I don't get the problem here. Those moves are actually fine "IF"... Site really provided quality content. We get less and less good novels. They are taking money for releasing some random crap system novels.
Most of functions on this site are rigged for communist way of doing things.
"Review" or rather "Ripview" section is filled wtih fake reviews or petitions. It's functionality gets closer to zero with every day.
"What's Next? voting" useless buttons... Those novels are in queue. It's only purpose is creating waiting time and opportunity to get those idle clicks.
"Ranking?" If you have high enough determination and a lot of time. You can bring any novel to the top. This part is really partially working. Probably people are busy.
"Forum" I guess staff of this site only checks it when they need to post something.
"Censorship" - WTF. They implemented freaking censorship for offensive words. It's not child site. I don't get it. What for? Probably for control of propaganda.
Don't get me wrong. It's fine to charge for translation. ( Try to hire translator) It's freaking expensive. They have this service for 1/10 or less as benefit of having contracted translators.
Biggest problem isn't quality of translation but choices for translation and lack of improvement in UX of this site.
Webnovel strikes again
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daremetochoosemyna I think Whatever you said is irrelevant to this thread, but I do appreciate you coming forth with your opinion, HOWEVER, you must tell this to webnovel. Ranting here won't help you, I was advised for a similar purpose by a forum moderator. And I would like to give you the same suggestion as well that make a separate thread in the forum, tag WEBNOVEL_Official and type the problems you are facing here.
Until and unless we point out the mistakes, how could they rectify it?
They are humans after all !!
Doing this helped me to get what i wanted from webnovel, I hope it helps you as well.
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Sythcake Look at the mirror and you will find how retard you are. Self-entitled leeche. It's funny why this kind of idiot keep barking his idiocy. Your very trashy existence contribute nothing to this forum and webnovel. Have some shame and common sense. It's just quite pathetic to see this kind of useless d*g keep barking his idiocy around against these authors. You must be pretty pathetic in RL. No need to keep barking if you have some shame. You're just a retarded kid who wantst to bring some relevance to your pathetic existence by whining around.
GoldenLightt Awww, how cute!
Tropic_Panda this was a much better reply than my own analogy. Yes truth to be told, I'm one of those freeloaders in bookstores. To be honest, I'm feeling glad I was given the opportunity to freeload, and that's where my knowledge about dinosaurs, cars, planes, even 101 sexual jokes came from.
But that doesn't means I'll be an pain in the butt for complaining why there's no chairs, no coffee shop, no free cookies, no music, and no girls giving me a massage as I'm freeloading their books and make it so nobody can read the only one or two books remaining on the shelf.
I think people feel they're too entitled nowadays. Upright complain and threatened they'll move along because no free things was given? That's totally bull*****
Overlord_Venus I don't think he'll leave. The comfy home of WN is still so far most warm for him, and based on his reply, it will take some eviction officers to really drag him out from squatting here.
People like him...Are the most difficult to be satisfy. Maybe even trump are easier to talk to.
GoldenLightt He's not that bad and he's not self-entitled or a leech. He's mostly just joking.
PopRocknRoll for Now I only know that we can get two fast passes from voting with energy stone and voting with power stone. They are still an all works fast pass..... for now
PopRocknRoll For now I only know that we can get two fast passes from voting with energy stone and voting with power stone. They are still an all works fast pass..... for now
hartpeler I would take that ad time rather than paying as that would mean I can read whatever novel/chapter I want to read. However with current situation it isn't the case right?
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Tomoyuki Not more fast pass. Webnovel replaced the all works fast passes with genre fast pass. It's literally removing a right and applying restriction like Cerfew. Regardless if its good or bad people who are used to things will feel outraged and it is justified outrage. If the authorities don't care about the backlash they won't take back the move they made no matter how much people oppose it.
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When I read this thred to full I was reminded of the scene.
This shopkeeper was a cat lover, so he used to put snack he made for the stray cats on the village street his shop was located. Then after a while his shop became famous and people started forming queues to get in to the shop and the stray cats couldn't eat the snacks. The shopkeeper also forgot about the stary cats as his business grew since he was busy collecting money and because of the ruckus made by paying customers the stray cat's hungry cry for food was forgotten. Now there is only 2 options for the cats one is to wait for the shopkeeper or find food on their own. Which one you all think the cats should take?
Removing a right? Where is written WN owes the reader fast passes? Be it generic or not?
Sorry, but your parable is weird. It kind of didn't apply at all at the situation in hand.
You stated he's a cat lover. Once a cat lover, always a cat lover. One person can't just walk into Mordor ops, quit being a cat lover.
If you mean the readers that only read for free are like the cats in your little story... Webnovel still provides free passes. It's not poisoned cat food/expired food. It's good cat food, but perhaps is not always tuna-flavored, but chicken, or salmon.
The shopkeeper now buys the food that's on sale and decided he won't allow the cats to pick from ~38 different cans what they will eat anymore. There's too much stray cats at his door, cats that are occupying store space and even annoying some customers... and causing the prices of his store to raise because the shopkeeper needs to provide for all the stray cats a lot of different food and snacks and toys.
Just to remind you guys, when you buy a product to resell, you need to inventory it and calculate all the costs to sell it to make its final price. So, when a reader complains about fast passes, they are unaware other people are paying for their free reading. Webnovel needs to calculate the loss of offering free reading to attracts prospective paying customers and dilutes this cost somehow... We did this math once but there's a single truth: someone is paying for all the free reading.
The shopkeeper is putting the cans of cat food on the costs of operating the store. So, if it becomes a huge cost and the paying customers cannot enter the shop or are complaining about the prices, he needs to make a choice. He opted to reduce the cans of cat food and not serve a lot of them at once.
But is seems some cats here rather wish to steal food while others will comply with the varied new food and be content for being fed.
And yeah, it seems the cat can go anywhere to get free food of their liking.
I'm used to go to Sephora and earn the samples they have to offer me, not from the product I use to buy. I go to Lezhin Comics and receive daily coins for specific titles from my favorite genre and related ones. It's this way or nothing.
it's not my right to get a sample or free coins, but a marketing strategy from the companies to SELL MORE. Not to give away and get nothing in return.
How can I blame them?
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SrtaA OMG! I am sorry if you didn't understand the sarcasm of the story. It's just an anology for neither side is wrong as the cats don't have human's intellect to understand market strategy and stuff. In their mind the guy feeding them didn't give food. As for the shopkeeper, well you explained his pov so there isn't anything left for me to add.
Thrice_Reckless_0 I'm sorry too. Sarcasm is often misread because when it's written the person usually reads with their own voice of mind, and there's some cultural things in the middle... well, anyway, I apologize.
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SrtaA No problem. I just wanted to make a point that it isn't fault of either side. If anyone want to blame, you can blame on the sudden implementation of such a system without prior notice. That's poor management decision I tell ya but the most commonly used tactic in business.
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I talked today with my friend, he is an online writer (as a hobby), translator (to his native language) and old reader who introduced me to the baka-tsuki and the first translation of LMS very, very long time ago. He knows how hard to earn money with writing and translating, but we couldn't find an answer how RWX (from wuxiaworld) is able to buy translating license from Chinese and Korean publishers and to pay a good salary for translating/editing/etc? And why Qidian can't follow his business model?
It's quite simple - place some adequate amount of ads, make a reasonable premium system and sell completed books.
I find it quite interesting how most people miss the point.
Free/Non-paying Readers - Complaining Webnovel restricting free passes limiting what they can read without resorting to pirate sites one google search away.
Authors - Complaining that people refusing to pay means they get no income.
This thread seems filled with authors attacking Free/Non-paying readers and vice versa. However the reality is that authors signed a contract with Qidian/Webnovel and if they're unhappy with income then issue lies with Qidian/Webnovel who has either taken too big of a cut or they have a bad business model. On the other hand as far as Free/Non-paying readers go if Webnovel restricts free passes etc then you can simply vote with your feet and follow novels from different sites you can easily find on https://www.novelupdates.com/.
Either way this change doesn't affect me much. I remember when Webnovel still went by the name Qidian International that they promised no pay walls etc. With the gradual introduction of adwalls, then premium, then privilege most goodwill was gradually eroded into nothing. I used to read a few novels that had been poached from other sites but then they more or less all got dropped and while at the time I wasn't too happy in hindsight I think it's not too bad as it's meant I can completely leave the Webnovel ecosystem without any regrets.
AnnoyingADs Yeah, I remember what happened at NU forum and Reddit at that time, and CKTalon's words:
"In the event, Qidian sets up a paywall, they will be betraying me as well, and make me seem like a fool here. When that happens, I'll definitely have to apologize for me being stupid and 'signing a contract with the devil'."