Mangadex to purge titles for legal reasons

[Bireus]

I'd probably just exporting my read list to other site after this since I dunno when/if they'll get removed DX

Is there a way to export your followed list? I'm having trouble finding it but I know (or I think) back in the day I used it to migrate from the dying bato.to to MangaDex. So might as well do it again to migrate from the dying to MD to... wherever else.
Some of the series I'm following seem very elligible to a purge (in technicality even GochiUsa could be) and who knows if any have fallen already.

Also subscribing to how laughable it is that a piracy site is citing "legal reasons".

so now that mangadex is sudokuing itself, any recommended sites? also, is there a way to export my follows? might as well start migrating now before MD ruins itself any harder

Also, please pass along to the backend devs a feature request for follow import/export, it would make life easier instead of having to manually write down the ~300+ series I'm following.

Guess the big exodus is gonna start real soon, it's nothing new, anybody who hasn't saved their lists, better start, because this "case by case" shit sounds so arbitrary that you can't trust a single word from mods

Over the past two decades, I’ve been through so many sites that I eventually started keeping track of everything I read in a huge, well-organized Excel spreadsheet. Yeah, I’m old, but this bad boy has never failed me once.

I will take this as my cue to back up my reading list before it gets worse. I suggest you all do the same while we can.

Well, time to start archiving and jump ships.

There are 3rd party tools and some other suggestions that can be found on the forums that will allow you to export your library

https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...lanet-anilist-kitsu-mal-mangaupdates.2324802/

 

[TestAddress]

Stop the misinformation. Titles being removed depict sexual activity between characters that are minors, either in appearance (handled on a case-by-case basis) or confirmed in the dialogue. It's about law and compliance with it. If you jerk it off to little kids, go and do it elsewhere; there are sites that specialise in that.

---

Staff note: Please refer to the following post for a somewhat less unsavoury follow up on this.
https://forums.mangadex.org/posts/29007231

You reached through a conclusion you are a steward for a service that is consumed by 80% pedos, so.... The deletion of comments and banning.

 

[Zahogan]

https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...lanet-anilist-kitsu-mal-mangaupdates.2324802/

I am a bit wary of running some random binary someone recommends, I appreciate it though. Might try it on a VM.

 

[Tscheddov]

The UK just announced a permanent ban on any "incest simulations in porn". And offenders can face up to 2 years for possession and up to 5 years for distribution.

LOL what are they going to ban next ? the use of Dildos that dont look like the average british dong? because its simulated bestiality ?

if MD does not block acces from Britain and moves its business registration to somewhere else, the website is going to shit no matter how much titles and chapters they delete

 

[Askelon]

LOL what are they going to ban next ? the use of Dildos that dont look like the average british dong? because its simulated bestiality ?

if MD does not block acces from Britain and moves its business registration to somewhere else, the website is going to shit no matter how much titles and chapters they delete

Considering how they've handled the issue thus far.... yeeeeeeaaaaah.... I wouldn't count on them doing anything at all.

 

[KYsGzuFqJMEmtZZQeubX]

What purpose does deleting your account serve?
Not like you even need an account to use the site, most users don't have accounts

You can just stop using the site
Or actually do keep using the site, not like they get any money from that anyway (if you are not using Tachiyomi or an adblock at this point you might be insane)

The purpose it serves is for legal compliance and data minimization. Some jurisdictions have rights like the UK and EU GDPR(Right to Erasure/Right to be Forgotten) and California CCPA (Right to Delete). If MangaDex has the full intention to go corporate like Crunchyroll. It is not a good idea since they have angered their current user base. They are open to being reported to a data protection officer, especially when they are registered in the United Kingdom, which could lead to heavy fines. They should prioritize on fixing the issue of giving their users the right to deleting their accounts.

 

[Okaminight]

I wasn't even going to comment about the whole situation, but that announcement post legitimately pissed me off. It gives no reason other than a vague "legal reasons" by an adamin who has fewer post on this site than some of the new users who only came here to shit on the original silent purge.

It legit boggles my mind how anyone can think any of this is a good idea, did everyone down a bottle of retard juice and OD on it or something? What's preventing the admins from citing a real reason behind the purge (beyond legal said so)? The site isn't hosted in a country where loli content is illegal nor was it a mass bulk purge (a lot of explicit loli content is still up). Bridges have already been burnt and people are pissed, so there's no point in hiding the real reason beyond just upsetting people who are already angry.

If its because of payment processors, the corporateization, or the ads, just fucking say so and stop vauge posting.

 

[hatsuka]

https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...lanet-anilist-kitsu-mal-mangaupdates.2324802/

Thank you!

 

[killerpower2010]

i guess this neko dude is nepo hire

 

[aunony]

• Not being able to export your own list, having to rely on third-party scripts because the lazy devs can't be bothered to implement it 🥀
• Not being able to search your own list 🥀
• Not being able to delete your own account to comply with GDPR (even though they claim it's all about legal compliance)

But thank god we at least get xitter feeds. No seriously what the heck are you doing, devs?

 

[roguezilla]

• Not being able to export your own list, having to rely on third-party scripts because the lazy devs can't be bothered to implement it 🥀
• Not being able to search your own list 🥀
• Not being able to delete your own account to comply with GDPR (even though they claim it's all about legal compliance)

But thank god we at least get xitter feeds. No seriously what the heck are you doing, devs?

you dont get it, it's legal complaince with random things they choose to care about

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

The GDPR noncompliance is kinda a weird thing to not do.
Like, account deletion is a quite basic feature of most websites, so I'm surprised they still haven't implemented that.

 

[Tscheddov]

@EtherealNeko @Xnot

Please give us a list of the titles that were removed by MD .
You said it is 59 Titles, but how many chapters have been wiped out with those titles ?
Who is this so called "legal nexus" you referred to earlier?

Who advised you not to give out a list of those titles ?
who advised you not to name the "legal nexus" ?
based on which consideration has this advice been given to you ?

will there be a point of time in the near forseeable future at which you or the next one above you in the chain of command will disclose the list and the answers to those questions above to the community?

Thank you

 

[roguezilla]

@EtherealNeko @Xnot

Please give us a list of the titles that were removed by MD .
You said it is 59 Titles, but how many chapters have been wiped out with those titles ?
Who is this so called "legal nexus" you referred to earlier?

Who advised you not to give out a list of those titles ?
who advised you not to name the "legal nexus" ?
based on which consideration has this advice been given to you ?

will there be a point of time in the near forseeable future at which you or the next one above you in the chain of command will disclose the list and the answers to those questions above to the community?

Thank you

i think we all know the answers here, so let me help you
"cant answer that/the legal nexus"
"cant answer that/the legal nexus"
"cant answer that/the legal nexus"
"cant answer that/the legal nexus"
hope that helps

 

[aunony]

Release the mdextein files!

 

[mangadexjp]

https://x.com/AniTVOfficial/status/2026453292935475464

 

[quindarious]

https://x.com/AniTVOfficial/status/2026453292935475464

Engagement baiting slop

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

https://x.com/AniTVOfficial/status/2026453292935475464

The polite answer to such claims:

ik, different guy, but really, is there any notable difference between hacks like that?

 

[furryadminhypocrite]

https://x.com/AniTVOfficial/status/2026453292935475464

Why would corporate insider/leaker post about yuri? clickbait gimmick account.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Why would corporate insider/leaker post about yuri? clickbait gimmick account.

>Insider
>Doesn't even know that there is a war going on here between the Anti-Yuri-Army and the Yuri Worshippers
>Certainly isn't inside a woman ever.