What if for novels, you had the same kind of sidebar that you have for roleplays / storybooks? There'd be the cover art, chapter summary, characters (maybe notes instead?), novel synopsis, and then the chapter list. That'd replace the "about the author" and "share this" sections, but I think both of those are pretty much ignored.
I think this would be such a convenient addition! I've only reviewed about 2 novels and both of them were off of YWS on Google Docs, similar to @Snoink , and I genuinely think the organisational aspect of it is what we need most to make novels generally less intimidating to review
and I think if posting long works still cost the same we'd actually have a worse problem of more works from the increase in points, and still the same amount of reviews.
And I also think it really is helpful every 6 months to have a friendsgiving/gift-weekend to deplete the point market too. Right now I think there's so many points in the yws-economy that offering more points or requiring more points is not very motivating.
THIS!!! if we're considering offering extra points for reviews posted on novels, then we would also require a way to ensure those points are spent on things other than new works, which would only clog up the GR more. Friendsgiving/gift giving weekend is an EXCELLENT way to get users to spend their points. I think there are other ways we could create opportunities for users to spend their points (maybe a few extra customisation options or features that can be bought with points? A YWS market? a day where users are incentivised to spend away their points towards something and are awarded with trophies and badges? Badges during friendsgiving for users who gift the highest number of gifts?)
I love this discussion, and I really hope it helps us reach some good resolutions with this particular issue !
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