Anime @ani.social kolorafa @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Media Do Distributor Sells MyAnimeList Site to Web3/AI Company Gaudiy

www.animenewsnetwork.com Media Do Distributor Sells MyAnimeList Site to Web3/AI Company Gaudiy

Tokyo-based Gaudiy develops Fanlink community platform using blockchain technology

The date it posted on this site doesn't convince me it is a joke, and even if it is, it's not funny.

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I just exported my MAL list, and I suggest others do that too, as a backup. (View your list, there is an export button at the left side)

I don't exactly know what this news means and I dont intend to stop using MAL immediately, but if this is a signal for the beginning of the end for MAL then I wouldn't be surprised if they remove the export ability at some point, to try and stop people from leaving.
I was already using Anilist, but now it's time to remove my MAL account I guess
Welp. See ya folks. Kitsune/AniList are good options with Kitsune being open source.
- Kitsu being open source
  
  Hmm, they have an api, and after a couple minutes of playing around with it I was able to figure out how to map an AniList id to a kitsu url. So, I might add kitsu links to rikka's posts in a future version.
  
  That would be awesome, thanks.
That makes having a MAL account just feel icky now.

"Blockchain, AI"

This just screams of a company that's out to exploit for maximum profit at the expense of their (L)users.
The date it posted on this site doesn’t convince me it is a joke, and even if it is, it’s not funny.

Found this posted on March 28 elsewhere:

https://jakotaindex.com/news-hub/media-do-sells-myanimelist-to-blockchain-firm-gaudiy-books-¥531-million-gain/
- Also found the official press release (in Japanese) here. https://mediado.jp/corporate/8360/
  
  @Phelpssan @anime welp...
I mean I was using Anilist but this still sucks.
I wish mangaupdates/bakaupdates did anime too. It’s the best aggregator. No bullshit, no ads (probably, if there are any they disappear with Adblock), straightforward design straight out of like 2005. Given their relationship with scanlation groups they could also have a pretty awesome database of fansub releases potentially.

Would be so much better than those random spreadsheet websites where some discord channel decides the best release with no criteria they are willing to share publicly and erases the existence of all others like seadex and sneedex.

But even if they didn’t I still would prefer to just use that for everything. It’s just a comfier website. I hate MAL, anidex, etc
- It just icks me that MAL is above Mangaupdates on google search
  
  That’s part of the appeal to me, baka doesn’t bother with the SEO game
I've been using MAL since I started watching anime, and I've never explored or looked for alternatives. Besides MAL and Anilist, what can I check out? I basically need just the tracking, I've never used the social part
- I suggest Kitsu. It has a nice API and it's great to use with open source apps like Nekome or Kitsune.
- @WaifuWatcher @kolorafa
  
  I'm interesting finding potential alternatives too... as there's a few features of MAL I'm not too keen on. Not only that, but I'd like to track my #anime, #manga and #LightNovels separately!
  
  I'm looking at AniList right now, doesn't look like there's a LNs section so you may skip this one...
The moment they start putting some AI shit on that site I'm migrating to something else.
It's a shame because I really got used to their rating system and UI. It might be outdated but it's clean.
- Same. I have a soft spot for MAL just because it's one of the first and they have pretty lively forum still.
  
  And I like their rating system as well as tracking.
  
  I can even, and did, myspace the heck out of my lists page. A quirky and welcome holdout from the semi old internet
Oh my, anybody have an alternative? Currently using MAL with MALSync but if its going to a web3 company I want out asap (without losing my data, so I want to put the data elsewhere first before deleting my account)
- https://anilist.co/
  
  You can export your list from MAL and import it there.
  
  I personally literally just now did that - so I can't actually give a review yet of how decent anilist is or isn't, but I have friends who use it.
  
  I won't stop using MAL right away but I wanted to get my bases covered.
I'm glad I've moved over to Kitsu years ago.
Nice while it lasted
Kinda offtopic, but what's the point in having a list of all the anime you've watched?
- Recommendations and a community are obvious answers. Very useful if your place doesn't have enough people to form an anime club.
  
  Oh, interesting I didn't think about that. Thank you!
I have my "what media do I want to consume later?" lists spread across multiple spots. This should be a nice kick in the butt to cut MAL out and move it to a different preexisting spot.
Never used MAL. Anilist is my only tracker.

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