So. Tokyopop released a new version of their site with social networking capabilities (blog, photos, etc). Disapproval of this is loud and echoed nearly verbatim by everyone who does disapprove of it
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Oh - I hadn't really even looked into how easy it was to navigate for series information. I never relied on the TP site for that in the first place. I relied on word of mouth or Amazon for information. ;) (I should take my PRm hat off for that. *does so* Shame on me.)
I still think my theory is sound, though. ;D Maybe still very shaky (wouldn't want to imply otherwise), but fairly sound.
Looking at most of the Art uploads and many of the Blogs, they seem to be manga/anime related for the most part. Well, the blogs less so than the art. Most of the blogs are, "OMG wtf" and "First post." But a significant number of the other blogs seem to be reviews of some sort.
I admit fully, though, that I'm not really paying attention. (I'm procrastinating on some art work I'm supposed to be doing. Not artwork, but art of the work variety. So I feel too guilty to really do more than glance at things at the moment, but I couldn't resist writing something about it in LJ.)
And I've really no opinion on whether they keep the social-networking version of TP up or not. XD If it went down five minutes from now and went back to their previous incarnation, I'd be just as happy. XD
(PS: You were in a dream I had last night. You were playing a boardgame with ravichan and myself. Sorry for the random. XD Hahaa.)
Lol... that's ... interesting. (I totally fail boardgames. I'm always the first to die in Monopoly)
I dunno... I think the website isn't professional. It says nothing about what they do as a company, and that's just ridiculous IMO. It's bad for their professional image -- especially to outside buyers and other japanese companies that may look into letting Tokyopop publish their works. I mean -- if I'm a buyer, and all I see is fanart and blogs on their main page, and nothing about their catalogue or what they do, I'm not going to be inclined to do business with them. I mean -- it sounds like a stretch, but it's totally logical thinking IMO.
But yeah -- I wont be going to the TP main site any more. I used to go there to look for release dates and shtuff... Not anymore :/
I don't disagree with your assessment of those things. :D (I wish I had enough sense to rub together at the moment to respond with more intelligence, but, alas, I do not. XD )
I still think my theory is sound, though. ;D Maybe still very shaky (wouldn't want to imply otherwise), but fairly sound.
Looking at most of the Art uploads and many of the Blogs, they seem to be manga/anime related for the most part. Well, the blogs less so than the art. Most of the blogs are, "OMG wtf" and "First post." But a significant number of the other blogs seem to be reviews of some sort.
I admit fully, though, that I'm not really paying attention. (I'm procrastinating on some art work I'm supposed to be doing. Not artwork, but art of the work variety. So I feel too guilty to really do more than glance at things at the moment, but I couldn't resist writing something about it in LJ.)
And I've really no opinion on whether they keep the social-networking version of TP up or not. XD If it went down five minutes from now and went back to their previous incarnation, I'd be just as happy. XD
(PS: You were in a dream I had last night. You were playing a boardgame with ravichan and myself. Sorry for the random. XD Hahaa.)
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I dunno... I think the website isn't professional. It says nothing about what they do as a company, and that's just ridiculous IMO. It's bad for their professional image -- especially to outside buyers and other japanese companies that may look into letting Tokyopop publish their works. I mean -- if I'm a buyer, and all I see is fanart and blogs on their main page, and nothing about their catalogue or what they do, I'm not going to be inclined to do business with them. I mean -- it sounds like a stretch, but it's totally logical thinking IMO.
But yeah -- I wont be going to the TP main site any more. I used to go there to look for release dates and shtuff... Not anymore :/
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