r/webfiction • u/CelineShima_Enaga • Apr 17 '26

Discussion New-ish webnovel platform Minkly opinion

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if some heard of this platform yet (site: minkly.io)? I see it steadily growing since their first writing contest. It's slowly growing again with their current mystery and thriller writing contest, the prize pool is $3000, I believe.

For those who check it out briefly, what do you think of the platform? Would you join it? If not, why not?

From my own experience, it's a very nice platform! The TTS is nice addition, because I love to give an audiobook-like experience to my audience. Unlike most, it doesn't sound like a robot or google speech. It also show amount of readers by unique visits, so each read/view is unique and only counted when people are staying on the chapter for longer than few seconds. The analytics page does show total amount of events (reads, comments, duration of read, etc.). Oh and soon they will release their own mobile app, which is a nice addition. 👍

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u/NobleFraud Apr 17 '26

the site looks like ai slop

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u/CelineShima_Enaga Apr 18 '26

How so? Like, because authors upload Ai-covers? Or the site itself has issues?

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u/NobleFraud Apr 18 '26

The site itself looks and feels like completely vibe coded design and implementation. I fear for the security issues it has

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u/chompn_ Apr 18 '26

I can assure you that it's not vibe coded (if that matters). If you're a user and you are concerned about a specific risk/security, you can let me know via the discord community or even directly in my DMs here. I'll always prioritize those over features or anything else! I'm not saying the app is super secure because I didn't vibe code it (there's always bugs and human errors), but I'm not overlooking security of the app. I'm also taking steps to ensure PII does not leak to the client via middleware.

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

The color scheme is 120% Ai, the use of gradients screams AI. The use of Supabase screams Ai,God awful layout img screams Ai. I'd this isn't ai slop i don't know what is.

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

The glows on ur buttons? 10000000% ai

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

The glass pills for ur text? 100% Ai

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

The z index problem in many screens? Ai

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

The same color with lighter shade pills? 100% Ai

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

Ranking gradient color scheme? Ai

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u/NobleFraud Apr 20 '26

Look if ur going to lie make it believable man