This week's poll from BaeSooky deals with apps on your phone or tablet. If you own one, do you have any manga-related apps on them? Maybe the MangaUpdates app? Or some other app that allows you to read manga or keep track of stuff? For the purposes of the poll, let's leave out games that are based on manga/anime series.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you feel about unrealistic manga?
Choices:
Love it, crazier the better! - votes: 1730 (19%)
Like it, as long as it's not too over the top - votes: 4820 (52.9%)
Indifferent - votes: 1905 (20.9%)
Dislike, since it needs to be a bit more realistic - votes: 508 (5.6%)
Hate it, I enjoy reading realistic manga - votes: 150 (1.6%)
There were 9113 total votes.
The poll ended: November 7th 2014

Looks like most of us like reading about the fantastical stuff that goes above and beyond what's possible/probably in real life

This week's poll from kitty1826x is similar to something from 2008, but oh well... What level of realism do you like in your series?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: When was the last time you read a non-manga related book outside of school purely for pleasure?
Choices:
Right now! - votes: 3108 (29.2%)
A few days ago - votes: 2323 (21.8%)
A few weeks ago - votes: 1189 (11.2%)
A few months ago - votes: 1506 (14.1%)
Over a year ago - votes: 850 (8%)
So long ago that I don't remember - votes: 1670 (15.7%)
There were 10646 total votes.
The poll ended: November 1st 2014

I'm glad a lot of you are reading other stuff!

This news post is a bit late, but that's because we were trying to investigate and obtain responses from all the parties involved.

Our recent downtime last week was a result of two DMCA requests. It was from an intermediary on behalf of two different companies. Unfortunately, our host did not notify us and instead disabled our IP address immediately. The most recent requests were due to displaying copyrighted cover art. As some of you have noticed, we have removed the images from some respective series pages (hopefully temporarily). We are currently in the process of looking for another host. It is unacceptable to cause severe downtime without forwarding the requests to us and allowing us to respond. It is likewise poor form by the intermediary to use such tactics without attempting to contact us directly.

Thank you, MU Staff

The idea for this week's poll was from ListeningDaisy, although I changed all the poll options... But regardless, when's the last time you did some kind of pleasure reading outside of manga, manhua, or manhwa?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which operating system are you using on your main computer?
Choices:
Windows - votes: 8970 (83.3%)
Apple (Mac, Rhapsody, etc) - votes: 973 (9%)
Linux - votes: 462 (4.3%)
BSD - votes: 12 (0.1%)
Other - votes: 75 (0.7%)
Multi-boot - votes: 272 (2.5%)
There were 10764 total votes.
The poll ended: October 25th 2014

People use BSD still?..

All,

The recent downtime was (is still) being caused by our host. It turns out that one of our IP addresses in our virtual network has stopped responding to requests on ports 80 or 443.

I've moved mangaupdates.com to a different IP and updated DNS, but it will take up to a day for the DNS updates to traverse the globe and become effective for everyone.

Sorry for the trouble. We're sending in a support ticket, so maybe they can help us figure out what's wrong.

-m

This week's computer-related poll was initially suggested by godlover but also amended by both 狂気 and kitty1826x. Doesn't require much explanation...

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question:** Which of the following was the first media you consumed that introduced you into this fandom?**
Choices:
Manga - votes: 3021 (25.7%)
Manhwa - votes: 97 (0.8%)
Manhua - votes: 14 (0.1%)
Anime - votes: 8035 (68.2%)
Other Japanese TV show - votes: 42 (0.4%)
(Light) novels - votes: 71 (0.6%)
Visual novels - votes: 40 (0.3%)
Japanese RPGs - votes: 325 (2.8%)
Other Japanese video game - votes: 59 (0.5%)
Other - votes: 71 (0.6%)
There were 11775 total votes.
The poll ended: October 18th 2014

I guess anime on TV is a good intro

As PinkShippuden suggests (and 狂気 helped add some options), we all had to have started somewhere to get into this fandom of the anime/manga world. So of the media choices, which was your first introduction into this world of delights? My first would probably have to be the original Pokemon TV series, which started getting popular around my 3rd grade.

Started from the bottom and now we're here. Not that Pokemon was the bottom. Far from it. Ah, memories...

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you use an ad-blocker on your browser?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 8586 (78.2%)
I used to - votes: 509 (4.6%)
Never have, but might consider it - votes: 1029 (9.4%)
Never have, never will - votes: 318 (2.9%)
What's an ad-blocker? - votes: 534 (4.9%)
There were 10976 total votes.
The poll ended: October 11th 2014

Dang, seems like a lot of us are savvy enough for that ad-blocker!

This week's poll from MinatoAce isn't strictly manga/anime-related, but it does indicate your browsing habits. If you use multiple computers regularly, try to answer the poll for your most-used device.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: After finishing a series that you like, you most hope to find
Choices:
Anime of it - votes: 1444 (13.1%)
Sequel or spin-off - votes: 2963 (26.9%)
Another series by the same author - votes: 4365 (39.6%)
Merchandise for sale - votes: 118 (1.1%)
Fan fiction - votes: 564 (5.1%)
Fan art - votes: 193 (1.7%)
A community to discuss the series with - votes: 317 (2.9%)
I don't finish series - votes: 39 (0.4%)
I have no hope for anything - votes: 1029 (9.3%)
There were 11032 total votes.
The poll ended: October 4th 2014

It's like video game developers. If I like Mass Effect, chances are I'll like the other Bioware games.

This week's poll is from our member whatnot. After you finishing reading a series, what would you typically hope to find relating to that series? Personally, I tend to read the other works by that author. For instance, after finishing Suzuka, I read everything else by SEO Kouji.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What sexist trope in manga bothers you the most?
Choices:
Patronizing "but you're a girl!" statement - votes: 581 (4.9%)
Objectification - votes: 470 (3.9%)
Falling in love with their rapist - votes: 3213 (26.8%)
"All women are..." - votes: 213 (1.8%)
Sexual assault/rape portrayed as a joke - votes: 2342 (19.6%)
Harassment is okay because she's "playing hard to get" - votes: 683 (5.7%)
Damsel in distress - votes: 799 (6.7%)
Girl solely exists to be a love interest - votes: 1324 (11.1%)
Jealous, vain, and/or cruel fangirls - votes: 819 (6.8%)
Madonna/whore dichotomy - votes: 300 (2.5%)
What? Sexism still exists? - votes: 1235 (10.3%)
There were 11979 total votes.
The poll ended: September 26th 2014

This was definitely one of the most talked about polls we've had in ages. Such a controversial topic...

This week's poll from cowsrawesome could potentially bother some people, but I'm gonna put it up anyways, since it's something to think about. Of the given options, which one of the sexist tropes bothers you the most? Your peeve may not be on that list, but choose the closest fit of the available choices.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What kind of humor do you think you most develop after reading your usual manga?
Choices:
Awkward - votes: 530 (6%)
Serious or Dark - votes: 725 (8.3%)
Cute - votes: 537 (6.1%)
Fake - votes: 52 (0.6%)
Deadpan - votes: 516 (5.9%)
Silly - votes: 624 (7.1%)
Slapstick - votes: 364 (4.2%)
Sarcastic or Ironic - votes: 1861 (21.2%)
Witty - votes: 477 (5.4%)
Perverted - votes: 1101 (12.6%)
Weird - votes: 523 (6%)
Friendly - votes: 269 (3.1%)
None at all - votes: 1183 (13.5%)
There were 8762 total votes.
The poll ended: September 19th 2014

I agree that this was a really weird poll, but some stuff happened over the last week that caused me to not have time to really focus on deciding on a weekly poll, and I also didn't have time to change it to something else once I realized just how badly worded this one was... So oh well.