They initially did include my chapters as well but took them down after I raised a stink about it on Twitter and via Discord DMs.
Them using my scans without asking me felt like a dick move since I've spoken with members of their group before and they could have very easily reached out to me. After I reached out to them they said in response to my DMs that they decided they will eventually do their own versions of the extra chapters for their site similar to what they are doing with the SilverHelios/Nekohara thing.
I don't know whether they tried reaching out to Jet Yau or SilverHelios either or not, but given that they didn't reach out to me I doubt it.
They technically aren't ad-supported yet and they claim they have no plans to do so, but the fact that they have a placeholder for it that asks you to disable adblock when it doesn't load properly makes me doubt their sincerity. Especially when coupled with their recent actions.
Overall, I still think these guys have done a lot of good work on this series which I've praised before, but I've lost a lot of respect for them over this. Though I did think perhaps it shouldn't have been as surprising to me in retrospect given they got their start on this series thought sniping as you said.
Also yeah, these social media sites can be weird, but it's mostly to prevent ban-evasion I think. Also, reddit mods, unfortunately, have a habit of viewing this sort of "drama" as "off-topic". 仕方ない。(It is what it is.)
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Yeah, I'm aware of the whole "chronic illness" thing or whatever.
I get what you mean.
They initially did include my chapters as well but took them down after I raised a stink about it on Twitter and via Discord DMs.
Them using my scans without asking me felt like a dick move since I've spoken with members of their group before and they could have very easily reached out to me. After I reached out to them they said in response to my DMs that they decided they will eventually do their own versions of the extra chapters for their site similar to what they are doing with the SilverHelios/Nekohara thing.
I don't know whether they tried reaching out to Jet Yau or SilverHelios either or not, but given that they didn't reach out to me I doubt it.
They technically aren't ad-supported yet and they claim they have no plans to do so, but the fact that they have a placeholder for it that asks you to disable adblock when it doesn't load properly makes me doubt their sincerity. Especially when coupled with their recent actions.
Overall, I still think these guys have done a lot of good work on this series which I've praised before, but I've lost a lot of respect for them over this. Though I did think perhaps it shouldn't have been as surprising to me in retrospect given they got their start on this series thought sniping as you said.
Also yeah, these social media sites can be weird, but it's mostly to prevent ban-evasion I think. Also, reddit mods, unfortunately, have a habit of viewing this sort of "drama" as "off-topic". 仕方ない。(It is what it is.)