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What bad stuff is going on with webtoon ? Sorry, I’m clueless…

Whats going on with webtoon?

Dillyhub looks promising, but it's still small.

If I can help clear up some of the "bad stuff" that's going on:

1.) Many people have been stepping forward and discussing some of the faults in Webtoon's design, particularly with how they treat their Originals section (it's become very oversaturated as of late to the point of - reportedly - their own Originals creators not making anything due to lack of proper promotion) as well as their UI design which is lacking a lot of features that could benefit both readers and creators (read later lists, better tagging/search function, better comment moderation, more file format uploading options, better backend stat viewing, etc.)

2.) The cost of some Webtoon Originals series has gone up very slightly. Frankly I don't think this one's a huge deal because the price difference is literally 20 cents and it's likely there to make up for the fact that there are now weekly free coin events in the Canvas section (these free coin events were not this often prior to them raising the coin cost from 5 to 7 coins on select series) so people are getting a lot more free coins more regularly and WT likely doesn't want this to ruin the Originals' section economy.

3.) The Daily Pass system which I can agree is just all around terrible and ruins the re-read potential for a lot of completed comics. Many are wanting a 'one time payment' method rather than the system they have currently which hands out an episode a day and any episodes purchased with coins to read early are prone to expiration (i.e. you can unlock an episode in Daily Pass, but only get access to it for a set number of days before you have to re-unlock it again).

4.) The decline of quality control of Originals series, many of which are simply translated imports from Korea. Editors are clearly slim pickings and are being made to work on multiple series at one time, and the insane deadlines and requirements for the contracted Originals creators themselves (the ones whose series aren't completed yet) are causing creators to have to choose quantity over quality in a lot of cases.

None of these things are bound to 'destroy' Webtoons (at least not anytime soon) as people are speculating/worried about but they're all things that people are currently talking about, it's been a big point of contention these past few weeks. Some think this is WT's attempt at corporatizing the industry further, others think these are last-ditch-efforts at getting as much money as possible (in the worst case scenario that they're going bankrupt). Many of the concerns are genuine and valid but there's a line between genuine concern vs. getting carried away with doom theories. It's hard for many not to imagine the worst case scenarios though, when WT keeps a lot of their information close to their chest to the point of people having no idea which direction they're taking their business model and whether it's going to be for better or for worse. This is especially exacerbated by the fact that the webcomics industry has never been stable, Webtoons is one of the first and only platforms to actually push webtoon creators into the spotlight through multimedia deals and contracted jobs.

If you're just a regular creator who's looking to post their content somewhere, WT is still one of the biggest and most accessible places to do so and you're unlikely to be directly affected by the issues that many have brought up here. It's inclusive of all work (so long as it follows its content guidelines including its NSFW rules) and is pretty LGBTQ+ friendly, many of the Originals are LGBTQ+ focused. If you're looking for a 'better' platform, you'll have to be more specific with how you define 'better' because few other platforms have managed to come even close to challenging WT's influence. That being said, it's not the only one, so if you try it and decide you don't like it, there are other options - you can run your own personal website, or post to Tumblr, ComicFury, GlobalComix, or Tapas, to name a few.