Parth Rant: The problems with adding originals to NU

Well, I'll state regardless of whether originals come on this site or not, as all the "good" novels are translated, you will be left with the "shit" novels from Asia anyways. So regardless of whether or not people think originals are shit, Nuf will have those shit novels anyways (which is already becoming noticeable). Though, once again, not saying Nuf needs to be the lister for originals, and maybe they won't accept some of those more terrible novels. But as it becomes larger, one of these issues will have to be looked at. Anyways no one rip my head off I want the best of both worlds, I want the aspiring authors to get the attention they deserve and I want NU to stay as a lister that provides me a decent directory of novels.

 

Royal Road Legend
Don't go there bunny
It's cancer

 

It's not like it has to happen over night. Start with Gravity Tales, only them, GGP is obviously a trusted friend, give it a trial run to see how it goes and slowly expand from there. Just make it known that it's still in the alpha phase and you're only testing it out to see how the community adapts, if there are issues and it's starting out small scale so you can cut it off before problems occur.

 

I wish I could like this more.

Add in a monthly allocation of uberlikes users can only use a finite number of times.

 

you want something like aho-update? it separate ori and translated one

 

Good bless you speed
And luck
and time to rest and have fun
And etc

 

Im pretty sure starting a website cost money and takes alot of time so...

 

Though this is just my hopeful thinking. As I appreciate Tony's (Edit* I said Tony but I include everyone in that xD) hard work and creativeness and NU as a whole, I would honestly like to see NU become a site publisher (not really sure what to call it?). Though this might not be what Tony plans on doing, I think out of all NU has the best chance to be something like that. Anyways whether that's the plan or not I'm just happy to see the start of an "Original" movement that will help authors

 

somehow I feel it likely end up with make me think

 

But when is the subforum coming?

 

Okay. Just curious; is it possible for a subforum (again, my understanding of this may be wrong) to be created that doesn't pop up on the feed on the home site? It would be there for people looking for it, but not hindering normal members.

And Tony just posted.

Hey @Tony! I think Parth makes good points. If searching for novels with, say, the tag of "game elements", and you want to check between both originals and translated series --- The translated ones will be submerged by the sheer quantity of English novels. For some odd reason, I have a link on my desktop leading to % of sites according to language. English sites are around 55%, while chinese and japanese sites add up to less than 10%.
Originals would have to be heavily regulated, since by the addition of these English based web novels, we'd have an influx of people joining NU to vie for views. It would be like setting up Wall Street for lobbyists here.

With only links to translator groups, NU maintains a good distance from the original authors. I don't think asian web novelists would join NU, so whatever we say here on the forums won't influence them one way or another. But this wouldn't hold true for English originals, since there is no language barrier impeding their encroachment.

Hosting english originals might be detrimental to the writers as well, since to a writer struggling with their own ideas, a place that makes ideas for them would be a blessing and a crutch. Imaging authors trying to pander to ideas and complaints about how their story goes. It is almost asking for hissyfits.

*Btw, the above only applies for ongoing series. Finished ones aren't going to change.

 

*inwardly celebrates*

 

Will it get its own separated forum? Again, right now, NU has a large amount of impartiality due to the distance between the authors and the members here. Introducing original novels will bring new members to the forums, and with them comes the vying for popularity. It is the attitude surrounding english originals that is cancerous, not the writing itself. Can you please explain what you mean by "not seeing [original novels] at all"?