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Jul 2, 2015 5:31 AM
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When I go on a character profile, I can't see who favourited it any longer. Why is that?

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Jul 2, 2015 5:38 AM
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agreed. i'd like to know as well. i bonded with a few people that way.
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Jul 2, 2015 6:03 AM
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This feature has been disabled pending future site improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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Jul 2, 2015 6:53 AM
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Noooo! ):
Jul 2, 2015 7:35 AM
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I hope this comes back, else how am I going to find people to invite to join fanclubs?
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Jul 2, 2015 1:44 PM
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arsonal said:
This feature has been disabled pending future site improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
If you do bring it back at least improve it so the names aren't all in a single sentence.
Jul 5, 2015 5:41 AM
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What happened to the section on character pages that showed the list of users that have character x on their favorites?
Jul 5, 2015 6:46 AM
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Jul 5, 2015 4:05 PM
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It is quite funny to see all these recent changes. MAL used to be a good website before it was sold to some shitty company. After that it started to fall apart with features getting broken/disabled one after another. And now when some work is finally being done, it is done completely wrong. Pretty much expected as they aren't interested in community itself, but in profits it may(or not) bring. But its fine, sooner or later people will move to other websites. Back then, VNDB used to bee too geeky while MAL was more casual. But now there are really some alternatives being made.
What bothers me the most is the staff that left from before the site was sold. If I was in place of the (ex)admin and saw this shit happening to my beloved creation, insrtead of pretending that everything is alright I would simply resign and explain to the community that whatever is done is not something I can control. Unless Xinil IS in control of all of this... But that would be super sad, so I don't want to consider such a possibility.
Jul 11, 2015 7:32 AM

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Yikes, I agree with others. This was a great way to make friends and discover members here.
Jul 11, 2015 7:33 AM

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Damn, I'm not a fan of this change. It was a great and easy way to meet people here.
Jul 11, 2015 7:34 AM

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Echelon said:
Damn, I'm not a fan of this change. It was a great and easy way to meet people here.


This.

Jul 11, 2015 7:42 AM

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Yeah I actually have some good experiences with this feature.. Seeing it gone makes me feel a bit sentimental. Well anyways I don't see why this is removed, if it is for "improvements" then I can't wait to see where this ends up.
Again I must highlight the plead that this should come back, even if it takes a long time... lol
We need another update to know exactly what's going on in this site. Hopefully nothing gets removed but fucking improved.

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Jul 13, 2015 6:12 PM
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http://i.imgur.com/MXn5gQg.png
So, where the red arrow and question mark is where there would normally be a "Favorites" tab to view and click but it's now missing. I cleaned out my browser cache on Chrome and also tried to view it on Firefox and there's no longer a "Favorites" tab on any anime character page, what gives?
Jul 13, 2015 7:05 PM

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http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1401110
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1402204

arsonal said:
This feature has been disabled pending future site improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Hopefully it will return someday.
Jul 13, 2015 7:22 PM
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Oh I see, that's fine then haha. Thank you.
Jul 24, 2015 2:36 PM
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Sorry if I'm just out of the loop, but when I click on an an anime character's page, at the top where it says "Details," "Pictures," and "Clubs," it used to also show a "Favorites" category where it would show what users favorited that character.

Was this character category removed or is this some kind of glitch?

Thanks.
Jul 24, 2015 2:40 PM
Jul 24, 2015 2:41 PM

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Yeah, every good thing about this place is disappearing. :(

Jul 24, 2015 2:41 PM
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Man that's unfortunate. I used to always use it to see how relevant my favorite or certain characters were haha
Jul 24, 2015 2:45 PM

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Ph33r said:
Man that's unfortunate. I used to always use it to see how relevant my favorite or certain characters were haha


Agreed. It also made it easier to meet people who had similar taste in Anime to me.

Jul 24, 2015 3:08 PM

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What the fuck is MAL doing...
Jul 25, 2015 10:41 PM

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When you click on the 'Favorites' tab of a anime character's character profile you can see who favorited them, and now I noticed that it's gone. Was it removed?
Jul 25, 2015 11:01 PM

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You could see who Favorited before? News to me. If that was the case, it seems like a dumb removal.
Jul 25, 2015 11:43 PM

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Yeah. I hope they (whoever removed it) bring it back.
Jul 26, 2015 12:03 AM

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You could see who Favorited before? News to me. If that was the case, it seems like a dumb removal.

More like you could see the list of users who favorited the same character, another dumb removal. It worked for many users.
Jul 26, 2015 12:18 AM

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lol another thread about this that makes like 5 now? i lost count, here are the other threads http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1409449
Jul 26, 2015 12:24 AM

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lol another thread about this that makes like 5 now? i lost count, here are the other threads http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1409449

Oh, thank you.

They removed it for future site improvements. It's just a small tab they didn't need to remove it, or was it that much of a nuisance?
Jul 26, 2015 12:33 AM

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j0x said:
lol another thread about this that makes like 5 now? i lost count, here are the other threads http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1409449

Oh, thank you.

They removed it for future site improvements. It's just a small tab they didn't need to remove it, or was it that much of a nuisance?


we got no idea, the Admins did not bother giving info on why its remove, i use that feature a lot to know who are the users that have thesame faves as me
Jul 26, 2015 12:48 AM

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j0x said:
shichirin said:

Oh, thank you.

They removed it for future site improvements. It's just a small tab they didn't need to remove it, or was it that much of a nuisance?


we got no idea, the Admins did not bother giving info on why its remove, i use that feature a lot to know who are the users that have thesame faves as me

Oh well, that's just suck. Anyway, thanks for the links. I got the answer I want so I'm outta here.
Jul 26, 2015 9:03 AM

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I miss finding other Shinji Matou and Sugo Nobuyuki fans :(
Jul 26, 2015 9:06 AM

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Among many things, this does need to come back. I liked this feature.

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But my feels.
Jul 26, 2015 9:08 AM

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Please, bring back the favorites tab on character profiles. It made it so much easier to meet people who had similar taste in Anime to me.

Jul 26, 2015 9:18 AM

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Threads Merged

Merged several threads that address this issue.
Jul 26, 2015 9:46 AM

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Jerkhov said:
I miss finding other Shinji Matou and Sugo Nobuyuki fans :(

Haha. I'm gonna do this if this ever come back.
Aug 17, 2015 5:15 PM
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I thought it was just me... Holy crap.. This function needs to be back. I really wanted to know why they removed it in the first place.
Jan 19, 2016 2:27 PM

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So I was wondering where this feature is for months and stumbled upon this thread. It's already 2016. I hope they will bring this feature back even though it's being developed for improvements. They can make changes once the improvement is done. I think all of us can settle for the old feature until the improved one done.
Jan 30, 2016 7:12 PM

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modsoulz said:
So I was wondering where this feature is for months and stumbled upon this thread. It's already 2016. I hope they will bring this feature back even though it's being developed for improvements. They can make changes once the improvement is done. I think all of us can settle for the old feature until the improved one done.


Hm. If this feature ever makes a comeback, maybe put a threshold like eg. 100 members?

Like - should there ever be anyone else favouriting me = "snork" :D - that'd be nice being able to look up who the other weirdo was ...

But for eg. Spike Spiegel - I can easily do without my browser or the MAL server freezing on trying to display the list of 16217 members.
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May 21, 2016 8:09 AM

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This feature has gone for 1 year now. I am a developer myself and I don't think this feature is that hard to make/improve. Anyway I'm sure the developers are busy for something else but how about considering to bring the old feature of favorites tab back? It's just until the new feature(improved) is done. I use this feature a lot and would be disappointed every time I want to use it because it's already gone.

BannoBunka_snork said:
modsoulz said:
So I was wondering where this feature is for months and stumbled upon this thread. It's already 2016. I hope they will bring this feature back even though it's being developed for improvements. They can make changes once the improvement is done. I think all of us can settle for the old feature until the improved one done.


Hm. If this feature ever makes a comeback, maybe put a threshold like eg. 100 members?

Like - should there ever be anyone else favouriting me = "snork" :D - that'd be nice being able to look up who the other weirdo was ...

But for eg. Spike Spiegel - I can easily do without my browser or the MAL server freezing on trying to display the list of 16217 members.

I don't mind what changes or improvements they want to do as long as they didn't get rid of old function to show the members who also favorited.
Well, it would be cool if they add like sorting based on name and date.
Oct 26, 2016 7:25 AM

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5 months since my last post now and I'm missing this feature already.
Can we get some news about this feature please?
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Oct 26, 2016 5:00 PM

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Improvements to the Character (and People) pages are still in the works. We are in the process of finalizing specifications for these pages before handing them off to DeNA for development. The database staff only provide recommendations from a design standpoint and is not involved in the back end development. Ultimately, it is up to DeNA to determine the development schedule and focus. If a desired feature does not match that focus, it may not be deployed.

What does this mean? The database staff is well aware of users' wants, and we relay them to DeNA, but we can't make guarantees if or when they will be (re)deployed.
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May 11, 2018 5:09 PM
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Just wondering if there were any new updates. I'd love to see who favorites City Hunter or Saeba Ryo.
Feb 3, 2021 10:49 PM

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arsonal said:
This feature has been disabled pending future site improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

I was wondering if the feature to see who favorited a charter is coming back?


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arsonal said:
This feature has been disabled pending future site improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

I was wondering if the feature to see who favorited a charter is coming back?
I don't think it's coming back. You can try what's said in here: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1894110 it's not as effective but you could find some users.
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There are currently no plans to bring back the feature the way it was before. At one point we can hopefully finally redesign the character pages. Maybe there's a possibility to bring back the feature in another way then, but there are no definite plans yet.

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