Well, we need some feedback for our new beta recommendation system. We're looking for how useful and accurate it's been in your opinion. Please answer honestly. [color=red]If you haven't used the recommendation system yet, please refrain from voting until you actually DO use it.[/color] We realize that it is still in beta, and this poll is the starting point for making the system better.
For more information about the beta recommendation system, please read this news post: http://www.mangaupdates.com/news.html?id=385
If you have a specific suggestion to make, go ahead and post something in the [sitelink=topics.php?fid=3837]Suggestions & Bugs[/sitelink] forum.
This poll will probably last half a month.
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's your view on downloading anime/manga?
Choices:
Don't do it. It's baaadddd - votes: 295 (2.7%)
It's alright as long as it's not licensed where I live - votes: 3982 (36.9%)
I can do it all I want! The internet is free! - votes: 6504 (60.3%)
There were 10781 total votes.
The poll ended: September 20th 2008
In my opinion, too many people are greedy little people that feel the internet is just for themselves. Perhaps what happened to the US anime industry will happen to the US manga industry some time in the future
But yeah, being what this site actually is, I wasn't expecting any different from the poll.
I was recently contacted by a member of a group (not a manga/anime group) who wanted to advertise on this website. The person stated that all I would have to do was host a stats counter from histats.com, and that I would be paid 3 WMZ per 1000 unique IPs on the counter (which is a really high return). (They also offered to pay through Paypal.) This immediately blew some whistles, but I sent him an email and asked for more information. He stated that he wanted to do it specifically on this website because he was a fan of manga. Going to several of his websites, I saw that he had some manga downloads, such as 20th Century Boys and others. He promised weekly payments.
This is a scam. The link that he wanted me to post opened IFRAMEs to popunder advertising websites for spyware applications.
I do not know why they are specifically targeting manga websites, but in case you are contacted in the same manner, please ignore the request. If it's too good to be true, it IS too good to be true. It's impossible to make easy money on the internet.
Stay Aware.
We got two new babies out today~ The first will probably be more important to you...
[color=red]Beta Manga Recommendations[/color]
Yes, you read correctly. We finally have some sort of system for recommendations. Go to a series page (a more popular series, please), and beneath the [Genre] field, you'll see a new [Recommendations] field. More relevant series will be in brighter shades of green (at least it's green right now) highlighting, and less relevant series will have more faded green until it turns white. A good example of this is on the series page for Bleach.
Currently, the system is auto-generated and in beta form. It's a work in progress. Only a little more than 1000 series currently even have any recommendations. We're planning to soon have users enter their own suggestions.
As always, you can ask for manga recommendations from forum users in the [sitelink=topics.php?fid=10373]I'm Looking For...[/sitelink] forum.
[color=red]Series Comments Organization[/color]
Remember how a few months back we added a question "Did you find this comment useful?" for series comments and you just had to click Yes/No? Well, we finally did something with it...You can now organize series comments by usefulness, as rated by our members. Not that useful for some of you...Well, you got any better way to use that info? If so, throw us the suggestion!
[color=red]PS: Join MangaUpdates' Folding@Home team![/color]
For more information on helping out humanity and MangaUpdates at the same time, read this: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=1451
We have added a new list called "On Hold". You can add any series that you started to read, stopped reading for whatever reason, but would still like to continue the series. (Or just use the list however you feel...) The list itself is basically the same as the other lists we've had for a while.
You can find this new list and all other lists by clicking "My Lists" on the right menu. You must be a member of this site to have access to lists. Registration is free and easy!
PS: We're still working on custom lists (as in you the user can define your own custom lists)
The big question...what's your personal view for downloading anime/manga? This poll was suggested by member Meepyish
You can discuss this poll on our forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7718
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite Final Fantasy game?
Choices:
I - votes: 85 (0.6%)
II - votes: 34 (0.2%)
III - votes: 116 (0.8%)
IV - votes: 243 (1.7%)
V - votes: 112 (0.8%)
VI - votes: 883 (6.2%)
VII - votes: 3086 (21.6%)
VII - Crisis Core - votes: 432 (3%)
VII - Dirge of Cerberus - votes: 170 (1.2%)
VIII - votes: 1447 (10.1%)
IX - votes: 766 (5.4%)
X - votes: 1297 (9.1%)
X-2 - votes: 211 (1.5%)
XI - votes: 82 (0.6%)
XII - votes: 423 (3%)
XII - Revenant Wings - votes: 47 (0.3%)
Tactics - votes: 488 (3.4%)
Tactics Advance - votes: 253 (1.8%)
Tactics A2 - Grimoire of the Rift - votes: 101 (0.7%)
Crystal Chronicles (GameCube and/or DS) - votes: 144 (1%)
I've never played an FF game - votes: 3845 (27%)
There were 14265 total votes.
The poll ended: September 13th 2008
Lots of votes for this one. One of the most popular ones...
For all of you that never played an FF game, that's sad.
As for runner-up, we all knew it'd be FF7, haha. Hmmm, FFX is next up...
Edit: Whoops, FFVIII is next up...then it's FFX...
If you didn't know, the site was on the fritz for about half of yesterday, but now it's alright again~
We apologize for any problems or inconveniences.
Okay, by making this poll, I may get some (or a lot) of flack...Yes, it's a game poll this time. And yes, I made this poll myself. (Because I'm too lazy to choose one from the forums this week.) Just choose your favorite FF game on the list. I apologize if your favorite isn't up there. I was semi-selective in which ones to put...In case you're wondering, all the numbering is by the Japanese releases, not the USA ones.
(And I'm predicting some of the game will get some pretty low numbers of votes...)
You can discuss this poll on the forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7584
Previous Poll Results:
Question: You are the most popular person in the school, are you...
Choices:
Leader that everyone looks up to - votes: 997 (10%)
Calm and collected - votes: 3611 (36.2%)
A butthead who shows off - votes: 345 (3.5%)
Cold, uncaring, and distant - votes: 1751 (17.6%)
One who flaunts his/her popularity and has 10+ girl/boy friends - votes: 289 (2.9%)
Afraid of love - votes: 681 (6.8%)
Pretending to be cold while you're waiting for your true love to confess to you - votes: 2288 (23%)
There were 9962 total votes.
The poll ended: September 6th 2008
No discussion from me today. It's all opinion, people~
Although...just look at those low votes for the flaunting amount of girl/boy friends. I bet if you actually HAD that many, most of you WOULD flaunt it, haha
For our more...let's just call them "newer" visitors, we have added a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section for your viewing pleasure. This just about answers the more popular questions that get asked. You can find it above "Affiliates" on the right menu bar of the site, or you can just click [sitelink=faq.html]here[/sitelink]
If you find that we are missing a good question or that we have made a mistake, please post here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=511
This new poll is a seriously old suggestion from Dragonfiremule (original suggestion was in Feb...). Your mission this week, become the most popular person in your school!
[color=red]Edit: Okay, fine, it may be beyond you guys to be popular...so just imagine you ARE popular! If so, how would you vote?[/color]
You can discuss the more...intricate or interesting...aspects of this poll here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7466
Also, since I'm running out of poll suggestions again, I'm going to open this up to anime polls also. In the future, I guess we could do gaming stuff...Give your poll suggestions here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you ever get tired of manga?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3176 (29%)
No - votes: 7761 (71%)
There were 10937 total votes.
The poll ended: August 30th 2008
As with some previous polls, we kinda did it with the knowledge which choice would win, but the interesting thing is how many people would vote for the losing side. And I'm betting that a lot of the "No" people are lying...Most likely, you will get tired of your interests at some point, but of course, you can always like it again.
Within the series information pages, we have added a new input field called "Type". This will classify the series. Currently, the types we have are: manga, doujinshi, drama cd, manhwa, manhua, and [color=red]artbook[/color]. As of right now, the field doesn't actually do anything, but we're planning to add helpful search features in the near future.
To those of you that wish to help this site out, please visit the series page of everything you know/like and change the "Type" field to the correct listing. All series default to "manga", so don't bother changing any series listing that's a manga.
On further note, we admins are in current debate on how to deal with oneshots...Leave these under the type "manga" for now.
For those of you that do not know, manhwa is basically Korean manga, while manhua is the Chinese kind.
Drama CD is a new one in preparation for adding groups that translate dramas by listening to them and writing down the English into some form of text file. This was specifically requested by one such group.
As a reminder, we only allow things that are translated into English. We will not add any Spanish, Italian, French, etc translations. [color=red]OEL (Original English Language) stuff is allowed that is published by real companies such as Tokyopop or Seven Seas.[/color]
Also, we do not allow pure text translations of manga. It must be a scanlation and not just a translation.
And as a third reminder, we are currently not allowing fan-created things to be listed, such as things like Naruto NG or The Genderblending of Haruhi Suzumiya.
And last of all, we have some new search features for the forum. More information here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7447
[color=red]Edit:[/color]
"Artbook" has been added to the "Type" field
We are currently allowing OEL (Original English Language) stuff that is published by real companies such as Tokyopop or Seven Seas
If you have suggestions/corrections for this new feature, please address them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7461
