comments we get them give them and or wep pages hits but dose it matter to you if your grased with no comments or 100 of them how so it make you fell or do you like seeing hits more

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comments we get them give them and or wep pages hits but dose it matter to you if your grased with no comments or 100 of them how so it make you fell or do you like seeing hits more

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C'mon! Read the translated English! Just wants to know if we prefer getting comments or are happy just to see hits on our websites.

Me? I generally only get to see the hits on the statistic counters I use and hope they'll improve as some sort of reward for the time and effort I've put into making the strip what it is.

Comments? Besides the shout box, I've never had the strip set up for comments until I started mirroring it here. Don't think I've picked any up though.

Also, haven't looked too closely. :)

I'd rather have more comments than hits but it's definitely the opposite in my case. In an effort to encourage comments, I posted an unfinished page of the Surrealist yesterday and asked readers to vote on which character would appear in the next panel. One vote so far, we'll see how it goes.

I can't speak Australian or Retard, so I'm basing this entirely on the title.

I would really rather have a few readers who comment than a lot of readers who don't. It's nice to have feedback, even if it's hard to get critical feedback around here.

I loves me the comments!

Judging by the rankings, I get far fewer pageviews than a lot of other comics, but I do get a relatively high number of comments from those readers who do stop by and read. That makes me feel that the readers I currently have are really appreciating the story and the characters.

Obviously, like everyone else, I'd love to have comments and pageviews (!), but I certainly wouldn't want to trade my comments for a higher ranking.

Comments are definitely the best. It's important for me to know if things are coming across clearly, if the story is evoking the type of reaction I wanted it to, etc. I can't get that type of feedback from my roommates (formerly my only audience) because they knew most of my story plans ahead of time. I bounced brainstorming ideas off of them.

While there's not much critical feedback, the encouragement alone has made me improve. When I'm just drawing for me, I don't put as much effort into "getting better," but when people are actually following my story, I feel like I owe it to them. When someone tells me something "looks good," all I can think is, "Really? I don't think so. But I'll try my best to make something that does." (Or if I'm in an optimistic mood, I think "Oh yeah? Well, I'll give you something that looks better.")

None of those things come from pageviews alone. I don't really care about pageviews. My highest view spikes (even the one day I was actually in the top 100) have not made me as happy as each single comment has.

I don't really care about pageviews. Comments are wonderful though, and I think the majority of DDers will agree that a few comments, well-phrased be it praise or criticism or something in-between, will mean infinitely more than numbers that might or might not mean anything.

Knowing someone reads your work is a very powerful thing. :)

I'm with the comments group, I would rather people comment, ask questions, make observations and so on. It shows me they're following the story and are actually interested in what I've done.

I have to agree about comments vs. pageviews, with comments being way better. Comments are also much more helpful in gauge-ing how the comic is doing by seeing how it's being responded to.

I don't think anyone would mind more pageviews but it's just not critical to defining "success" for a webcomic.

I'd think I'm doing something wrong if I get 1000+ hits in a day but then get no comments... huh!?

Custard Trout
I can't speak Australian or Retard, so I'm basing this entirely on the title.

You know better than to be a jerk on the forums.

For the most part (my diary comic being the exception), I really, really prefer getting comments (and not just ratings, mind you). I love to hear what I'm doing that moves people. At this point, I'm really doing this for the love, but I think even if I wasn't, comments would still be more important.
I know I always try to give at least decent comments to the people whose comics I read, which is why I'm slow to get through them at times, but I think that balances.

comments.

skoolmunkee
You know better than to be a jerk on the forums.

Custard Trout

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I like them pretty equal- but i like hits more. Because more hits=more readers and more readers=more comments. It would be lonely without either of them tho.

I want it all! Also I like commenting on my friends comics. I take the love and I spread it around :D

Comments. It's why I'm not very proactive about advertising outside of DD... unregistered readers can't comment.

Comments affect the actual content of my comics a lot. If someone points out an art mistake that is editable, I often correct that mistake within the day even if it's not an important mistake. If someone points out a plot hole, however small, I'll correct it there or in future pages, and that often gives me new plot ideas. Similarly, ppl who make suggestions often give me new plot ideas, even if it ends up 100 pages in the future.

I joined a few new webrings recently and my hits increased, but my comments haven't. I think the best way to get in-depth comments in DD is by leaving in-depth comments on other comics, and making author friends. It's more than mutual back-patting; it's the authors, not the normal ppl, who are more likely to feel like critiquing in depth. Normal readers CBA'ed.

Oh, definitely comments! It's what lets you know that people are actually reading your comic. (Plus, I just love getting feedback and seeing how people on the outside interpret a scene in the comic, because a lot of times it's different from what I intended.)

I get way more hits than I do comments, but I would prefer it to be the other way around. Comments show what people think of my work. I love to hear from people, just to know that they are there.

I love getting comments. I get a tingle every time I see that there is a new comment. It's exhilerating :)

I love the feedback. It helps me know when I'm doing something wrong or something right. The biggest indicator of doing something wrong is someone who comments on my page a lot and then disappears. Makes me wonder what I did, but it also increases my desire to improve so that it doesn't happen again.

I honestly prefer comments. Sure, it's nice to get hundreds of pageviews and all that, but it's really rather pointless if you don't know what said readers think of your comic. I mean, they could be spending their afternoon laughing at how utterly godawful it is, and as long as they don't comment, all you're seeing is the high pageview stats.

Frostflowers
I honestly prefer comments. Sure, it's nice to get hundreds of pageviews and all that, but it's really rather pointless if you don't know what said readers think of your comic. I mean, they could be spending their afternoon laughing at how utterly godawful it is, and as long as they don't comment, all you're seeing is the high pageview stats.

Yeah, that can be scary. That many people looked at it and not one had a single thing to say? I'm not just looking for flattery either. Constructive criticism is great too but how do you interpret silence? My page views are pretty consistent so I tell myself that it's a lot of the same folks coming back for updates and commenting just isn't their thing.

I kinda like both equally. Comment rate how much people, who are actually on this site, like my page, while pageviews represent people from outsite the site.

If I had to choose... I guess comments are nicer.

Comments since hits also counts you in.

I prefer comments. Doesnt matter if its critical or praising the comic.

All I ever get is pageviews (with an occasional comment thrown in here or there) so I'm happy with what I get :D

Actually I do get comments, but almost exclusively from people that I spammed with the link during some random conversation wherever else on the internet. Or from friends. And most of them aren't on DD, so it's usually a friendly chat or a bunch of messages as they go through the pages.