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CKtalon
Yeah.. kinda figured that ads probably won't be sufficient, hence I also made a secondary secondary suggestion to encourage readers to support the authors. Not sure if it is feasible or not but I feel its more balanced than the current though.

Also, I understand too that free readers are of lowest priority in whatever apps. But this change is rather drastic, to a point where it's kind of scary. Like webnovel just wants to rid of all the free/lower paying readers and make the mediocre to higher paying readers to pay even more.

Draekai
Actually I've seen a feasible solution which i encountered on wattpad. If webnovel puts in the effort, I think it may be a possible resolution where both authors and free/low-paying readers won't feel too bad about.

So what I've seen in wattpad is that every few chapters, you'll have to watch an ad to continue reading its contents(author should get paid for the ads watched for the particular novel). But of course there should be a limit. Maybe at most 10ads a day?

Another suggestion that I'm currently thinking to encourage readers to spend money on coins to support authors is to have a mini bonus system. For example: Every 5chapters unlocked with paid coins, you get to unlock 1 chapter for free. Or every 10coins worth of gifts to an author grants 50% off 1 chapter or something like that.

Draekai
Is that so? I didn't know authors don't earn from free SS. I expected that webnovel would consider all SS to unlock chapters to be the same since they are earning from ad providers and whatnot.

Im not saying that spending money isn't an option, I'm only speaking in point of view of free readers/not so wealthy readers. It seems as if webnovel almost does not welcome free readers here anymore. Majority of the readers probably spent money on novels, I believe the update is beneficial for authors but it's a quite an impact from multiple chapters a day to just 3 for the poorer readers.

Devi_Ashtotea ahh, thanks for pointing out my mistake!

Webnovel has been taking things away from readers over the past few years. First, they removed the daily lucky spin which is around 5-15SS(depends on luck). Then they decreased to just 5SS a day. Now, SS is entirely removed. Coins replacing the currency system, and you can never get them from daily missions anymore.

Coins which are now so hard to earn(through weekly reading), is now the only way to unlock priviledged chapters. 10coins for each checkpoint 30,120,240,360,600,720,960(480 removed if i remember correctly). And the rewards remain the same even though the gap of the amount of time you spend reading is increasing.

Fast pass where you can only earn 3 each day, although it may be good for readers that reads novels with 13+/-coins. But what about all the other readers? What about readers that reads novels with just about 4coins each chapter?? Clearly, webnovel is not thinking for this group of people at all.

Fast pass expires in only just 7days, where coins(SS) expire in a month. For readers that enjoy stacking coins so that they are able to enjoy reading in bulk are now unable to do so. They are forced to use the fast pass within just a short week.

Daily mission "Watch an ad" for 5coin(SS) has been removed as well, reducing the amount of coins that readers are able to earn. I do not understand why, as webnovel should still be able to earn from the ad providers.

Some readers adapt to the change, while some are unwilling to accept the change, like some of my friends. They have been sourcing to read from other options such as novelfullonline, novelupdates, wuxiaworld etc.

With the new check in, watching ads gives exp now instead of 5coins(SS) which it was before. Power and energy stones do not give much benefits to the reader except for the first power and energy stone used each day. The only other purpose is to give support to the authors/novels. In other words, to most readers out there, exp from check in is fairly useless.

I don't know if webnovel will do anything about the declining users. But honestly, I feel that a handful of readers will cease to use webnovel and search for alternatives to enjoy their reading hobby instead.

**I do not know which category this falls under, so i just chose the ones that is a little similar.

The past few days I've only been receiving 5SS for daily check in. No power stones too. Usually sometimes theres still 7-8SS but not anymore. Anyone also experiencing this?