Christmas 2020: Tripled Growth and the tale of the Temporary Ad

[pandascepter]

@calzrei
is that supposed to be a sarcasm?

 

[NickD15]

I kinda like this ad. It gives me a feeling of “this is our ad”.

 

[moel]

Oh shoot i hit the X button, if only i read this sooner.
I'm supporting the ads as long as its not intrusive and aggresive.

 

[e89f0b291121364caf8c6be62b2333c3]

I don't mind ads since it's not like i can make regular donation

 

[AdnapOmus]

First time I'm gonna willingly tap on an ad

 

[PaperDoorRain]

Thanks for your hard work, I was initially confused and pressed X to close it. Now that I've read it, I'm like shit, I'm going to actually open the page incognito and download it.

Love your transparency. Know that a lot of us want to support you all!

 

[Hootanic]

I really wanted to support the site by downloading the app... but I clicked the ad, went to the play store and saw the permissions and holy shit was I concerned - I get the feeling that if I install this, Xinnie the Pooh will be sending the Xinjiang Happy Smile Fun Education Bus to come pick me up at some point in the future. I know the devs are from HK, but I think I'll not be installing potential CCP spyware today.

 

[Plykiya]

@Hootanic Not sure what permissions you're talking about, considering it never even asked me for a single one
Maybe phone/storage looking at the possible permissions list, but having them both set to deny doesn't seem to affect anything
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/751069092743479307/791021542226133032/Screenshot_20201222-141702_Settings.jpg

 

[Hootanic]

@Plykiya from the Play Store:

Immortal Taoists-Idle Game of Immortal Cultivation

Entrepreneur Game

Showing permissions for all versions of this app

This app has access to:

Phone
read phone status and identity

Photos/Media/Files
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Wi-Fi connection information
view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information
read phone status and identity

Other
close other apps
receive data from Internet
view network connections
change system display settings
change network connectivity
connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
full network access
run at startup
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
read Google service configuration

Maybe I'm used to playing stuff like "Pixel Dungeon" which have nearly none, so it could be perfectly normal, but seems like a lot.

 

[SpicyNuclearChorizo]

Honestly, MangaDex is such a good site that I feel is really undestandable that you guys have a great increase in the influx of daily traffic. In my opinion, as long as the ads you guys display stay relevant and don't redirect me a million times if I click on one you can place how many different ads you need, nothing crazy though, maybe ads at a time visible. Also, many people I know hate the type of ads that are like *wait 5 seconds to close this ad* please I beg of you don't ever display shit like that. Thank you for maintaining this great site, happy holidays, lots of love for everybody reading!

 

[BraveDude8]

@Hootanic Phone/Media/Storage can be denied on install, and everything in Other seems fairly typical for how completely fucked Android's permissions system still is. I had a browse around to check other random F2P games and it doesn't look too dissimilar from most of the big ones. Pixel Dungeons is one hell of an outlier and I'm amazed it even works properly without half a dozen of the "Other" lines.

 

[BzzBzz]

> but seems like a lot

Only "close other apps" looks questionable but everything else is absolutely normal for modern f2p games.

 

[Falilveverywhere]

I'm fine with ads.
Besides I'm only freeloading reading the manga and stuffs.
I can only support by commenting or voting.
Such a shame, I want to be rich and donate to you If I was one.

 

[skazies002]

@PiakuchuKiller how rude. Im gonna tell you on woully

 

[Dr_siegbert_dirk]

I don't see an ad and i'm desperate because i wanted to click it 😭 nvm i can't read

 

[Ncararc]

Permanently(?) temporary ads
(Per week? Per month? Every time there's sniping drama? Who knows!)

1.) Unobtrusive: Won't interfere with reading
2.) Non-malicious: Website/App promoted won't give you digital crabs
3.) Non-partisan: Ideological, political, religious, and other volatile substances not advertised
4.) Impersonal: Come on now, we don't need more nude pics of a certain any MD admin or anyone else floating around
5.) Unforced: No one in will be sent to re-education camps, made to praise the Great Leader, or put in a gulag, just for not clicking said ads

 

[hazzack]

we don't need more nude pics of a certain any MD admin or anyone else floating around

we definitely need more nude pics of a certain any MD admin

 

[firelight]

I'm 100% fine with ads like this that don't send network requests to third parties.
Maybe no politics though. My definition of politics, of course.

 

[Plykiya]

@hazzack how many cookies are you offering

 

[Neko-min]

I just can't make up my mind on that vote...
I don't read Solo Leveling on MD, but on another site, so I'm inclined to banning it from here, but it could impact those who can read it only here or the Scans groups posting it here, so I'm afraid of the consequences.
And I probably read a lot of those "Isekai with a ridiculously long name" here.Although I prefer from far reading SL, I also need the sheer amount of those stories to fill in the wait between chapters of other series.
I don't know if the poll is serious or not, but I don't think banning a part of the community is a sane/safe choice. I understand that it would fix the problem from the start, rather than relying on ads (which the staff seems to hate more than the readers ironically) which is only patching it and avert the gaze from the real problem, which is not viable through time.
I'm sorry, but I'll have to stay neutral on this. I'm not very constructive, am I?
However, I'll accept everything as long as the site keeps running without forcing me to link my bank account to any Internet-related device. I'll gladly accept spending time to see ads before or after reading my chapters, clicking in a button to prove I was here if needed. I can read webtoons on other sites but MD is the only one where I can communicate with the Scans groups and have fun in the commentary section with the other readers.