also like knowing that people are clicking out of curiosity. I do know I will face challenges as a 3D artist, which is reflected in here. I do like my graphic novels gaining exposure for a couple of reasons. There is an off-chance that someone will like what I am saying, but have some critical comments about how I am doing it. Or there is a chance someone will like it regardless of the format and any limitations it is presenting.

As an artist, I like to be able to grow. I love my family members and friends, but sometimes they cannot provide the objective feedback. Granted, opinions can be quite subjective, but there are certain form and styles that are objective. For instance, I have gotten comments on stiffness, which has gotten me curious how to solve. I would not be able to get curious about that if I did not have anyone viewing my content.:)

In a peer review fashion, I think more eyes does help the growth of a comic. If someone asks "Why is such and such draw this way"..it can allow the artist to explore what they are doing and how to make things better. The more eyes that evaluate, the more possible feedback.:)

[sydneyknitter]

I see it as people seeing the stories that have been brewing in my head at last. It also goes with followers; people are caring about the story you're posting. I do believe that's why.

[Menbung]

I don't really worry much about views alone, I mean it's a nice statistic to get a sense of what your work is doing. But alone it didn't help me much.

I pay more attention to the correlation between views and subs (like having 1k views and only 5 subs), and then subs and likes, and then likes and comments. I think those provide a harder data of how well your comic is doing, they don't escape some flaws, but I will leave that for another topic.

Well, I may have gone a little off topic.

Regards.