Let me start off by saying that I have been using the MMT website since the group Lunafly introduced fans to it in 2013, which is when the site went public. I have seen all the crap that they have done over the years. Like when they 100% completely overhauled their site and Make system in 2016 and all campaigns lost 100% of all Makes. For those who don’t know, MMT started out as a crowdfunding platform that emphasized that they were not concert promoters, just a way for fans to let agencies know where they want concerts. Supporting a campaign means that you click a button that says “Make.” The website and Make system were overhauled in 2022. Users assumed the overhaul was because the previous system was flawed and had fans cheating in order to get concerts to happen since goals were too high. I went to bat with them when I found out 1% of Makes were being stolen every day because I was pissed. I spent three months going back and forth. I even got a phone call from an employee in South Korea that semi resolved things and got them to change their messaging on the website to be clear about this. I even got MMT to pay for the expensive overseas call they initiated. I still spent time pushing campaigns for groups I wanted to see near me after that because I thought MMT was my only hope. Flash forward to 2025, and I thought I could use the lack of Make goals for campaigns (that currently has 241,833 Makes) as an opening to push for a concert I wanted. Now this is where I get majorly pissed again. They first told me that goals were not listed anymore due to “fairness.” That makes absolutely zero sense based on what they did in the past, and I told them as much. They also said, “...please know that every MAKE you contribute is meaningful and helps demonstrate demand, which plays a key role in helping the campaign grow.” MMT’s response to my further inquiry? Okay, so for the past three years, Makes have been meaningless. What the hell! Nothing about Makes not being a sole determining factor is listed anywhere on the website. Every campaign has a pop-up when the page loads all about Makes and their importance to getting concerts and events! However, I was looking around the site and found this whole Business Inquiry page that I have never seen before. (I only ever look at the pages for the campaigns I am Making for.) It shows "Partnership Artists,” ongoing partnerships (an incomplete list of acts MMT has worked with in the past), and "Inquire about other artists.” To me, this page (particularly the inquiry part) adds to the fact that Makes mean nothing anymore, despite the website and FAQ having all the same information about Makes, how much they mean, and what incentives they can get you. This all adds up to MMT falsely advertising Makes as being a major factor in determining concerts and events. How is this fair to their users? The one campaign I have been recently pushing has had large and consistent growth since 2022, and I have the screenshots to prove it! Why in the hell have fans been pushing campaigns when they mean crap? My research shows that when game company Com2uS became the majority shareholder (some sources say acquisition) at 58.5% around March of 2022, that's likely when decisions to completely overhaul how the MMT website and Make system worked occurred. It took months of backend work to implement, and the new system went live that same summer. I don’t fault MMT as a company for needing money during a global pandemic that shut down live events. I fault them for false advertising and acting like the Make system has mostly been the same after the system overhaul. They have falsely gotten the hopes up of every single user who has made Makes in the last three years. They know there are still agencies that will only bring their Kpop acts to certain places (see SM and their 2nd gen acts for instance) and do not go where all fans want concerts, despite there being huge demand. MMT was a teeny tiny bit of hope to these fans because we could Make on their website. I have been and seen other fans still promoting Makes as a last-ditch effort to be recognized by agencies. All that work has been for nothing. Idk if I will get a further response for MMT since I mentioned I will be going forward with a false advertising claim in the US and didn’t specify that it was with the Better Business Bureau, but I hope to get a reply this week. MMT knows won’t let this go. Thank you to anyone who read this full post. I know it is long. submitted by /u/Aleash89 [link] [comments]
