I think more people posted comments to this blog in one day than have done so at the Keenspot forum in a year. That forum is pretty dead, has been for a while, so I'm wondering if it's even worth keeping. Since no one ever posts there, it gives the impression that YDK isn't that popular, but there's no correlation between the two. There are strips that don't have half the readership but hundreds of forum users. Can't I just use this? Or...something? Thoughts?
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I think that it depends on how often you're going to post on this blog. If often, then I'd say yes, you could drop the forum. As for the correlation between readership and forum use, I know there are webcomic forums where the readers seem to enjoy posting comments among themselves, but speaking for myself the only time forums interest me is when the cartoonist also posts regularly.
A chance to communicate with the mind that created the work, I guess. Was this more of an answer than you were looking for?
I read quite a few webcomics that have forums attached to them and I just don't have the time to go reading a days worth of entries for every comic I read.
I do like the idea of a a webcomic that has a blog type comment system as part of the presentation. On The Rocks is a good example of this idea.
I read several comics and never post in the forums. I very rarely even read the forums for the comics I do read. I like blogs better and am more likely to comment because there can be a more directed conversation. It would be great to see some background information or commentary on the comics in here which we could comment on. Or, of course, anything else that you find interesting. Anyway, I'm inclined to think that you do not need a forum.
I'm not a big forum person, so I don't need that. What I would like is RSS feeds, RSS feeds, and RSS feeds. I'm not sure if Keenspot allows them (it seems like none of the comics on Keenspot I read have them), but if this blog had one, I'd read it with every update.
no, in my opinion, you dont. unless its a once a year deal, just dont use a forum. love your work.
I prefer the blog to a forum.
Love, love, love your stuff. I show it to everyone. :)
Yep, the blog thing.
Yep.
I think that there are several reasons as to why people don't post. Heck, I'm definitely a fan of YDK but have never posted myself. For me, it's a few reasons: first, I hate having to sign up to stuff and second, well no offense to anyone, but forums tend to get kinda boring and redundant and third, I just don't have the time. (I hope you know how much I must love you and your comic to create this blogger account and use my valuable work time to leave this comment)
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