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The scale of this takedown is pretty staggering:

  1. What happened?

MangaDex received a takedown request that affected approximately 7,000 titles.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Alright, reading between the lines, it looks like Mangadex is pretty much dead as a platform for scanlations. They seem to be now owned by NamiComi, a platform that allows creators to self-publish comics. Then, in this FAQ, the Mangadex staff write:

We will continue working on the features that make MangaDex great, to make it an even better platform for content creators.

Combine this with the recent updates to their uploading policies which require an uploader to be the legal rights holder, and it looks like the end of Mangadex scanlation uploads except in very particular circumstances (some twitter series have explicit author permission for example).

As for this community, in the short term there are no changes other than that I slightly relaxed the rules in the sidebar. Previously I had a rule about preferring mangadex or scanlators' home sites if possible. However, in light of these events, I suspect there are going to be a wider array of sources for reading.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

So basically they became tapas.io.