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When we check Webnovel category.

https://www.webnovel.com/category/list?category=0&orderBy=1

Please add Last Update as your filter. Currently, it already had, Genre, Type, and Sort By

Out of those only Genre and Type is your filter capability. While Sort By is for Sorting.

I want to suggest to add Last Update to make it easier to find for Original.

Last Update Option:

  • All - Default Option, will show all novels.
  • Today - This will be useful for daily reader. I believe most readers would pick this, and this would force the original author to keep updating their novel frequently.
  • This Week - This will be useful for weekly reader. I think this would be a good default other than All.
  • This Month - This will be useful for monthly reader.
  • Paused - This will be for hiatus or dropped novel. The goal is to prevent reader from checking this novel and made the new readers' disappointment. There is an option for pause in inkstone. Novel on pause should enter here.
  • Completed - Some readers asking for completed novel. They could find it here. There is an option for author to make their novel as complete in the inkstone. I believe you could use this.

I believe as a platform you need to improve your search engine. It is funny when people asked for something (completed novel, or novel with certain genre). I need to refer to third party sites (Novelupdates.com) for search your novels better. That would be lost of customers since they could see the "option".

Thank you.

    wish they also put when was the last release of the novel.
    because you dont know if it was recently paused or its been dead for a long time.

      1AB You can check that in the desktop website. Actually anything higher than 1 week is almost dropped.

          MasterRabbink Well, I have a book that publishes monthly... so it goes for about 4 weeks without being published.;,;. however it contains no story, it's just a collection of poems.;,;. (and any author on this site can post a poem here if they desire to add one to my collection of poems to share.;,;.)

              DeJeL Monthly update... (Me and my first novel, Tales of Demons & Gods). It is rare to find novel which continued after 1 month of hiatus...

                  MasterRabbink well, that's part of the reason everyone should state their update schedule (i know I do) and when they do go on hiatus, they should state when they plan to return from hiatus (at least a rough estimate) so people know how long they should expect to wait before just assuming that it's dropped.;,;. otherwise, it is safe to assume that if it has not updated for more than a month, then it is dropped.;,;.

                    Hung_Li_Ke_Horse This is more to discover a new novel. You can avoid dropped or hiatus novel far more easily.

                    You will read what in your library. How do you find a new one?

                        MasterRabbink why is there need to avoid? from my experience, those novel were the really good ones. Read it then put up a pickup request.

                        The one on hiatus though can't be helped. They are good reads too, much better than the available ones.

                        If you're talking about the bunch of originals in your library then don't add it, It will clutter the place up, unless there's a history of 1 ch/day for a month.

                            Hung_Li_Ke_Horse Dropped Novels is a novel which original author didn't write anymore. Imagine you read Chapter 1. "It is fun." You thought.

                            Then you read chapter 20. "Oh! Man it is cliffhanger." You found a cliff-san.

                            Yet, Chapter 21 is no more. (Remember it is hard to check Last Update on mobile).

                            You are fckd at this time. The author had written a new novel. You started to think Original novel is bad. You better read translation. However, the last chapter also 1 month ago. You quickly slammed your keyboard and say to your friend. "Webnovel is a bad place. Lots of dropped novel there."

                                Hung_Li_Ke_Horse It is even worse, you read chapter 300. Then, it meant you have spent around 300x3 minutes (webnovel mostly had short novel) = 900 minutes = 15 hours. Wow that is fun, I can't wait what happened after this cliffhanger... and Bamnnn... You just got Bai-Nuke. (You don't get anything. Only question mark on the story...)

                                Actually you keep saving the novel... and It becomes Premium. Gwahahaha.

                                  Gothic_Temptation It didn't filter the original... I also tell people who ask about translation to check in novel update. This is a 'face slap' thing. People come here and I told them to check novel update for searching Webnovel's novel.

                                      MasterRabbink
                                      Its not really a face slap thing as many people come to read on qidian from novel updates
                                      And novel updates is just a neutral party that doesnt pick any sides

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