Random-Webtoon-Fan

Correct me if i am wrong.

All it takes to register is giving an email address and click on the confirmation link. Am i right?

if so, how is it going to stop those who profit from your work? It sounds like DRM on videogames: the only hindered would be the ones peacefully consuming the product, while those pirating will be even more engaged to crack the protection, riled by the two drives, their traffic which generate profit, and the pleasure of overcoming an obstacle (low as it may be)

Either you think of going along with another security measure like a captcha at the minimum, or leave it open and bear with it. 

My 0.2€

Start promoting registrations. Like, put a banner on nice place, that has info about the pros of having registration. Then leave it for a month or two. And then implement needed registration.
Also, a simple header message about this change is needed 100%. Put it on top of the newly released chapters, and on the mainpage above all chapters. Just write into it about this change and that a registration will be needed + adding a link for registration. For all who are registered - they won't be seeing this. So only non-registered users will be inconvenied by this and they will try to register.

Are you certain it will stop them?

Personally, I'm not a fan of going members-only. I only became a member at all here after a long period of lurking, and I feel that my involvement in the community would have been wiped away if Batoto was a private site in the first place. I don't really want to force that on others, and I think that batoto's sort of flavor so to speak would change, not necessarily for the better.

I'm sure you've put a lot of thought into this, and if you're making the announcement it's probably necessary. I just think that, whatever happens, we should be committed to being as inclusive as possible.

not this name crap again... NGE, why should they care about the names you are accoustomed to?

I'll say again, a name that is strange for you may not be strange for me, or viceversa. The first part of the name Androssi in italian means man/male XD I assure you that sound quite strange in my language, at least Andorthy would be an actual name
 

FullMetal Alchemist

Plague Inc...really tough and challenging.  

I suggested something similar a while ago in this topic: http://vatoto.com/forums/topic/8208-webtoons-helping-the-authors/

It's not exactly the same but mhh gave a reply to their reasons, maybe it will inform you more about it.

That topic is old and was based on the raw pop-up on EGS website. Things might have changed by now and I still support the idea ( if it is useful to the artists )

While I agree, with the idea of helping webtoon authors, the hard part is deciding how to implement such a thing.

My proposal would be an optional field when uploading a chapter with a link to the original chapter, then a button above "read this webtoon page by page" that opens the link in a new window/tab.

Of course, an easier way would to be to put a link to the original comic on the Comic Page for series marked as "webtoon".

If I recall correctly, Grumpy, the administrator and owner of Batoto, has said that he doesn't like the idea of popups, because they are forceful and intrusive.

However, I am completely on your side. I believe that scanlation groups and comic hosting sites need to show some respect and appreciation for the works they scanlate/host. Considering that it's free to go to the webpage of the comic, I'd say redirecting there is the least that needs to be done. Especially now that we know for sure it helps the authors. I also agree about the current link, and I agree that it probably does next to nothing.

In the end, I think it comes down to priorities. I think that giving back to the authors needs to come before anything else (saving bandwidth of the users, catering to mobile users, etc).

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