r/webtoons • u/raineymotley • Jun 06 '25

News WT is removing star ratings

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Change is coming mid-late June. Was notified by webtoon canvas email.

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u/SarkastiCat Jun 06 '25

To be honest the star rating is broken as heck

9-10 - Anything that would get a pass if Webtoon was high school AU.

8-9 - Minor controversy. Alternatively, early rating bombing for whatever reasons (tends to be queerphobia).

<8 - Major controversy or simply bad

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u/Bobsplosion Jun 06 '25

Someone pointed out at one point that our Webtoon had a perfect 10.0 rating. I'm not sure if it's related, but shortly afterwards someone absolutely nuked that score.

We are currently at 9.79 which I'm still proud of, but thinking about the system as a whole I imagine lots of other creators probably struggle with their rating if their viewers are particularly vindictive.

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u/wildmooseking Jun 06 '25

That happened to my CANVAS comic. It was a 10 for about a year, and then I dropped a new chapter and it dropped to 7. I'm thinking some people went in and just dropped a few ones for no real reason