Thread "VERY IMPORTANT question!" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 11:01AM, Jan. 7, 2007

How comes according to my Drunkduck alerter I have 37 people that have added my comics to there favourites, yet on my comic Messed Up I only get about 10 comments per page? Is there a team of silent ninjas that read my comics but dont comment or someone trying to confuse me?

Posted at 11:01AM, Jan. 7, 2007

dude, you're not the only one.

according to my alerter, a lot of people have added my comics but they don't actually comment that much. I usually only get like 2 comments or if i'm lucky, 3 or 4.

some people just like to read and not post.

Posted at 11:01AM, Jan. 7, 2007

Alot of people have favorites, yet never comment on them. For example, Culture Shock is on my favorites list, yet I never comment on it. Why? It's a popular comic, I always read it, I'm a fan of it, yet never have anything to comment about. One example is that some people prefer to read comics without adding comments, that could be for a variety of reasons depending on each and every single person.

(Say LAX has about 21 favorites, only 5 people comment on a regular basis. That's okay.)

Posted at 11:01AM, Jan. 7, 2007

what terminal said.

How many people faved my comics:
Magical Mania–14 faves
Aurorean Tales–1 (proably due to the fact this one is one of my least updated.. really should work on that)
and my latest one–
Endless Dream– 3 faves.

Magical Mania's the ones with 2 to 3 comments, and some pages doesn't even have any comments at all!

Aurorean tales had some pretty good amount of comments, despite only having one person faving that.

Endless Dreams gets nearly zero comments, as seeing it's relatively new.

not that I care. lol the comments are pretty nice but that's not the only reason why I do it.

Posted at 12:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

How comes according to my Drunkduck alerter I have 37 people that have added my comics to there favourites, yet on my comic Messed Up I only get about 10 comments per page? Is there a team of silent ninjas that read my comics but dont comment or someone trying to confuse me?

Just be happy you have readers.

For me, I'm just glad I get page views. Any reader be it one or two, makes me feel like my work is appreciated.
Sheesh

Posted at 12:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

How comes according to my Drunkduck alerter I have 37 people that have added my comics to there favourites, yet on my comic Messed Up I only get about 10 comments per page? Is there a team of silent ninjas that read my comics but dont comment or someone trying to confuse me?

Just be happy you have readers.

For me, I'm just glad I get page views. Any reader be it one or two, makes me feel like my work is appreciated.
Sheesh

Well, in the end, neither pageviews, nor comments, nor favorites matter. It's all about the comic and how much you like to do it.

Posted at 12:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

Well, in the end, neither pageviews, nor comments, nor favorites matter. It's all about the comic and how much you like to do it.

That's so true… Nothing matters except for that.

Posted at 12:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

How do you view how many favorites your comic has on the alerter?

Posted at 3:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

you have to download that crazy DD alerter thing and it'll tell you…

it's in parenthesis in one of those tabs…just read carefully

Posted at 3:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

HVH has 12 people who have faved it and I only get one (or two if I'm lucky) comments on average. I think you should feel pretty good.

Posted at 4:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

I get around 400 daily average hits, and maybe two comments.

Posted at 4:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

Still don't know how. I already downloaded it, all it says is Favorites, and Your Comics.

Posted at 4:01PM, Jan. 7, 2007

Rollover to "Your Comics", it will display your comic name and the number of favorites. (ex: My Comic [100])

Posted at 6:01AM, Jan. 8, 2007

I dunno, when I read stuff, I try to atleast put up a blank comment if I have nothing to say. Maybe it's something to do with content, eg for some reason most readers of Wolf and Dreams in Synergy feel obliged to make long rolling comments about stuff.

Posted at 6:01AM, Jan. 8, 2007

I love those long comments. I update partly to get those comments- they offer a lot to an artist, I think. That's why I take time to answer each one. Heheh! It's a blast. ;)

*feels all wuved being in people's favourites* heh. I love the long comments!!!

Maybe that's why I get them ;)

Posted at 1:01PM, Jan. 8, 2007

I love those long comments. I update partly to get those comments- they offer a lot to an artist, I think. That's why I take time to answer each one. Heheh! It's a blast.

*feels all wuved being in people's favourites* heh. I love the long comments!!!

Maybe that's why I get them

Long comments are the best type of comments! :)

Posted at 2:01PM, Jan. 8, 2007

Rollover to "Your Comics", it will display your comic name and the number of favorites. (ex: My Comic [100])

I must be slow. I cannot get this to work. :(

Posted at 7:01PM, Jan. 8, 2007

I have about 33 people who have Ialus faved on their accounts, and of those 33 I get maybe 3-6 comments per page, 6 being, like, the maximum. It's interesting to know, I suppose, but I don't do Ialus for the comments OR the favorites.

I have fun planning out the story, and seeing that my artwork actually is getting better, if very slowly. It's nice to get a little recognition once in a while, but I'm not a professional, and I'm not getting paid, so NUMBER of readers isn't that important to me. It's still a nice boost of ego to know that I have 33 people or so who said, "Hey, this is a nice enough comic that I want to keep track of it". ^^;

Mapaghimagsik, it's confusing at first. You need to, obviously, download the DD alerter. After that, you open it by double clicking on the icon, and RIGHT clicking when the little taskbar icon appears in the righthand side(This is assuming you're using a Windows program, so apologies if this doesn't work). That will bring up the favorites, and YOUR comics pop-up. After that, just roll your mouse over the different sections to check on the status. ^^; At least, this is how it all works for me.

Posted at 11:01PM, Jan. 8, 2007

The more favourites you get, too, the worse your favourite:comment ratio gets. ^_^ My alerter tells me that, currently, 239 people have Grog favourited, my last two strips have gotten 15 and 10 comments respectively.

Not that 10-15 comments is anything to complain about. ^_^ I love getting that many. Just that you're always going to have less commenters than readers.

Posted at 12:01AM, Jan. 9, 2007

people who have a lot of favorite comics dont usually comment much, (such as me and my laziness) specially if they dont have something in mind to say or comment on, its either they give a blank 5 or dont comment at all then go on to the next comic on their list.

Posted at 6:01PM, Jan. 10, 2007

yeah' it's definately a pain commenting when you're going through 10 or more comics. Also, you can't expect everyone on your fav list to be online all the time, people have lives two you know *glances around with shifty eyes*

Posted at 7:01PM, Jan. 10, 2007

yeah' it's definately a pain commenting when you're going through 10 or more comics. Also, you can't expect everyone on your fav list to be online all the time, people have lives two you know *glances around with shifty eyes*

I don't. I'm always on.

(..wow.)

Posted at 7:01PM, Jan. 10, 2007

I actually don't comment a lot but I do have a good chunky favourites list. Every so often I may make my presence known but after that, I wouldn't be able to think of anything else to say so I don't say anything at all.

Posted at 9:01AM, Jan. 11, 2007

I try to visit all my favorites every time they update and leave at least a one-word comment. I generally get between 5-10 comments a day from 25 favorites and anywhere between 80-400 pageviews. I am really appreciative of every one of my readers whether they comment or not… I feel a duty to give 'em the very best strip possible every day. And one hand washes the other, right?

Ultimately, I'd like to have Onstad's high-five figure pageviews, but for that you really need to be hitting an audience that's way outside the normal webcomic community. It is possible to make a living from comic, but it's really hard and way more work than having a regular job.

Posted at 10:01AM, Jan. 12, 2007

It's just a simple matter of a lot of people reading but not commenting. Like on Deviantart. Lots of people may watch/fave/look at art, but less than half will comment. (unless its something really thought-provoking)

Happens to even the most popular writers/artists. :)

I've kinda ended up with the opposite right now xD
4 people have fave'd Angels of the Fallen, and there's 6 comments on it :P
(im not well known yet on Drunk Duck.. lol)