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Matoi Ryuko
Jan 6, 2004


Mandoric posted:

I'm glad that you've found a way to justify making GBS threads on the person translating your not-quite-porn-for-people-who-aren't-quite-18. This definitely fills me with a burning desire to finish chapters so batotomod can cash in six ads applied over the .zip.

It does, however, let me square "credits pages are dumb" (under this system never mind 'not dumb' they need stealth animated banners) with people I respect doing them.



e: C'mon. You know "all the ddl links are ours" monetization was abnormal up to the last couple years. There's a whole lot of piracy that I'll justify as graffiti, not just including the originators but including autoreplication - the batoto system is all "it's all ours for being middlemen", and that's all terribad.

I need you to stop being super hostile and condescending, because it's a big overreaction on your part, if you're going to continue posting in this thread, thanks for your time.

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Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Jose posted:

why does anyone use irc when discord is a thing

I like not having a single identity across every chat channel I'm in

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012
For anyone who is trying to generate a list of their follows on Batoto. I just found out there are 4 ways to download a list on the website proper.

Under the "My Follows" page, look on the right side of the page and you will have the option to download either an HTML, JSON, Plain Text, or CVS file.

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012
So have any new alternatives sprang up yet or are they waiting for Batoto to close first?

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild
It's, uh, gonna be a while, and whatever "alternative" that pops up isn't gonna be half as good.

x1o
Aug 5, 2005

My focus is UNPARALLELED!
From what I remember when OneManga died it took a while for it's replacement to arrive.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
OneManga... the OM and the OG....

Linnear
Nov 3, 2010
So, as far as I can tell, MangaRock, Mangstream, and MangaKakalot are the cream of the ads/malware-infested crop, as far as current alternatives go. And Mangaupdate for keeping things in some sort of order, perhaps.

It's going to be missed.

Paracelsus
Apr 6, 2009

bless this post ~kya
Is it time for the string quartet to start playing "Nearer My God To Thee" yet?

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Linnear posted:

So, as far as I can tell, MangaRock, Mangstream, and MangaKakalot are the cream of the ads/malware-infested crop, as far as current alternatives go. And Mangaupdate for keeping things in some sort of order, perhaps.

It's going to be missed.
I use MangaKakalot and, even if it's kind of ugly with its design, seems like the least lovely of the bunch. Hopefully all groups that used Bato Loco move to use one of those three.

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


Linnear posted:

So, as far as I can tell, MangaRock, Mangstream, and MangaKakalot are the cream of the ads/malware-infested crop, as far as current alternatives go. And Mangaupdate for keeping things in some sort of order, perhaps.

It's going to be missed.

Mangastream is not an aggregator, they're a group

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Julias posted:

It's, uh, gonna be a while, and whatever "alternative" that pops up isn't gonna be half as good.

If this is anything like when One Manga went under, a new site will pop up that is an improvement in some ways.

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer

Brought To You By posted:

If this is anything like when One Manga went under, a new site will pop up that is an improvement in some ways.

Yeah in about... two years.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
*blows dust off CDisplay* 

Mraagvpeine
Nov 4, 2014

I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.
I just hope that old/obscure scans survive the transition.

Paracelsus
Apr 6, 2009

bless this post ~kya

Mraagvpeine posted:

I just hope that old/obscure scans survive the transition.

If they were on batoto they've almost certainly been scraped by multiple sites.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Everything Burrito posted:

*blows dust off CDisplay* 

i've used this recently to read kengan ashura

one manga was the first manga reader site and its no surprise it wsas a while before something popped up after it died. they're pretty common these days

Mirage
Oct 27, 2000

All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds
I've mostly been looking at the mangas I follow on Batoto, finding the groups that translate them, and creating a list of browser bookmarks, all while muttering "Well better'n nothing grumble grumble." That plus occasionally checking Kissmanga and MangaKakalot will hopefully keep me caught up.

There are a few disappointments. The group that's been translating Komi-san, for instance, hasn't said anything about a new home. :ohdear: As far as I can tell, they have zero social media presence. Fitting, in a way.

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


They'll be posting imgur albums on r/manga.

Cirina
Feb 15, 2013

Operation complete.
I found this site called mangadex in the comments on Batoto that seems like it may be trying to become an alternative. From what I can see it's super barebones at the moment so who knows how that'll develop though.

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

HenryEx posted:

Yeah in about... two years.

Well we've done it once, and we're better off now than ever. So I think the only real hit will be how many new series I discover and that can be solved by trolling through the manga recommendation threads on various sites. I actually anticipate our own thread to have a smaller increase in activity for that very reason.

Linnear
Nov 3, 2010

Eopia posted:

I found this site called mangadex in the comments on Batoto that seems like it may be trying to become an alternative. From what I can see it's super barebones at the moment so who knows how that'll develop though.

Yeah, I wanted to mention this as well. Mangadex is looking promising. ...perhaps by nothing more than the virtue of being the sole Batoto successor. I only hope the dude running it, holo...something, doesn't get burnt out.

Paracelsus
Apr 6, 2009

bless this post ~kya
Mangadex is currently taking a full second to load each page for me. Hopefully they can improve on that.

Polsy
Mar 23, 2007

Holo is the Doki fansubs guy (who also did one of the possible nyaa successors (though actually that was already set up, they just made it more public)), they at least already have a bunch of staff.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Batoto’s great achievement was actually being the one site that didn’t put “manga” in its name

AtheistMantis
Oct 5, 2014

El Burbo posted:

Batoto’s great achievement was actually being the one site that didn’t put “manga” in its name

Yeah, now that you mention it, what the heck is a batoto?

Beato Believer
May 23, 2009

I believe in Beato.
Even when she's driving.
At night.
In a snowstorm.

AtheistMantis posted:

Yeah, now that you mention it, what the heck is a batoto?

No, it's Bato.to, directions to Bato. Bato, Tochigi was a city that merged with another city, so it doesn't exist anymore.

Strangely appropriate, now.

AkumaHokoru
Jul 20, 2007

Tunicate posted:

I like not having a single identity across every chat channel I'm in

You can change your name per group

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

AkumaHokoru posted:

You can change your name per group

It's all still linked to one account though...

Jackard
Oct 28, 2007

We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It
I guess you could be signed into separate accounts between the Discord app and the web browser?

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Batoto more like Badtoto. Glad its dead. Kissmanga ftw.

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry
Here are my thoughts on batoto closing;
Well, I could say this is goodbye to you, batoto, and me. Please take some rest, and take care. Actually before seeing the announcement, I've already made up my mind to stay away from both whole smartphone and internet things for some long time and when I see the announcement, I think I will do it at the same time this site completely goes down. Like, yeah... when I realized my life have been trapped in this artificial world, I shut myself from social life, did not do any improvement and just staaaaaaring into my smartphone and notebook screen. It sure is convenient, it made my life easier. Internet and this stupid machine (my smartphone) have mooostly anything I want. Through it, I can freely read manga without even bought it, I can easily order food by it, I can purchase anything without going an inch from my room, etc. Lol, somehow it's like I'm decieving myself that I'm having fun and I'm okay but actually not. My life have become dull, I'm just bored of anything already but didn't have enough courage to leave this easy and convenient but fake life. Yeah, I know that the first step always hard and frightening, I worried so much about the troubles might have come when I'm leaving my comfort zone but I don't want this become routine, I don't want to waste any time more than this, so, I have to put it to the end. I need to live my life fullestly, enjoy, and be grateful of it. So, I just wanna say this to you: Let's take some little detour and set a new journey. I hope from stopping at doing something, we can see something new and widen our world. Goodbye

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty

drilldo squirt posted:

Here are my thoughts on batoto closing;
Well, I could say this is goodbye to you, batoto, and me. Please take some rest, and take care. Actually before seeing the announcement, I've already made up my mind to stay away from both whole smartphone and internet things for some long time and when I see the announcement, I think I will do it at the same time this site completely goes down. Like, yeah... when I realized my life have been trapped in this artificial world, I shut myself from social life, did not do any improvement and just staaaaaaring into my smartphone and notebook screen. It sure is convenient, it made my life easier. Internet and this stupid machine (my smartphone) have mooostly anything I want. Through it, I can freely read manga without even bought it, I can easily order food by it, I can purchase anything without going an inch from my room, etc. Lol, somehow it's like I'm decieving myself that I'm having fun and I'm okay but actually not. My life have become dull, I'm just bored of anything already but didn't have enough courage to leave this easy and convenient but fake life. Yeah, I know that the first step always hard and frightening, I worried so much about the troubles might have come when I'm leaving my comfort zone but I don't want this become routine, I don't want to waste any time more than this, so, I have to put it to the end. I need to live my life fullestly, enjoy, and be grateful of it. So, I just wanna say this to you: Let's take some little detour and set a new journey. I hope from stopping at doing something, we can see something new and widen our world. Goodbye

Rip.

tiistai
Nov 1, 2012

Solo Melodica
See ya later

Mangadex seems like the best (or basically the only) option for smalltime uploaders for now at least so I guess I'll start using it. Not really sure I even want a contender, it'd be simpler to just stick with one place.

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Farewell batoto.

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
さらば! :cry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H7Ub_skcTQ&t=186s

Paracelsus
Apr 6, 2009

bless this post ~kya
It's odd that chapter entries are still being updated on the front page, even though the image servers are off.

sockpuppetclock
Sep 12, 2010

Paracelsus posted:

It's odd that chapter entries are still being updated on the front page, even though the image servers are off.
At least one of the image servers is still up (CDN2) but that'll probably die soon

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Argona
Feb 16, 2009

I don't want to go on living the boring life of a celestial forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6kSqPpSz1g

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