This week's poll was suggested by evinrud3005. Assuming you've dreamed of having a certain job, are you there yet? Although with the unemployment rate, this poll may be a bit premature...
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's your Chinese zodiac?
Choices:
Pig - votes: 339 (7.2%)
Dog - votes: 348 (7.4%)
Snake - votes: 327 (6.9%)
Horse - votes: 330 (7%)
Goat, sheep, or ram - votes: 334 (7.1%)
Monkey - votes: 379 (8%)
Rooster - votes: 309 (6.5%)
Dragon - votes: 414 (8.8%)
Rabbit - votes: 275 (5.8%)
Tiger - votes: 317 (6.7%)
Ox - votes: 316 (6.7%)
Rat - votes: 360 (7.6%)
I don't know and I don't want to look it up - votes: 683 (14.4%)
There were 4731 total votes.
The poll ended: February 20th 2021
Dragon, again!
It's the Lunar New Year, so why not do a poll related to that? We did this poll 11 years ago, and we had more dragons than any other animal. In case you don't know, your Eastern zodiac (of which the most well known is the Chinese one, but most other Eastern countries have a variation of it) is determined by your birthdate. If you're curious, there's sites out there that will calculate it for you. Just Google it!
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you have money invested in the stock market?
Choices:
None - votes: 2375 (72.7%)
Below $1k USD - votes: 251 (7.7%)
$1k-10k USD - votes: 237 (7.2%)
$10k-$100k USD - votes: 205 (6.3%)
$100k-$1M USD - votes: 83 (2.5%)
+$1M USD - votes: 118 (3.6%)
There were 3269 total votes.
The poll ended: February 12th 2021
Do any of you millionaires want to donate to MangaUpdates?
We have decided to remove all releases for the group Aloalivn.
Previously, we were already rejecting their "releases" that were ripped from officially published app translations and those that were actually known to be done from other scanlation groups. More evidence has surfaced that most of their other releases actually use translations stolen from Youtube videos. Rather than try and figure out whether each chapter or series is a legit release, we are going to have a blanket rejection of listing anything claiming to be done by Aloalivn.
I would also like to take this time to remind all our users that we do not permit the listing of releases ripped from officially licensed sources (regardless of whether that license has expired or not). And we only allow the listing of English scanlations.
This week is another poll created by myself. It's inspired by everything going on with r/wallstreetbets and GME. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go read the news.
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Question: How often do you use video conferencing software (e.g., Zoom)?
Choices:
Multiple times a day - votes: 602 (19.6%)
Once a day - votes: 169 (5.5%)
Few times a week - votes: 518 (16.9%)
Once a week - votes: 164 (5.3%)
Few times a month - votes: 206 (6.7%)
Less than once a month - votes: 546 (17.8%)
Never used before - votes: 869 (28.3%)
There were 3074 total votes.
The poll ended: February 6th 2021
I'm surprised that over 1/4th of you have never used any sort of video conference software before.
I'm surprised we've never had a poll about this before in the last year. Pandemic sure does change a lot of things. On a typical workday, I have multiple meetings on Zoom each day. I also have weekly calls for some other organizations. And the fun calls are when I play online board games with friends (Covidopoly, Jackbox, Board Game Arena, etc).
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What do you think about fan-colored pages included in scanlation releases?
Choices:
They're great! I love to see them - votes: 436 (12%)
I like them a little - votes: 465 (12.8%)
Makes no difference to me - votes: 763 (21%)
As long as they're at the end, I can ignore them - votes: 1039 (28.6%)
They get in the way, but it's no big deal - votes: 582 (16%)
They're terrible! I can't stand interruptions - votes: 353 (9.7%)
There were 3638 total votes.
The poll ended: January 31st 2021
I feel like they're pretty rare now.
Our user Zeyo inspired me to redo a poll that we did over a decade ago. What are your thoughts about fan-colored pages? I feel these are a lot less common now, probably because we don't have a huge amount of weekly Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece fans submitting their work to be included in scanlations
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you feel 2021 is going to be, compared to 2020?
Choices:
Completely terrible - votes: 318 (9.3%)
A bit worse - votes: 292 (8.5%)
About the same - votes: 1351 (39.5%)
Just a little better - votes: 1101 (32.2%)
Exceedingly better! - votes: 356 (10.4%)
There were 3418 total votes.
The poll ended: January 23rd 2021
Measured optimism
I should've done this poll a couple of weeks ago, but I forgot... And some stuff already happened in the last 2 weeks that may color your answer.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Someone offers to buy everything you own and would pay the amount necessary to replace with equivalent function. Would you take the money and start over?
Choices:
No - votes: 1747 (62.1%)
Yes - votes: 1067 (37.9%)
There were 2814 total votes.
The poll ended: January 16th 2021
I hope you're never put into the situation where insurance would be necessary to replace things.
Humble Bundle is doing another manga-related endeavor! This time it's a bunch of stuff related to Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin). You can spend money to get legitimate, DRM-free digital copies of these manga series, novels, and audiobooks. Plus, some (or all) of it goes to charity (when paying, you can adjust how much of it goes to charity).
Paying at least $20 gets you all this:
Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall (Novel) (including Kuklo Unbound)
Attack on Titan: Junior High
Spoof on Titan
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls
Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City (Novel)
Attack on Titan Guidebook: Inside and Outside (at least I think that's what the Attack on Titan: Anime Guide is)
Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Attack on Titan Anthology
Attack on Titan Character Encyclopedia
Check it out here:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/attack-on-titan-final-season-books
This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. The question was inspired by how some home insurance works (for example, in event of a fire where your belongings are destroyed). If someone offered to give you money in exchange for every item you owned (car, house, computer, clothes), would you do it? The amount of money you would get would be enough to buy new replacement items of similar function. Would you take this chance to start over? Or do some things have too much sentimental value?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How closely do you think you fit the stereotypes of your nationality and/or ethnicity?
Choices:
0% - Not similar at all - votes: 517 (14.7%)
25% - votes: 1067 (30.3%)
50% - votes: 1135 (32.3%)
75% - votes: 637 (18.1%)
100% - Completely - votes: 162 (4.6%)
There were 3518 total votes.
The poll ended: January 9th 2021
Could make an interesting sociology experiment...
Yet another poll suggested by jacob66. Do you fit the stereotypes? Obese American? Smart Asian male that's a doctor, lawyer, or engineer? Tall, athletic African American?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Should loli/shota (with sexual content) be banned?
Choices:
No - votes: 2163 (53.2%)
Yes - votes: 1901 (46.8%)
There were 4064 total votes.
The poll ended: January 2nd 2021
Much closer to 50/50 than our previous poll about this
