The Unfortunate Decline of WEBTOON

[@bratneykairi456]

They've started daily pass-ing any webtoon that has more then 30 episodes. Which is ridiculous, for binge readers like me, who wait for there to multiple episodes. They used to only force the daily pass per day, when a webtoon was finished. But now they're doing it for unfinished bingeable ones. It's annoying.

[@ondiiina]

Iirc they mostly do that to series that have been imported and that are either finished or well-advanced.. Way to encourage piracy and fan translations lol

[@chezpuf2554]

@@ondiiinaust to ask, are there any places to read the same webtoons for free?

[@chezpuf2554]

@@ondiiina sorry for asking, but how do you get free coins again? Also thanks for the sites, and I’ll be sure to try and support the creators (just hate the daily pass honestly)

[@ondiiina]

@@chezpuf2554 Webtoon has a few events where you read/scroll past some series and get free coins. They also sometimes have codes to get some! Sadly it's barely enough for one episode because it sucks lol

[@chezpuf2554]

@@ondiiina Ah, damn. i feel bad for the older artists that posted on webtoon years before because their stories are now locked behind a daily pass/paywall. the only reason i even knew it existed was because i tried to reread My Boo. still, i'll try to support them if i can, no promises though cause of the terrible way they give free coins.

[@allyberg2792]

Really good points here. They def need a tagging system, it's extremely hard to find new comics. Especially when all they do is recycle like the same top 10 performing comics. Admittedly, I signed on to be an originals creator right before all the real hard-hitting shady stuff started coming out. I just never did any digging prior to getting picked up and I wish that I had. I just feel bad for contributing to the over-saturation. In any case, I just really hope Webtoon makes some changes for a more sustainable future for creators

[@DayDayDoes]

Omg lovely, I throw all my support your way! Webtoon definitely has the potential and they use to have creators best interest in mind, but nowadays it’s like they don’t care. Also never apologize for getting your comic into Originals. That’s a huge accomplishment made with tremendous effort and if it pay your bills, then get you your coins 👏🏽👏🏽 I just wish creators didn’t have to fight for their comics spot in the limelight. Seriously hoping this changes in the future. Along with adding some tags. Something I dream about TO THIS DAY 😭 Incidentally, what’s the name of your comic? I love getting recommendations!

[@allyberg2792]

@@DayDayDoes thanks so much! I’m keeping my expectations low but I really do hope things start to improve 😭 my comic is called After Dark

[@penguintoes1399]

@@allyberg2792 you are an incredible artist

[@allyberg2792]

@@penguintoes1399 aw thank u😭

[@madelein3167]

Super random to find you here. I've been following After Dark since wit was about the witch girl and drew. I know Originals is not the best but I am so excited to see After Dark again. Your art is spectacular!

[@kotrena]

I stopped using WebToon after they deleted my Russian translation of my favourite comic, even though I had a permission from the author of the comic. I contacted the support and attached all the proofs that I'm allowed to translate the comic, but they just ignored me. I haven't received an answer even up to this day

[@mushroom_glaze7777]

I’m so sorry they never got back to you, like u deserve better as a translator 🧡

[@kotrena]

@@mushroom_glaze7777 thank you so much!

[@yohanlee6960]

Praying for the day Webtoon has tagging system lol

[@DayDayDoes]

BRUH SAME 😭

[@Gunnr7]

I hate that they changed it from 5 to 7 coins

[@DayDayDoes]

BRUH I NOTICED THAT! I WAS SO HEATED! I didn’t even realize it was 7 until I stopped and looked at it one day instead of pressing buttons like crazy 😭

[@asterphy]

It used to be 3 I swear!

[@mabelturcios5275]

@@asterphy i feel you, i used to read webtoons back in 2018 and they were 3 coins for sure when i came back to it i later saw it as 7

[@maubrey2095]

@@asterphy The chapters were free, then some became 3 coins, then 5, then 7!?

[@thegreenflowers3807]

I thought. they did it, because of inflation

[@clariceedraws]

Webtoon Originals are waaaaaaaaayy too saturated now. I get too overwhelmed whenever a big launch week happens and avoid the app for the day. I feel bad for Canvas Creators who become Originals just to have little to no promotions from Webtoon. And yes a tagging system for comics would be AMAZING! Like you said, every story is multiple genres, and narrowing that down to just two very general genres is not going to help readership and visibility (I feel like I switch them every time I upload 😂😅). And also a list system would be great as well! Thank you for making such an informative video!

[@DayDayDoes]

No problem! And I do the same. At this point, if the picture doesn’t grab me or the quote doesn’t tell me what a story is about, I ignore the banner because there’s too much going on. Occasionally I’ll sift through the Originals but my time is way too valuable nowadays. Also, I YEARN for the day Webtoon implants tags. I would be SO unstoppable lol

[@Stipervetz]

It's absolutely baffling to me that there are other less legitimate platforms out there that have a much better reading experience and content discovery system than a company with billions of dollars. Equally, I find the idea of a company thinking they know how to monetise a creator's work better than the creator themselves preposterous at best. I am hoping that some change happens, but it seems that Webtoons, Tapas and others are pretty set in their ways, so I am not holding my breath. With that said, I think a revolution is in the horizon, NamiComi seems to be promising a lot of stuff that Webtoons should have offered from the offset. Will be interesting to see where this all leads. Thanks for the video voicing our frustrations!

[@DayDayDoes]

Isn’t it wild how Webtoon is still so basic in its reading/search experience?? It’s mind boggling! And NamiComi you say? I love competition in the free market so I’m definitely keeping a look out for them then. I know ComixGlobal is also on the up and up.

[@forstuffjust7735]

I mean even today anime pirate sites usually have better features than legit sites

[@novaheat574]

What other platforms

[@rebeccaaliberti5053]

I don't seem to find NamiComi

[@jchan4327]

Can you name the other plataforms?

[@commentbot9510]

the daily pass annoys me because i am a binge reader and cant remind myself to go unlock an episode every day. When I do remember, I just want to read it immediately. I will intentionally stop reading some series just so that I can have a bunch of episodes to read at once.

[@coldpotatoes9687]

It's ironic how these one-off manga sites with webtoons manhwa and all sorts of other stuff have such a better system in place when all they get funded by is NSFW ads. Webtoon pushes so hard for monetization and this personally pushes me off the site and makes me go to other "off-brand" sites. Also it's baffling how these hobbyist translators just out do webtoon so hard lol.

[@imaboisir7227]

Yeah many times i start in webtoon and then switch after i try to give the creator whatever i can without paying lol

[@rosebride5620]

I have another suggestion: As someone who has acquaintances who attempted to work as webtoon translations, STOP USING MACHINE/AUTO TRANSLATION TO SAVE A BUCK AND PAY TRANSLATORS THEIR WORTH!!! Have any of you noticed a dip in quality in the officially translated webtoons? It's because nowadays too many companies have stopped paying human translators, to you know, translate, and started using auto translation and then use the people to correct the mistakes of the machine translation. Oh, and they only pay translators per word translated, not a fixed or even a base salary.

[@imaboisir7227]

Bro at this point illegal sites might even have better translations lmao

[@rosebride5620]

@@imaboisir7227 And now you know why, between poor pay, not requiring certification for translators and as of late using machine translation, has been a downhill since then. I've seen people angry about these shoddy translations, and rightfully so, but is often misdirected at the translators, when it should be directed at the company.

[@henloworld514]

@@imaboisir7227 and they do, because they often have scanlation teams that are passionate about the art of translating

[@imaboisir7227]

@@henloworld514 fax

[@tulip5210]

@@imaboisir7227 there is an illegal site that does good translation then webtoon steals it and I’m like wtf

[@Jess-wm5js]

Imo webtoon was 100% setting new originals up for failure intentionally by flooding the app. The minimum threshold that creators have to meet to get any share of their fast pass money makes drastically increasing the amount of comics on the app financially beneficial for webtoon. So many comics on the app make it less likely that an individual creator will get enough share of the fast pass market to actually get paid. Webtoon would rather 50 people spend money on 50 different comics rather than all on one because then they get to keep all the fast pass money themselves that way and not share with the creators.

[@DayDayDoes]

Oh shit, you may have a point. I didn’t even think of it like that but that’s a sure fire way to pay less! Ughhh, WEBTOON COME OOONN!

[@LikaLaruku]

I'm shocked your comment posted, because I swear to god, every time I use w-e-b-t-o-o-n spelled correctly in a comment, it immediately gets flagged for spam or auto-deleted, & it's been like this for years.

[@alejmckinley5973]

@@LikaLaruku wait really?? That’s dumb and counterintuitive if they wanna spread the word about their platform. It’s probably because I capitalized it maybe

[@LymELemoN]

Rate bombing is why I left webtoon. I entered a contest was doingreally well and thenover night I went from positive interactions and people wanting more to all these negetive ratings. It broke my heart and I never really recovered from it. To this day I get scared whenposting a comic even though I never stopped drawing them.

[@Kat-vw2cq]

I remember this issue when I joined these webcomic groups in Facebook, and one of those artist posted a rant that they noticed that whenever they try to promote their webcomics through these webcomic groups, they get downvoted instead. I'm not sure if it's the same as yours. Like, it's kinda disgusting that instead of supporting artists and their work, unscrupulous people downvote other people's comics. Downvoting other webcomics won't make yours look better.

[@NelsonStJames]

I’m not anti capitalism, but it seems that every platform that was originally designed for creators and individual expression becomes practically anti-individual creator once money becomes the primary focus. Then over time those individual creators and their fans that helped build that platform are subtlety (and not so subtlety ), kicked to the curb like unwanted stepchildren.

[@DayDayDoes]

It’s not anti-capitalism, it’s a factual observation 😭

[@deedale8919]

User aggresive marketing... It's the same with video games and the development of microtransactions, they ruined the user's experience

[@theaizere]

@@DayDayDoesCapitalism and art do not mix well, never did and never will. We should just suck it up. Capitalism values profit above else so it makes sense

[@foxboxtrot9436]

Thank you so much for bringing up censorship. Like I still have trouble understanding what should get that 18+ tick and what shouldn't. Like there are some stuff on there that hasn't been made 18+. Their violence guidelines is quite confusing in their wording. My friend had to edit a chapter and after doing so it almost made it look like it was more graphic (Just some butts, but I feel like the originals are allowed to show people in a shower and naked butts). Fortunately she said that the person she was in contact with was really nice and responded rather quickly to her changes, and the chapter was able to go back up in a few days (Since it got taken down on a Friday.)

[@DayDayDoes]

The censorship is such an issue, I can’t even 😭

[@alicerichardson6782]

I stopped reading webtoon as much after they decided that you could only read 1 chapter of a complete series a week , because I like to binge read my content and I just end up frustrated and disappointed when I stick to that way of reading which was why I was reading complete comics before.

[@kawansiesquad6659]

Ya, like, once I find a series that i read a chapter of on WEBTOON and liked, I’d immediately go to piracy sites to read the rest in one go. WEBTOON actively shot themselves in the foot with this feature😔

[@ScottaHemi440]

a lot of good points here. this website is great for aggregating all the comics together but it's so bare bones feeling...

[@DayDayDoes]

It does the most to make you upload the comic but when it comes to getting people to read it, it’s very much lacking in ways to help market. A built-in audience can only go so far when there’s a saturation of comics without a way to sift through it.

[@pennydox]

100% agree with everything here! I'm in a very tiny niche of webtoon canvas artists who do informative comics, and it is so frustrating every time I see Webtoon's 'Informative' section only has 8 titles, 4 which are collaborations from already-webtoon artists. The imbalance is extreme, and because it's such a niche genre, it's highly likely it would never be featured on the site.

[@DayDayDoes]

That’s what I’m saying! Webtoon get it together 👏🏽👏🏽

[@annajung1234]

What are you writing about? :)

[@pennydox]

@@annajung1234 gardening basics. Very niche, i'm sure of it.

[@thelexicon7294]

Do you mind sharing the title? As a really, really new gardener desperately flailing, I'm genuinely intrigued. 💚

[@pennydox]

​@@thelexicon7294 on webtoon canvas, it's called "The Dirt Cheap Guide to Gardening". I just started a few weeks ago, so only a few chapters, but next one should be up this weekend.

[@Waynimations]

Tagging is definitely something that they need to add. It would help out a lot of creators that make more niche comics and readers that want to read more niche comics.

[@winterrain9364]

I remember when launch week first came out and being so excited and reviewing all the webtoons but after a few weeks I got tired or reading and reviewing them. Then on Instagram there were so many people fighting each other telling that they hated so much webtoons uploading at the same time then people arguing that we didn't need to read them and webtoon wasn't forcing us to...it was a mess. But I genuinely loved reading and reviewing webtoons and it was fun for awhile BUT IT started feeling like a chore and to say that webtoon wasn't forcing it on us is true, but lets not forget that they intend for us to read webtoons. That is their goal, but overtime that system ruined themselves and it was genuinely hurting those webtoons. A webtton launching should be special. Not a one day thing. Not to mention that after the day it launches you just never see those webtoons again on those banners. ALSO I HAVE SEEN TRUE BEAUTY on that banner way too much, rather than focusing on other webtoons they will promote webtoons already doing numbers. Webtoon is ruining itself.

[@Gleamiarts]

Webtoon.. I have many gripes with it. It feels so backwards and the search function is unsusable if a comic has the gall to have punctuation or diatrics. I hate the hustle culture that is so prolific on there, and how . I got burnt out and had to go on hiatus and I got a guiltripping email from Webtoon about it :/ I prefer using Tapas and readers seem more chill on there. Honestly a lot of these issues are ingrained in Webtoon.

[@savannahlevy97]

Yeah, Tapas needs way more attention. It's a much better platform in so many aspects

[@eddiemunsoninbrazil2213]

lmaaoooo I left 4 years ago and still get this email. I know is automatic but it's still fun (specially now that there is literally zero incentives to post there regularly).

[@fenixsoul3102]

As a webtoon creator, I wish I had analytics on my ratings too. My first webtoon, far from perfect dropped in rating out of nowhere and I don't know how many people really rated and no one really had any comments otherwise. So it's just a bit demotivating to see your comic had a fairly well rating just drop. And it could be one bad rating out of a handful or a few bad ratings out of a bigger basket.

[@DayDayDoes]

That’s what I’m saying! The rating system is so stupid! It needs to be better improved or just done away with so the focus can be on likes, views, and comments. Subscriptions even idk. I know it’s hard to see little numbers on your comic, believe me, but you’ve take a huge step that many others have yet to take. Kudos for that and still uploading when you can!

[@thelexicon7294]

I hope it doesn't discourage you. ❤ At this point I genuinely believe that some people just live to spend their days downvoting online content like their lives depended on it. It's no reflection on the quality of your work. And that's not even getting into the amount of work and skill it takes to make a webtoon. As a reader, I'm overwhelmed by the sheer thought. You guys are superstars.

[@m.g.5073]

I uninstalled Webtoon by the time they were doing their "we are concerned for our creators and would like a dialog" on twt and didn't do anything useful. I love all of the series I'm reading there but I can't justify sticking by a service that is virtually useless and expensive (when there are other options).

[@DayDayDoes]

Sorry to see you go, but you’re not wrong either. It gets harder to be somewhere that’s losing its regard for the people who have made it great.

[@m.g.5073]

@@DayDayDoes I'm a fast passer and the increase in amount of coins didn't help, given that I couldn't be sure that the creators get the amount I thought was going to them.

[@OtherwiseUknownMonkey]

one big problem i habe is the feeling that stories lack editorial oversight like way too many storieslose readership after a couple dozens ep because their pacing gets so bad

[@eddiemunsoninbrazil2213]

you're not wrong. Most of them have no editorial support, at all, unless to upload files and red light inappropriate scenes.

[@OtherwiseUknownMonkey]

@@eddiemunsoninbrazil2213 I heard even for big webtoons like Mage and demon queen they are so late to red light inapropriate scenes as well

[@eddiemunsoninbrazil2213]

@@OtherwiseUknownMonkey yeah. this is another thigs which rubs me. Original have much more tolerance about spicy content, while on canvas, God forbid if you show a very blurred small male nipple just for the sake of anatomy not being weird (cause men have nipple, afaik).

[@honey_or_hellen9641]

I have used the download feature a couple of times years ago, specifically for comics that were completed and I wanted to download them ahead of time for an airplane trip. I would usually look for completed comics I was interested in but hadn't had the chance to finish. It's just good to binge something without an internet connection and cliff hangers.

[@DayDayDoes]

Good point! I’ll do that in the future

[@paigecritchlow]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and helping to spread the word about these issues! Webtoon is exploiting artists and treating them like content farms, bottom line. They completely stopped listening to the community this year too, it seems(not that they listened much before, they just seem to be fully mask off with that now) And it's a shame to see. They have the numbers to become a leader in this industry and create a mutually beneficial relationship between creator and platform but are consistently CHOOSING not to.

[@DayDayDoes]

Your comment is entirely accurate. It’s really disappointing to realize the truth. It’s why I recommend small artist use WT as a means to familiarize themselves with comic making and putting themselves out there to gain a following, however small it may be. It’s good practice I feel.

[@fries4307]

This is exactly why I told myself that whenever I make my Webtoon, I’d just do it for fun and make it a passion project. The stress that comes with just getting your Original Comic on the front page and MAYBE an Ad is ridiculous.

[@vhassomefun4940]

I was a consistent canvas creator for about a year and a half (I'm not doing it anymore because I realized I bit off more than I could chew!) but I had my fair share of issues when I was uploading. As you brought up, the fact that I didn't get notifications for new comments or subscribers was REALLY annoying since it would be hours or days, sometimes even weeks or months before I saw a comment I could've totally engaged with. I'd frequently check the genres (supernatural and drama) and my series never showed up a single time. Even when I searched the title of the comic, which consists of one word, about 14 other comics showed up before mine, and some of them didn't even have that word in it. I only got about 2 readers that I can confirm who stumbled across my comic randomly, a majority of my readers came from my Instagram account because Webtoon wasn't helping me out at all with promotion. As a general observation, as you pointed out, is Webtoon's blatant favoritism of the romance genre. As a reader and a writer, this SUCKS. It doesn't encourage readers to dip their toes into a new genre they've never read before or help expose more niche comics that don't have romance. As someone who doesn't like to read OR write romance, it made it a little harder to find something that I'd like to read and made me feel a little alienated as a writer. Because of this clear bias, I was definitely always afraid that my comic wouldn't gain any traction whatsoever. Which, unfortunately, it didn't. (Not saying this is just a Webtoon problem, it also has to do with my own story/art style and sheer luck) Something you also mentioned was the censorship issue. Oh boy the censorship issue. Me and some of my friends in the community have DEFINITELY noticed how much Originals get away with and how little leeway the Canvas community has. It's a horrible issue when we all put the mature label on, put warnings in the description of the comic, put warnings in the episodes, and STILL get them taken down for the slightest bit of gore. It's infuriating. The last thing I'm going to add to is the rating bombs!!! My series got rating bombed TWICE. For NO REASON. It's just my fun adventure with 4 of my characters and my funky art style! I don't even think it was during contest time! I think this could've definitely contributed to my series never getting any attention. It's taken FOREVER to get my ratings back to even somewhat decent. All things considered, if they managed to fix some things up, I'd probably upload whatever my next comic project is going to be. But in the state Webtoon is in now? I'll take my business elsewhere.

[@Minrotic]

This! The Rate Bombing will always be a topic and when I started my Webtoon the first year I really tried to explain why their rating system just sucks (in a nice way). I wrote this multiple times to their support. Also directly to their Insta account, got an answer but nothing more. It's like they want to keep these mean ratings. That's why I tend to give 10 Stars whenever I scroll around on webtoons and see someone struggling but it's sad that the count won't even change ...a little...damage is already done. And Ooooff the romance thingy. When you scroll through their original comics.....yeah sure they covers were a little different but title and main character always: same hair style and character. So boring X___x Like damnit guys can't you come up with something new? Instead we get the 10th "How I fell in love with the villain" or "i was an idiot but now I'm a gamer with skills!" I need to stop here. I hope you doing better and create great stuff! Don#t give up! Min

[@breendart134]

I have a webcomic in the works and I decided from the start that I didn't want it on Webtoon. I wanted maximum control, including my own website (which I'm about to launch) that I can format and manage as I see fit. Now, with everything I've seen this year against Webtoon, I feel very confident in my choice. Trying to make it as any kind of artist is hard, and I don't want the constraints of such a site making it harder.

[@naraku971]

These points are all very good. A comic artist that I follow since he just wrapped up his first comic on his original site and is posting his new comic to webtoon and to his own original site for the new comic, and I can't help but wonder if he set things up with this new comic knowing some of these problems exist and he knows that his fans will follow him wherever he goes, because in my experience, that's what a loyal fan base tends to do, Ethan Van Sciver, a former big guy in the main stream went from working at both Marvel and DC, to independent and posting campaigns on Indiegogo while advertising on KZbin, and Twitter, and he's garnered well millions of dollars from the fans who followed him. This is probably going to sound like some stereotyping but in my experience in looking at Webtoon which is Korean, and the entertainment industry in Japan, I see a recurring thing in the sense that companies in these Asian countries don't appear to have much regard for mental health over all. Japan is not nearly as bad as they used to be as things ARE changing (granted it's slow), the government in Japan is recognizing it's lack of mental health awareness, but they do still have problems in dealing with the mental health of the people who work for them. Manga just like what is going on with Manhwa and webtoon appears to be just as cutthroat, like if you're not making a manga company like Kodansha, Hakusensha, or Viz any money, or you're losing them money then your ass is out the door. I know that's a really horrible thing to think about, no one wants to think about the content that we love having a lack of things that you'd think they'd have, and the phrase with variations of "not your/my/our country not you/my/our say" is a thing, we unfortuantely have to rely on the countries to do those changes themselves, outside influences can't pressure them into that, and I know especially in the Japanese' case with regards to their industries we can fuck off with our calls to change things in regards to their content or how things are run. It almost would be not surprising if it's the same with Korea, Webtoon, and Manhwa.

[@DayDayDoes]

Very well said. I wish things would change faster because these current conditions are not okay, but as usual, money comes first. I REALLY hope we get some change for the good

[@goreking5263]

I'm from latam and everything you say in your video is true! we don't even get 100 dollars for 40000 views we get 5 or 10 dollars for that amount of views It is very difficult to stand out in webtoon latam because the only thing that interests webtoon is the section of toxic romance and very family frendly series. if you don't do that kind of stories, they won't give you publicity or even a post on the main page of canvas. I say this from my own experience because I took a risk to make a different comic of suspense and drama of a serial killer and webtoon even though I had good views and ratings from the people who read the story. what it did was to delete chapters for me and make the series more sensitive. Which makes it 100 times harder to stand out The vast majority of creators draw their comics for the love of drawing without expecting any payment in return. But that's what we have to deal with around here. Anyway if you read this comment I would like to thank you for this video because it really touches the points of the decadence of webtoon.

[@DayDayDoes]

Always happy to help and Omg I love serial killer comics, especially if they’re done well. Drop me your story title so I can read it on WT Latam if you still have it up. My Dante’s Ama series is also dark which is why I decided to make it an animatic on YT instead of making it into a comic on WT. you can even try publishing it in Instagram or Twitter or wherever else you like. Remember, the world is your oyster!

[@goreking5263]

@@DayDayDoes thanks for your advice the name of my webtoon is *Triple Trastorno* it is in Spanish language I hope you can understand it.

[@nomatteridc]

There needs to be another platform like webtoon that isn't tapas

[@eepyinSpring]

My theory is that WEBTOON has also spoilt their readers with their constant stream of comics. Think about it, if you're on a site that has a handful of mediocre comics you enjoy that update weekly, why would you start an equally or slightly less mediocre comic that updates less? It's like the site not only doesn't want you to binge a series but it also doesn't want you getting legitimately invested. It just wants you to passively read comics.

[@chariots8x230]

I’m waiting for the day when Webtoon will let us pick multiple relevant genres for a comic 15:40 I was looking for a romance thriller, but couldn’t search for it because I can only search for one genre at a time.

[@DayDayDoes]

I’m still waiting TO THIS DAY for that update and probably till the day I cease to exist too at this rate 😭

[@RKNancy]

It's been an year and I am still restricted from commenting on Webtoon. I am not going to contest that, no matter how much I am in the right. That is an example of their shitty system.

[@KamisamaSenpaiM4GIC]

Huh, why would they restrict you? Of course if you don't mind answering.

[@kaineedsleep_]

@@KamisamaSenpaiM4GIC hi~ I had smth similar happening to me.. I couldn't comment nor see the comments of other ppl. The space when you scroll down was just empty.. and the numbers were always stuck at 0 ..I though it was a but bug.. but even after updating and reinstaling the app nothing changed .. I don't have webtoon anymore so I don't know if it was fixed.. But it was really frustrating for someone who had been using this for over 4 years..

[@KamisamaSenpaiM4GIC]

@@kaineedsleep_ Yeah that sounds frustrating. Thank you for sharing your experience. I don't get why is that happening but probably some kind of error cuz it makes no sense to sabotage a person just like that for no reason, it sucks. Heh webtoon comments system in general kinda sucks to be honest cuz if someone comments on your comic you won't get notified, I realized that the hard way lol when I thought just no one was commenting under our comic (I say our cuz I'm a writer collaborating with my sister who is the artist) but turns out we did get comments and had to go on page to find out that. I really hope one day webtoon will fix and upgrade their comment system so that it's more enjoyable for both readers and authors.

[@DayDayDoes]

Restricted from commenting??? That’s extreme. I’m so sorry your going through that 😭

[@chariots8x230]

You made very good points. I hope Webtoon will listen and improve. I want the Webtoon platform to be saved, rather than to fail. The comics on Webtoon are really nice, but the app and website just aren’t very good. It’s not good for creators, and it’s not good for readers either because it’s hard to find anything on Webtoon.

[@DayDayDoes]

SAME! 😭

[@boredfangerrude]

My biggest issues with the service as just a viewer has been daily pass (particularly series I read while the were being released weekly that I can't go back and reread), the fact that I find it hard to find new comics as it mostly recommends stuff they have already shown me but isn't for me and stuff I am reading and finally, my last issue is going back to reply to replies to me is a butt pain. I get emails but it shows me the comment and doesn't allow me to actually reply unless I go to the app or website and go to the pretty much hidden comments tab and scroll through my comments to find it. Then, it sends me back to the top of the page for the most recent comments. Which, if you have multiple pages of comments like me, is annoying.

[@idkhello4306]

Yep… I stopped reading webtoons because I was getting so overwhelmed with all the series coming out and more and more comics becoming daily pass, I got so stressed every time I opened the app. I really hope webtoon gets better over the years

[@DayDayDoes]

Me too, I really hope so 😭

[@augustawickmanart]

Thanks for making this video. It was kind of cathartic for me. Seriously though, Webtoon, you are a HUGE company. Why can't you get your act together? Implement a tagging system so that people can actually find the things they are looking for, instead of advertising the same (romance) comics to everyone. Also have some consistency in content guidelines. It's annoying that people aren't really sure what goes because Originals can get away with some things that Canvas can't and also certain Originals can get away with things other Originals can't. It's also annoying how they seem like they are trying to keep their site PG but in their ads it regularly seems like they are trying to entice new readers promising spicy content that doesn't get delivered. A real bait & switch. I wish they would treat their creators better too. They treat creators like a cheap content farm, like they fail to realize the reason the company is where it is today is because of the content those creators brought to the table! 😤

[@SilentTrip]

They don't even acknowledge translators like us, lol (I translate to Arabic) I do it because I love the comic and want more audiences to find it, but I get nothing in return

[@jess4334]

I have my personal issues with Webtoon (besides what you said) I also feel they don't really promote their Queer stories I know for some of the GL tag some stories wouldn't pop up even when under the GL tag, I couldn't find certain stories unless if I typed in the title itself, I'm not sure if that's changed or not since it's been a hot minute.

[@eavatar]

they now promote a ton of BL webtoons, but gl is forgotten

[@jess4334]

@@eavatar I can name a couple of GL Mangas that deserve to be promoted more One big example is Mage and Demon Queen which I have followed since the begging I think at one point it was promoted but not for long

[@DayDayDoes]

Yet another example of why an additional queer genre or tag or category should be added. I know they have a mini section with recommendations but it only pops up seasonally or during Pride month. And like someone said in your replies, I have also seen an abundance of BL but never really any GL.

[@MollyHuffle]

I do get a lot more GL recommendations now personally but it’s still hard to find them in the regular search engine. BL gets more promotions for sure.

[@macey463]

(haven't watched yet) but I'm sort of surprised because I thought Webtoons was getting more popular - I've never seen more real life advertisements in cities and the amount of dramas being made is huge. Excited to learn more.

[@PeeperSnail]

I actually had a daily webcomic on there that I completed a few years back. Well, “completed,” because right at the end Webtoon like, locked up for me? It’d refuse to upload the final two episodes, it’d stay on the upload page indefinitely and wouldn’t show an error. It also didn’t allow me to edit previous episodes to tell my readers what was happening. I tried looking up my problem but there was no mention of the issue anywhere, and I couldn’t contact support.

[@klausd.6285]

The only issue that can happen with fan translations is why translators in manga or in general get paid so little. Chrunchyroll took advantage of this when they first started and needed translators. Fans who used to do it did it for them, for next to nothing. Because to them at the time, it was cool that they were being paid anything for something they did for free. Which is why in the manga world if you want to be a translator, why they pay so incredibly little and why a lot of people don’t do it as a full time job. So if we are to do something like fan translations, we need to also make sure that they are getting paid a fair amount of money and not $1 an hour. Not to sound old or anything, but fan translators never asked for money because it was something they enjoyed plus helped them with the language learning or gave them experience because they had an interest in becoming a professional translator someday. Not sure how they do it now, but that is something that does need to be kept in mind if they ever do allow fans to translate. They shouldn’t do it for next to nothing or for free, because the company will sure as hell make sure to keep it like that if that ever did take off. Like with Crunchyroll.

[@alysskuriyama5538]

It's really interesting to see all the controversy surrounding Webtoon, especially from a creator's POV. One common-ish point that a few creators have complained about that I can't agree with is oversaturation. Oversaturation is something that happens naturally in any market that have low and accessible barriers of entry. It is not Webtoon's fault that so many people want to create comics and seems a little entitled for creators to complain about the market not being small anymore. Aside from that, there are generally a lot of good points. I'm really curious about where Webtoon and webcomic creators will go in the future.

[@LikaLaruku]

I remember when Lezhin had a big scandal over nonpayment & lots of licensing issues. "Mahn, gah" not "mayn, gah."

[@DayDayDoes]

You know I actually remember something going around about that with Lehzin. I follow an artist who was contracted with them and I can’t remember if she mentioned the issue or not. Bruh leave me and my American accent 😭 but thank you

[@shickzander]

Thank you so much for bringing up the lack of notifications!!! This annoyed me so much in the beginning because I had a lot of love and attention on my comic in the beginning but had no idea because Webtoon couldn’t send so much as an email 😵‍💫 It also sucks when people are making interesting theories about the story that I can lean into and play with but I don’t notice the comment until I’ve already made a reveal. It’s also super frustrating that you have to go into every single chapter of the comic to see what people said AND you have to have the memory capacity to remember which comments you’ve seen before which I do not 😂 Plus, like, if I see a comment months later, I feel less inclined to reply because it’s like a massive lag and you know if they respond to that you won’t notice for months.

[@shickzander]

Also I did download a few comics because I didn’t have internet at home but still wanted to have something to read and the entire downloading side of webtoon is so messy and glitchy, at least in 2020. Not sure if it’s improved since then but I doubt it.

[@DayDayDoes]

That’s literally my current struggle 😭 I still respond cause I feel guilty but the lack of notifications sucks big time. WT needs to 👏🏽 get 👏🏽 better 👏🏽👏🏽

[@samantaluna3870]

We been seeing huge issues on Wattpad as well, including the exit of its new leader 7 months after being hired, so maybe Naver doesn't know what to do with both platforms and its taking the wrong decisions.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Question: Im confused. I found the Site Webtoon 3 times, as English, as Spanish and as German. I mean, the exact-same Site and with the same Webtoons but they have their own View-Counter.

[@fulcagay1277]

The thing of censorship in canvas being different than the originals is because Canvas comics get paid by Google, and Originals get paid by Webtoon itself. Since google depends on ads, canvas creators can’t add as many gore, nudity and violence than originals, since webtoon don’t depend on ads to pay the creators. Yes, what they censor should be more clear, but I get why Originals and Canvas can’t get the same treatment

[@LilyUnicorn]

Theres actually a lot of laws that got passed recently that korean companies must abide by. You guys think internet bullying comments is bad here? Its hundreds of times worse in korea. So much so that they had to pass laws after several high profile suicides. The webtoons in english version has a lot more freedoms that these whining people take for granted.

[@thant3574]

Couldn’t agree more with so many of these points. I can’t count the amount of comics I’ve dropped because I need a daily pass, like nano list. And I wish I could reread some of my favourites like sweet home. I also feel like when a trope is popular it just becomes SOOO oversaturated, the amount of “player” or “hunter” comics I’ve seen at this point is insane and I feel like it’s so difficult to find new storys. I also wish the fan translations could be supported more. I regularly read comics from fan translated websites and don’t even realise they are WEBTOON originals until they come out much later. Nano machine didn’t get an official translation until the fan translations were already on chapter 100 and at that point there was no way I was waiting for the WEBTOON to catch up

[@Nikolai2i]

I hate that they limit reading only on one device. Imagine if Netflix forced you to watch only on your phone. That’s just really bad. Even tapas allows multiple devices. Other than that your points are really valid and I wish webtoon would improve.

[@milamatylda4595]

I know I'm seven months late but I often download comics when I'm going on a trips and things like that :))

[@DayDayDoes]

That’s honestly smart, I keep forgetting that’s an option

[@Clueziey]

Oh I get no power (or no internet) so frequently I download episodes. But the issue is that it's not a permanent and can't be redownloaded...

[@DayDayDoes]

Wait really?? That seems like a bad oversight. Like what if you wanted to reread it?? I can understand if it wasn’t a permanent download but once seems cruel 😭

[@nitemare1004]

you mentioning webtoon reminded me that place exists, found out that i haven't kept up with the comics i'm subbed to in over a year... wow... already a year has passed... but yea, i agree with the many problems that the platform has and as much i would them to impliment your ideas, i highly doubt they will. "my (our) company, and i (we) know best" reminds me of blizzard

[@starzies]

webtoon does have an official fan translation platform for a selection of originals and canvas series. it's strange it is not promoted at all though. not all series are available to be translated either for some reason. there's no barrier to start translating, you just select your language and go. the problem is that its a bit disorganized.

[@henloworld514]

yep. I read flawless through their before it was made into an original in the US. I only came across it by chance because I never even knew there was a section for fan translations

[@starzies]

@@henloworld514 Flawless is the webtoon i used to read on there too lol!!!!!

[@kynnnaotakukyn6084]

I really hope webtoon sees this video. Seriously, everything in the video has a point. Webtoon needs to improve its platform for the betterment of everyone.

[@i.nv.u]

26:54 sweet home and uriah come to mind. though those were two of my favorite comics at the time, i doubt smaller creators would've been given the liberty to portray such dark and traumatizing topics at the incredibly graphic level they did.

[@DayDayDoes]

Honestly, I was thinking Uriah. I was intrigued by the mystery and red boy was a cutie but that graphic violence and gore was WAY too much and I can tolerate a healthy dose of gore and violence in my comics and manga so that’s saying something.

[@hawshimagical]

i am impatient, and this video is so long, but i watched it all. thanks for the info, and the warnings, as im just getting into the ability to create a comic but thats all. i never knew about how webtoon started, the events, and how big of an influence romance has over there. EDIT: watching some past videos on this channel really tell how you were inspired to make this one, thats interesting

[@JackieWohlenhaus]

When Webtoon appeared I'd already been doing my comic for a decade or so. I can't remember if it was them who offered me some kind of deal, or if it was one of the other sites that appeared around that time, but I already had solid hosting and IT so I just didn't pay any attention to it really. The first time I really started hearing about it again was when they started having people complain enough for it to cross my twitter timeline. I'm not really sure what to make of it all apart from it seems like the company wanted to get a foot in the door of the American comic market on the backs of artists without having to risk much themselves. I went through that already with sites like Drunk Duck a decade before, so I guess corporations haven't changed all that much in a decade.

[@GeeKielle]

All very good points as well as possible solutions for webtoons! I know I personally stopped using the platform because it's just so difficult to find new stuff that fits my tastes while not feeling overwelmed from all the choatic organization of the site. For future videos, small feedback of maybe putting you audio a bit higher? Around -10 to -15db consistency ^^ I had you at full volume and it was still a bit low (not super low, but it was noticeable when not wearing earphones).

[@DayDayDoes]

Im so glad I bought headphones!! Hopefully me listening to it that way will help me figure out the decibel level that sounds good the most since my equipment and knowledge is limited 😭 always trying to improve though so thank you!! 💕

[@LikaLaruku]

There's gotta be a dozen Chinese & Korean comic apps on the Google Play Store using that name, so I'm not really sure which one.

[@jaysonkang]

I watched the whole vid and felt a lot of similar feelings regarding the topics discussed! Great informative video. I've contemplated posting on webtoon before, but haven't for those reasons too. I think part of the issue is that there isn't a true competitor (that I know of) that artists and creators feel they can go to. With that in mind, I wonder where Mongie will move her webtoon to and wish the best to her. Webtoons having a monopoly on the market may only exaggerate the issues that cause her to leave, esp if in the future no care or attention is paid to what the readers & creators want from their platform

[@wiggie666]

I agree. I think webtoon needs to promote canvas creators more

[@fun_timeproductions]

I’m currently making my first ever comic and realized I should figure out how to post and where to post this, I immediately thought of webtoon but I was nervous it was problematic and so was trying to figure things out out about it and this video helped so much for me to understand webtoon more

[@KOSAMAGAMES]

I miss InkBlazers... I've been developing an open-source reading application that works offline but it won't be done anytime soon. But when it's done, I hope it will help anyone host their own comics on their own platforms and have 100% control over their monetization.

[@operanchu]

I hated how they did that episode lock thing on the completed series because before they added that option to the site, I was already partially through some of those comics, and now have been sent to the beginning and given up

[@mintyblossom3930]

36:17 "Needs to learn from KZbin." The environment on KZbin due to analytics is so toxic and destructive to the mental health of youtubers. You might not feel the same, but I've heard so many youtubers complain about the way all their numbers as displayed especially the tier list and how it shows "this video is doing worse than your last one"

[@DayDayDoes]

You’re not wrong actually. It is toxic to constantly be fixated on numbers but as with anything, it’s all about moderation. You need enough information to improve but not enough where it’s your whole life. For me for example, I look at analytics to give me an idea of where and how I can guide my channel to grow and do the most good, but I don’t delve too deep or constantly check or let the numbers define the success of my channel. It’s really all about balance and what you feel is a good direction for your channel or comic depending where you wanna go.

[@DrAngelKins]

Subscription model sounds way more effective than a daily pass model. (People subscribe to you for a monthly price = better revenue for creator and company)

[@DayDayDoes]

Absolutely! Even more proof is Viz medias new manga app that has a subscription based model where you can read all your fave mangas without a limit. And obviously if you want the newer stuff or read ahead, you’d have to pay extra which is reasonable. If Webtoon implemented this and tag?, absolute game changer.

[@rainbowghostie1937]

There is also more art theft on the website than i would think is allowed, i get that there is art theft everywhere but webtoon doesn’t really do anything to prevent it. You can report series but there is no way to say why you reported it. It’s not always clear that it is art theft you are reporting a series for so most of it goes unnoticed.

[@rainbowghostie1937]

To be fair most of the art theft is very obviously from little kids but still

[@Aelitagurl]

I always want to hop back into Webtoons to read a story that caught my attention but would never get back to it cause life happens. Then I feel stressed for not reading it because I'm thinking of the day that it'll not be available to read for free😮‍💨😞

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

42:28 I have seen KZbin ads for let’s play but that was… damn so long ago. The first I heard of it was word of mouth then some ads but that was a few years ago. Before it got super big. I love this comic and honestly I do hope Mongie can get better conditions and scheduling after this change. A lot of us will follow the comic the moment it starts posting elsewhere so I have hope for it.

[@richtertomatala]

Glad to know this about Webtoon. I recently published my first webtoon and I am waiting to see what is going to be from now on.

[@DayDayDoes]

If you can, publish it on other platforms as well. The more diversity, the more views you can get

[@richtertomatala]

@@DayDayDoes I published it on Tapas too.

[@Alexandraadftxr7052]

Adding new genrass is a really good idea. I would also let people chose more then one genra.

[@ToastedMarshmello]

When I read something and come back a long while later just to find it’s complete, the amount of joy that circulates through me is insane. However it immediately disappears when I see “Daily Pass” on it. Literally EVERY SINGLE comic I read has it, it’s literally such a turn off. I now just read Manhwa/ Manhua on a random website to fill my comic loving heart. I’d say it gets the job done, I don’t really have a need for Webtoon anymore other than reading Homesick. I really loved Webtoon when it first started, it was a breath of fresh air.

[@Hyperpop.penguin]

I have read webtoon but the amount of romance comics kinda made me stop cause i am not a big fan of romance soo i definitely agree that webtoon should add and prioritize other genre's

[@Kini_the_Fox]

I HATE the compression and resolution limits. That was the biggest reason I didn’t put my comic on webtoon. I know I don’t NEED my art to be the original 8K that I draw it in, but I work really hard on some of those smaller details. Pulse i couldn’t figure out a way around the infinite scroll thing to make it page flip.

[@RaisonLychi]

It got too expensive to read on webtoons and I hate waiting months for a single chapter while so many more have come out

[@wherethewildthingswere]

i remember back when featured webtoons were always of a standardized quality, with their unique charms and ideas. they were all very recognizable, and each days releases were balanced. nowadays they seem to spotlight damn near ANYTHING. they just look at whatever garbage is trending on canvas and give it a feature, its so cheap and lacking in any desire to promote creativity. unusable website and such shitty comics.

[@wrongmove2240]

Literally just saw my new favorite webtoon end as it started (Night Fishing) Like how do they expect daily pass to do well WHEN IT CLEARLY DOES NOT DO WELL

[@cerulean8115]

I hope it gets better soon I’m a binge reader through and through and now whenever a new series comes out I just expect it to be dialy pass. I get that after a few months of being complete a series can end up under daily pass because people aren’t buying coins to fast pass anymore but now they’re putting daily pass on comics that just finished. The newest feature in the app Treasure Hunt only worries me more and since I only speak English there is only so much I can do to keep reading webcomics at this point I’ve almost given up on finding any ad free way I can read webcomics without having to spend money on coins or whatever currency an app uses. I wouldn’t mind paying a monthly or yearly subscription fee but most apps I see don’t ever do something like that. At this point I’m just really scared I won’t be able to read webcomics in the very near future due to being unable to find good fan sites and the apps not being something that’s easy to use for free

[@DayDayDoes]

Honestly, I hope things get better too, but at this point, I don't know. But you never know, maybe Webtoon will wise up that its readers are the ones that can make or break them.

[@emilyd1364]

I prefer to use a tablet or the website because I want to see the art on a bigger screen. The more details I can zoom in on the better!

[@luismadrigal-hidalgo]

Those are excellent UX improvements for the Webtoon website and app for both creators and readers. I hope someone at the company watches this video.

[@DayDayDoes]

Same 😭 I’m PRAYING for tags at the very LEAST 🙏🏽

[@dragonetafireball]

I’ve downloaded comic for holidays and if it decides to log you out you just can’t access those downloads despite the fact the whole point is you’ll have no internet

[@martistszz]

Something that would be great to have, is that creators should be able to publish their comics straight up from the app instead of having to use the website. Since there are a lot of artists who use exclusively apps like procreate from their ipads and i feel that function would make the upload thing more dynamic Idk if this is a thing that has been delivered and i never noticed but as far as i know it hasn’t.

[@tundra4331]

I first started using webtoon in 6th grade and now that I'm in grade 10, throughout the years I've also noticed all these problems and have since stopped using webtoon for about 2 years now as it also lost my interest over time and have since then went to greener pastures . Webtoon is slowly fucking over their amazing artists

[@MyceliumCore]

I've downloaded some webtoons before!! I do that mostly before big trips so I can turn off my data and wifi and just enjoy my comics :')

[@DayDayDoes]

Can’t believe that didn’t occur to me before 😭

[@spiderzilla7o7]

Damn. Now I gotta sell my stuff at STORES now.

[@yarinosus1656]

i despier the fact they started daily passing alot of webtoons with alot of episodes. also for webtoons that complete with alot of episodes, like noblesse how tf am i gonna finish that if im only allowed to read 1 episode per day

[@ShashaStudios]

I’m hoping by building a fanbase off Webtooncanvas. I’ll move to more classical comic methods like signing up with a company and making physical copies. Because it sounds like I won’t be making a profit off of webtoon

[@grildrago]

They still haven't do anything like you suggested for canva or tags or subscription. I doubt they will in the near future :(

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

38:02 there’s a reason there’s a lot of controversy around the schedules of weekly mangaka. It’s one reason why I think all creators on WEBTOON should have access to a queue system. You can do your comic in batches whenever you can and then upload it to a queue so it updates weekly etc. but this also takes time and planning and a lot of weekly webcomics appear to have similar schedule issues as weekly Manga. And a lot of the creators I follow are already disabled so this taxing schedule is even more difficult for them

[@Blank-rv6xv]

It really stinks that I can't use both my phone & tablet😠. Also not having the same amount of coins on both devices as well, why should I pay extra money for coins on the same account😤🤬?!?!

[@brieflies]

4-5 years ago I used to read webtoons daily on my phone/ipad, but now i avoid opening the app on my phone because I hate the pop ups that show up every time i open the app (combined with my slow and old phone that takes forever to load the pop ups, its not a pleasant experience)

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

19:19 one thing I wish WEBTOON would give people who don’t have contracts with them is a queue system. The only people I’ve seen have access to a queue is their exclusives.

[@brightlove8830]

Honestly Webtoons used to so so good, but now it can't use coins on a different device. But other webcomics apps and sights are better even though you need to pay more to get chapters. But at least the money helps both artist and website. I love tapa because one can earn ink when they have a binge-a-thon. Like for binging 20 chapters one can get 3k ink as a gift, plus every Monday one can earn random ink

[@Kaninchenbau]

I'm sorry but fan translations would be an absolute disaster. First off, if Webtoon allowed fans to start translating comics, they would be taking advantage of the fans and forcing them into doing unpaid labor- even if someone would be happy to do that for nothing in return simply because they love a comic, it is immoral and probably illegal even, because translating is work, and a company must pay for labor. (Like, I've done a few fan translations for misc things, if the company that owned those properties then used *my* translations as official ones, that wouldn't be okay, that would, hilariously enough, be copyright infringement on my translation) Second, if they did implement fan translations, that would mean that some authors would then be at the mercy of their fans; if you want your comic to get translated, well you gotta hope and pray some sweet angel will do that work for you for free and won't ghost you and/or disappear entirely. But you also have to hope that whoever starts translating your comic isn't some hateful troll, because god knows, if anybody could do translations, what would there be to stop some asshole from changing every other word in your comic into a slur or changing dialogue for the hell of it? It's not like you'd be able to tell if your comic turned into a mess of hate speech if you don't speak the language it's been translated into, and unless someone read both the original and the fan translation it's not like anyone else would notice either. And sure, in theory you could potentially avoid this if you only got "approved fan translators", but 1) who's going to approve them? Are the people doing the vetting being paid for their work? And 2) if you get approved as a fan translator, what's the difference between you and the official translators? And that leads into the third issue, and arguably the worst one; if Webtoon started relying on fan translators doing the work for them for free, why would they even bother hiring professional translators anymore? If a small CANVAS comic might get translated by some passionate 15 year old, why not let some other passionate 15 year old do the same work for their Originals? Why bother paying professionals who make their living off of translating comics when slave labor is an option? Like please don't get me wrong, your video is good and your other points are excelent, but fan translations just. Absolute not

[@ahran_b]

"slave labor"? ever heard of volunteering? voluntaries don't get paid, they choose to do work, and it's not illegal. do you also think charities that use the work of volunteers are immoral?

[@Kaninchenbau]

@@ahran_b Honey you do realize there's a difference between charities (who do not make a profit off of the work of their voluntaries) and corporations taking an advantage of people to do unpaid labor while making a profit off of it

[@henloworld514]

fan translations already exist though? I don’t know if it’s still a function on their site, but there’s a section where you can read fan translated comics. I don’t see the problem if they have fans translate, since official translations are so bad quality. they should try to hire fans rather than using translators they have honestly.

[@Kaninchenbau]

@@henloworld514 Look all I'm saying is that fans should only be translating comics FOR WEBTOON, an giant bloody corporation, if they're being ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT. Like, they should be actually fucking hired like all the other professional translators were. But also they can't be allowed to translate anything without permission and they need to be chosen carefully for the job.

[@ahran_b]

@@Kaninchenbau Usually, fans translate comics into languages that are not yet supported by Webtoon. Fans translate by their own will knowing that they won't get anything from doing so. They are not being forced to translate anything. They are aware translating won't give them anything. I used to translate webtoons from english to my native language so that people could read the webtoons I loved, I knew I wouldn't get anything from doing that, but I wasn't forced or coerced into translating anything, I also wasn't tricked into thinking I would get anything from translating. This is volunteer work, not slave labor.

[@kozinoart]

Great summary! Improvement is needed.

[@boredfangerrude]

Wait, what? Sponsorships with KZbinrs to promote Let's Play when it was fairly new is how I found and started to use Webtoons. And many others Rinnegan can say the same. Don't follow it anymore but I am grateful to it and Monge for helping me find series I fell! In love with and would not have found without it so this feels like a.gut punch.

[@Pompurinfren]

I only use my iPad for fast pass. Also I find this very problematic that I’m able to screen shot fast pass episodes on iPad but if on my Samsung I cannot screen shot. I don’t think fast pass episodes should be able to be screen shot at all.

[@aina.loyttyjarvi]

webtoon is constantly recomending me finished seriesses that i have already read!! Like yeah ofc I would like that comic I have read all the episodes!!!

[@JJSquirtle]

I really, really miss desktop reading on webtoons, but nowadays it forces me to use the app and it just doesn't quite let me get as into the stories