
I’ve heard of this new service named Melative through IRC and did a quick search..the site I found didn’t quite catch my interest, mainly because it didn’t clearly state what it was really for…or I failed to understand exactly what it’s for… To be honest, I left the page a few minutes later. But then I heard about Melative once again through Twitter and asked a bit more from someone who knows how to use it…who directed me to his own post.
But what exactly is Melative for, how is it different from MAL and why should I use it?
That question ran through my mind as I browsed Melative…after experimenting/trying out with Melative I came up with a simple answer that worked for me. Dunno about you…
Melative: Twitter-like one liners on media.
My Anime List: Archives your anime.
Reading Seinime’s post I was given the impression that Melative does what MAL does with the extra added Twitter-like capabilities…and I would agree. But Melative doesn’t do what MAL does…or what I PRIMARILY use MAL for. And that is archive the anime I’ve seen. Yes, Melative does keep a record of what you are watching, dropped, read, listened, etc. etc. but it doesn’t really tell you what episode you’re on, what episode you dropped the anime on, what chapter you’re reading [of a manga]. Example, I click on my experience menu, click on the anime section, and there, I see the anime I’ve added, but not what episode I’ve watched…IT IS NOT AN ARCHIVE.
Thankfully, I came up with that answer BEFORE I started to manually add everything from MAL…which I was too lazy to even do! ^_^’ I had the thought of adding all the anime I’ve seen/dropped/etc…but I guess I don’t really have to.
Though in the future I might have to since they are still developing it and such feature might come soon… >_>
Thinking about it…does it really matter knowing which episode an anime was dropped on or which chapter a manga was dropped on etc etc?
Anyways, let’s go back to Seinime’s post. I want to point out something from that very persuasive post…not really, I’m simply easily persuaded. Once I read his post, I went back to Melative and signed up to explore it and test it out because the post had pretty picture which easily attracted simple minded me.
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