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[zerole]

Thank you very much for your hard work, truly. Please have a good rest, you've earned it.

[Nolan Lopez]

Thank you so much for all the hard work. You have been AWESOME. Good luck and Godspeed in your future endeavors.

[Harutora]

I've been here since 2012 and an account since 2014 but it was always a really good site

This will probably be my first and last forum post.

[Koriru]

I came here after Mangatraders was lost. And I just wanted to say thank your for the time you've served us unconditionally and whole heartedly. Thank you for everything.

Addressing the community:
Is there anyone taking up the mantle?

[Shohei]

Thank you for all these years. I don't even know how much time I've spent here but it was really fun. I wish you the best.

[Gravewolf]

All good things come to an end. Good bye batoto it was fun while it lasted

[Papillon]

Thank you for these past long years. Bato.to was the best scanlation website for a long time and will difficultly be replaced, if ever. Also thank you for not limiting hosting to English scanlations and opening to other languages.

Best wishes for the future,

Edited by Papillon, 14 January 2018 - 04:01 PM.

[HWR]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHAT THE FUCK I'VE BEEN USING THIS WEBSITE SINCE FOREVER
WHERE WILL I EVEN READ MY MANGA NOW?!
MY LIFE IS FUCKING OVER

RIP Bato.to, you'll be missed. I love you.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go cry a bit.

[charvos]

Thank you.

[lelouchification]

Can't believe this site really is going down.

Been a mainstay site for a long time now.
Thanks for keeping it up all these years nonetheless man

[Silverhand]

Byee.... Thx for everything.....

[Maedhlyn]

Thanks for your hard work.
 

[comcena]

I will miss this site. Thank you for your time and effort.

[mmr12]

batoto is my escape from my stressful life and i truly greatful for your hard work.
Thank you for everything and take care of your life, go get a long vacation.

[arimareiji]

I feel really bad for Grumpy, because speaking from experience burning something as heavily used as Bato.to down never ends well.

Ditto. Well... at least I did until the response to people pleading for a chance to buy the site and keep running it was an announcement that the domain only was going to be auctioned. It's not far very afield from "Yeah no, I'd rather sell the leftover clicks to the spammers. Have fun with that idea."

 

No one wants to make Grumpy continue bearing an impossible self-imposed burden. But it's more complicated when after starting a town on one's own land, while others move in and build the actual homes, a person would rather burn it to the ground than sell the land.

Edited by arimareiji, 14 January 2018 - 06:36 PM.

[Astraea]

well i guess this is a fitting time to post my first and last post

 

been reading at this site for 2-3 years but only made an account last year so i can read some of the past updates on certain manga

 

it was a good, fun, and awesome 2-3 years of reading, thanks Bato.to, to all the staff and members of the site, i say thank you and have a good fortune on your future endeavors

 

hope something new will replace the site or others will continue the flag after bato.to shuts down.. god bless

[Silvertail]

Thank you so much for creating Batoto!!
Good luck in your future endeavors!
 

[msagara]

But here's the thing: the possible legal issues of the new site will be hopelessly tangled in the old site if the site remains a manga site, and while it's more than possible to provide proof of change of ownership, it's something that he would have to deal with after walking away. It's better for grumpy to let it all go. The manga is being backed up by staff--but the membership list is also going away. And actually, I appreciate that. I don't make accounts on every random site on the Internet; I made one here so I could sometimes comment on Tower of God discussions. But... I want to decide where I have an account, and information - like email - is part of the reason for that. 

 

If the rest of the admins, after talking with grumpy, want to strike out on their own and keep the spirit of Batoto going, that would be beyond fantastic. But I can absolutely understand why he wants that new grouping to sign their own contracts for site name and server(s) and be in their own legal DMCA category. 

 

And actually, since he's letting the site go, he might as well get some money out of it. The people who are likely to pick it up will be trying to monetize the incoming (and possibly ignorant of the change) visitors. And... if they're getting a month worth of monetization (I assume they'd just buy the name and put up stupid or malicious ads), he might as well get something out of it, since "bato.to" was built over seven years of unpaid labor.

 

The domain name is going back into the available stream, regardless.

 

Ditto. Well... at least I did until the response to people pleading for a chance to buy the site and keep running it was an announcement that the domain only was going to be auctioned. It's not far very afield from "Yeah no, I'd rather sell the leftover clicks to the spammers. Have fun with that idea."

 

No one wants to make Grumpy continue bearing an impossible self-imposed burden. But it's more complicated when after starting a town on one's own land, while others move in and build the actual homes, a person would rather burn it to the ground than sell the land.

[arimareiji]

But here's the thing: the possible legal issues of the new site will be hopelessly tangled in the old site if the site remains a manga site, and while it's more than possible to provide proof of change of ownership, it's something that he would have to deal with after walking away. It's better for grumpy to let it all go. The manga is being backed up by staff--but the membership list is also going away. And actually, I appreciate that. I don't make accounts on every random site on the Internet; I made one here so I could sometimes comment on Tower of God discussions. But... I want to decide where I have an account, and information - like email - is part of the reason for that. 

 

If the rest of the admins, after talking with grumpy, want to strike out on their own and keep the spirit of Batoto going, that would be beyond fantastic. But I can absolutely understand why he wants that new grouping to sign their own contracts for site name and server(s) and be in their own legal DMCA category. 

 

And actually, since he's letting the site go, he might as well get some money out of it. The people who are likely to pick it up will be trying to monetize the incoming (and possibly ignorant of the change) visitors. And... if they're getting a month worth of monetization (I assume they'd just buy the name and put up stupid or malicious ads), he might as well get something out of it, since "bato.to" was built over seven years of unpaid labor.

 

The domain name is going back into the available stream, regardless.

The timing of announcing, "Sure, I'll sell the domain" after people raise the point that others are willing to buy the site and keep it running is what I question.

 

I'm curious, since I don't know enough about coding to be sure: Is it necessary to burn the accumulated work of the scanlators in order to purge people's accounts? Grumpy raised the same issue, but I don't understand how the two would be connected.

[Metallix]

Ditto. Well... at least I did until the response to people pleading for a chance to buy the site and keep running it was an announcement that the domain only was going to be auctioned. It's not far very afield from "Yeah no, I'd rather sell the leftover clicks to the spammers. Have fun with that idea."

 

No one wants to make Grumpy continue bearing an impossible self-imposed burden. But it's more complicated when after starting a town on one's own land, while others move in and build the actual homes, a person would rather burn it to the ground than sell the land.

Pretty much, and the fact is people get angry if you burn down their homes and business's.

 

Best case scenario, he gets a few angry letters/emails, worst case he's looking at something that will need him to get the police involved.