odogkiller42 wrote...
I bring this up as a concern because there clearly exists a lack of community involvement from a number of frequent visitors, subscribers or not, and there are things that could be done to prevent that. Giving important posts like this and the content removal post bigger banners is one possible solution. The point being that while FAKKU has been transparent about this decision for a long time, it surprised too many people and that should not have happened.
I agree.
odogkiller42 wrote...
2. While I will continue to support FAKKU, I do believe
this decision was improperly timed to prevent substantial backlash from the community. Related to the previous issue, even users that were aware well in advance have legitimate concerns over the amount of content that is no longer available on their favorite, or one of their favorite platforms.
FAKKU had to remove all unlicensed content by the end of last year. It is something they promised their Japanese partners and breaking that promise would have strained their relationships.
odogkiller42 wrote...
What percent of all content was removed compared to what is currently available? What are the traffic statistics , revenue, and projections for FAKKU? I ask this since I would sincerely like to know how things are looking and whether my subscription actually means anything at all of this site truly is dying, which seems to be a legitimate concern.
Jacob posted earlier that they accounted for the mass migration in their price for the subs, along with the extra 3.00 fee from the CC biller. It's 12.95 to give FAKKU enough to explore other projects/deals while the amount of subs is still low.
odogkiller42 wrote...
Could FAKKU have worked out a deal to licence more publications prior to the cleanse? If the existence of the unlicensed content was an issue, could it have been negotiated that content they are removing be ready to upload after the unlicensed versions were removed?
I might not have explained this well, but basically what I am saying is could FAKKU have secured licenses to content so that when the cleanse occurred, they could immediately, or even later on, return a sizable amount of content back to the site legitimately? If not, why? Was it to secure a gesture of good faith to potentially secure more content? Was this what they actually planned and we just haven't gotten the increase yet? Will FAKKU have a comparable content amount? If so, when can this be expected to occur? If not, why should I or others stick around?
It was stated earlier that they were flat out told 'not until parodies are gone'. So removing all doujins was essential for them to go into negotiations for more magazines.
It will take time for them to return to the amount of content they once had. Once they get going, getting more license deals and hiring more staff will drastically increase the amount of content we get.
odogkiller42 wrote...
3.
Not much is known about the future plans of FAKKU. The biggest reasons for the loss of approval from the community is the loss of a lot of content and the loss of information for their favorited titles. While it has been stated that FAKKU is working on "big things" it is not at all clear what those are or if it will address these 2 issues. Perhaps it would silence many naysayers if more about these plans are revealed so that people know now whether FAKKU is worth the subscription. The biggest selling points of FAKKU were the abundance of content, amazing platform, and awesome community. They lost one of them (content), and the other 2 depended on that large content pool to be worthwhile.
They would if they could I'm guessing. A lot of what goes on behind the scenes is clouted in a NDA.
odogkiller42 wrote...
Also, if "big plans" are in the works, why weren't they released prior to the cleansing of content? If they are truly worth the subscription from us as consumers, how come these weren't released prior to the removal so that it would negate or mitigate concerns from the community? I am not sure what sort of timetable FAKKU was under when implementing this decision or why it needed to occur when it did, but it seemed rushed and without much support for the site after the change was made. This is very concerning to me since even if it is not true, it gives the appearance of desperation, instability, and dire circumstances. This is because I don't believe FAKKU would make this decision without other features or content to keep their consumer base if they could have. Since I believe this, then I must also believe it was outside their control or poorly managed, neither of which is good. I would hate to see the site die because I truly love this site and what it plans to achieve in the future, but the present state of affairs leaves too much to chance and not enough on solid support and planning.
Simple. It's not done yet.
Maybe removing all unlicensed content was one of the major hurdles towards those "big things".