Flaffy Haha, reading your post is such a waste of time. The mods are very active in the "bugs" section. There are announcements every now and then about major bugs. You have the book of answers waiting for updating due to, again, bugs, which are waiting to get fixed. Any bugs people see are fixed in a day or two, so I don't really understand what you're on so that "readers money will be safe". If you actually look around, no one among those who actually used their money have complaints, or their complaints were already answered. So yeah, you're just an entitled joke. Lmfao.

Policies. Hahahahaha

Demand whatever you want, wow. Anyways, I don't see any point in your post. QI has always been some sort of early access site/game, with new features being added over the months, and they are not stabilized at all like people seem to make them out to be. There are only 4 premium novels, and there are strict criteria to become premium novels, not to mention the amount of time required for the translator to be part of it. All the unpopular novels with a release rate of 7 and below will never see the light of premium (which is like 50 percent or even more of the novels in qi), so you can alternatively just read them, or, you can just suck it up and become a little bitch like GoGo

        HugeJin is there a reason why "it will translate into a paywall, eventually" ?

            Arch I love how you say "every now and then" like that's acceptable, but okay. I am not sure if i specifically mentioned bugs, but I was more commonly talking about the announcements of new functions and initiatives they have. Qidian has a habit of only telling half of the function.

            "Look you get spirit stones!" is what they tell you, but they never really inform you that they expired you are left to find out.
            "Look there are badges" is what they tell you, but they never say wtf a contribution ranking is... you are left to assume.

            But yeah I am not going to read your entire post dude, just know I was never against the paying for qidian chapters, I never said I hated qidian and I am not anti-qidian since everyone seems to believe so. I just want improvements cause Qidian is not perfect and whether everyone believes it or not, it aint even up to international standards. It can do better and I believe that, so I am going to keep pushing for improvements because I actually do care!

                Luta So, do you really want me to expound on this? Let's go back to xianxiaworld. Do you even know that site? They were the first ones to do a fixed rate, and they died within 4 months. They pay their translators from 25 to 40, depending on popularity—money given first, then money taken back first. I don't have complete data, but I remember when I was there, the manager of xxw said that the cost was around 20k USD, more than 100k usd for like 20 novels in 4 months.

                Now, you look at qi. QI started back at January, at March, they already have 100 novels, with varying rates, at least from the "leaked" contracts, it should be around 25 usd to 40 usd too. So let's pick a number. 30 USD multiply to 100 translators, and say if they do only 30 chapters a month, how much is that? 90,000 USD. Keep in mind that other translators do 50, even 100 chapters a month. Now you work that around, March to December, multiply that. 10 months, so 900k USD. That's just the minimum possible, because by September QI already has almost 200 novels. Do you truly believe a meager amount can cover that?

                Do I have an insider info? Well duh. I'm even earlier in QI than Chrissy, I just left due to being busy with real life. I still keep in touch, and any sane person will know and understand that qi is operating at a massive lost while investing a few millions to the translators and wow, why did I even forget, "editors".

                    Darnsky Yeah no, I'm happy qidian is getting some revenue, I, myself, Flaffy will never pay for low quality shiz. I hope that with this new found revenue they will be able to make the improvements necessary to make it worth my coin.

                        Flaffy That was told a million years ago, with everyone explaining they expire in 6 months. Honestly, what are you on? You're so active in the forums now, but you are not active during the time when everyone was made to understood the bonus stones expires while permanent ones do not?

                        Hahaha, then don't read. You wish for people to argue with you then not listen to them. That's self-entitlement at its finest. Kudos to you then.

                        QI can improved, but if you stare at them, you will they are nothing but an early access game that needs to thrive to implement more features. One year ago, QI didn't have a book of answers, didn't have mods, didn't have developers who answers to bugs, and didn't have a forums for anything—AND NO ONE WAS COMPLAINING LIKE A LITTLE BITCH LIKE YOU. QI will improve, but it will take time, it will take money. The implementation has been slow, any changes, any improvements, they all come with time. And here you are, just because QI released a new feature, demanding all the changes, all the betterment that QI has been implementing and developing steadily the past few months to come right away. I don't understand? Where were you when QI didn't have all this shit? Where are the posts in NUF? You only say about QI will improve now that there is a new feature, but don't say all this shit when QI was at the beginning phase of the forums, when QI didn't have mods or devs fixing things. Hahahaha, you're a funny little "flaff".

                            I understand the logic behind the change being nobody continues doing business in the red. I just wish it would be simplified to a yearly subscription either per novel or for a monthly charge for access. I think then people wouldn’t be intimidated by the high cost per chapter. Think of it like if you suddenly throw a big hamburger in front of people; some would just stare at it wondering where to start while some would cut it in half and others would just pick it up and take a bite.

                              Darnsky I sure am, already admitted that 40 mins ago? Also i just finished reading that last long paragraph and I am offended that you say I'm a little bitch, I don't think I have ever called you names, let's try to be civil in the future thanks.

                              And I have always been complaining, this is not the first time, I started complaining the moment I came to forums, ask anyone who knows, and you know what people kept telling me? Qidian needs money to do that. So qidian is now going to get money, I have higher expectations for the following months. I give them 2 quarters, unless they are in debt then I give them the rest of the year.
                              https://forum.webnovel.com/d/2845-wrongfully-banned-bad-discord-experience-please-forgive-my-misgivings

                                  Flaffy You started complaining but not as intense as this. Why? Because you're a hater. Nothing is good in your eyes. QI is so much worse months ago. But you weren't on discord, either. And now you decide to be the devil's advocate? Hahahaha.

                                      Arch Ok so now you are calling me a hater? So because I am new...you think I should stay quiet and not complain and not point out obvious holes?

                                      Well I have already been told I was aggressive if you read the post I made for the discord server incident so I will strive to not share so much and instead just fail and let people drown in their own fantasy.

                                      SORRY TO HAVE BEEN A HATER, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT HOW QIDIAN CAN IMPROVE, I WILL NOT SHARE MY OPINION IF IT IS NEGATIVE, I WILL ALWAYS BE SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS. FORGIVE ME EVERYONE LOVE QIDIAN, IT'S SO GREAT. THEY STILL LET PEOPLE READ NOVELS FOR FREE HORRAY!!!

                                          Arch Well I believe there is confusion here on what is new at least I am. I came here last year in July..... I literally started reading webnovels a year ago. Qidian or otherwise. Conmpared to people who have been here for a much lengthier time. I came to forums in December, entered discord around New Years. I think my complaining started in December so is that not new?

                                          There are many who saw my posts on Novel Pick Up requests about how qidian could be better if they made translators do such and such or they made things like such and such. I have always done so, in the same way I have now, It's just now there are more posts to respond to about it?

                                          And as I said i will refrain from sharing those complaints and ideas in the future and just let people drown in their fantasy.

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