What's the problem with trusting people?

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AliceShiki

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So... Someone made a thread about how a manga aggregator is now going legal and taking down their aggregator site. In the process they made a big blog post explaining why they're doing so, their own history and the goals of their new legal site. I thought it was a pretty nice move overall and was happy that a pirate site is now going the legal route.

Yet when I saw the comments in the thread, most people seemed to doubt the intentions of the creators and badmouth them for whatever they did or are doing, and I'm just like... Why? I mean... Someone does something bad and says "I'm sorry I did something bad in the past, I have no excuses, but I'm trying to atone now by doing something good to the very community I did something bad to." Isn't that a great thing? I mean, sure, it could just be a bunch of empty words that they said just to look good, but... Does this really matter?

I can understand doubting people's intentions when they're trying to sell you something that may end up backfiring on you or that affects your personal life, but... Why does anyone has the need to distrust company creator A in their intentions in making a company that is actively good for you? In the worst case scenario you'll just ignore their existence and they'll never bring you any harm. In the best you'll start consuming their product and be satisfied with it... Why do you even care if the seemingly good intentions are real or not? It's all good for as long as they deliver on their promises, isn't it?

It just kinda baffles me how people can have a need to say "These guys are evil! Everything they are saying have evil intentions behind it!", because... Really, who cares? They can have as many evil intentions as they want as far as I care. As long as they deliver on their promises and provide good content that I want to consume and that doesn't harm other people in their industry, I'll gladly support them for as long as my money allows.

It's like looking at a TV Show and thinking "Oh, I bet this celebrity is just all smiles and friendly because they're being filmed, they must be a complete asshole once the camera isn't filming anymore." I mean, sure, you can think that, but does it really matter if the celebrity is funny or annoying when the camera is turned off? You only have contact with them for as long as the camera is filming, so isn't it fine to judge them only by what you can see? It's not like anything they are doing can have any negative impact on you after all.

Dunno if I could call this a rant, those are just some thoughts I had and had to put them somewhere.

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    1. AliceShiki Oct 11, 2019
      @Snowdropdreamer Well, if they wanted to convince the site's owners to make a change, they should do that by e-mail, not by ranting in a forum about novels! xD

      And I just use mangadex for my manga needs... >.>
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    2. Snowdropdreamer Oct 11, 2019
      Ahem, in this case, (I'm pretty sure you are talking about MR, right?) I'm pretty sure the ones that are complaining are complaining because they are upset that MR is going legit. (They want to b!tch cause they think if they whine enough, MR might change their minds -- but I fully respect their reasoning behind going legit and wish them great success) Although, I know I was pretty peeved about it personally, but that's just cause I'm a pirate~ And MR is my favorite manga source before they made this decision. The other ones you can obtain in the app store simply don't compare at all. They are all $#!+. I had thousands of manga on my MR app and I'm suddenly told I need to manually transfer them before the month is up?? Uhh.... Not happening. >~> I did already find a replacement app (which I can tell you if anyone is interested), and I have been on a manga / webtoon binge since, but... I am still disappointed that I will no longer be able to read MR's high quality scans. The sadness is as equal as when bato.to was undergoing policy changes a few years back.
      TL;DR They were just butthurt, don't worry about it.
    3. Vernon_Spradling Oct 1, 2019
      I think that all this depends quite strongly on the life circumstances and experience of the individual, and even now the way of life is for this
    4. Infinity Sword Sep 17, 2019
      I think people just skeptical/judgemental. Like someone asks for donation some would help but some people would think "would our money really reach them?". There would be some that think "why did they do this? is it only for image etc." and that happens to stranger who we don't know, heck maybe someone with a good reputation(this one probably make people think why they do that did they just want to make sensation/look good etc). So I found it's not strange that people judge someone with a bad reputation worse.
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    5. mya04 Sep 16, 2019
      I think most people don't actually care if they did bad as long as it didn't hurt them specially but they feel themself powerfull behind their screens so they take this opportunity to vent their insatisfactions and frustration accumulated from stress, work and life in general in this way
    6. AliceShiki Sep 15, 2019
      @Moonpearl Fair enough I suppose~

      I prefer to believe most people are inherently good though, and that they will do something good over something bad if they have the choice more often than not, so I prefer to simply trust them and support them in the way I can if what they're doing is something I agree with~

      Your point is pretty valid nonetheless, just not something I'd personally do~
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    7. Moonpearl Sep 15, 2019
      It's because nobody wants a POS to succeed in life, and they certainly don't want to be responsible for them succeeding. People want good things to happen to good people and bad things to bad people.

      Even if someone does "good" things, if they don't genuinely regret the bad they've done or they're only doing them for personal gain, they're not a good person - just a lousy opportunist. They may also go back to their old ways as soon as it's convenient for them.

      As customers and fans, we have the ability to pool together and ensure that bad people go bankrupt if we need to - but sometimes that has to be done sooner rather than later, since money can be used to protect people.
      It's better to be cautious and stop a small problem from becoming a big one by giving money to someone who doesn't deserve it.
    8. Clozdark Sep 15, 2019
      Hmmm I think it's the "karma" factor
      It can't be helped people will look back into many incidents in the past and bringing back again and again
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