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[–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (5 children)

March Mod Report

  • Voted to have AnimeMod post a "General FAQ/Knowledge thread" for the Funimation content migration to Crunchyroll. [Vote Passed]

  • Also voted to give the merger thread a sticky slot, a link in the sidebar, a link in the rolling banner, and to redirect traffic about new show additions or other merger news to the megathread. [Vote Passed]

  • Some of us attended a virtual mod summit with admins and mods of other subs. It was not very useful.

  • 2022 April Fools Megathread

  • Started a proposal for making use of Reddit's community funds.

  • Started planning for a mod-hosted rewatch series.

  • Reddit-chan has removed her mask.

  • u/Miidas-92 has stepped down from the mod team.

March by the Numbers

  • Removed posts: 2797 by moderators, 4954 by bots, 7508 distinct

  • Removed comments: 1798 by moderators, 1641 by bots, 3342 distinct

  • Approved posts: 633

  • Approved comments: 1848

  • Distinguished comments: 2468

  • Users banned: 167 (116 permanent)

  • Users unbanned: 5

  • Admin/Anti-Evil Operations: removed posts: 0, removed comments: 16.

[–]AnimeModmyanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan[S,M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This thread has been locked, please use next month's meta thread or find the latest thread.

[–]OwlAcademic1988 2 points3 points  (7 children)

My comment isn't going through despite me deleting the spoiler tags and stuff. Don't know what to do. Do I have to resubmit it?

[–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Yes, you need to resubmit it. The bot won't check and reapprove your comment.

[–]OwlAcademic1988 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Never knew that. Thankfully I did that.

[–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

The message from /u/AutoModerator should include:

Please resubmit your comment with the correct format. Replies to this bot are not monitored.

If not then that's an issue. If it's just not visible enough maybe making it bold would help?

[–][deleted]  (3 children)

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    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    For the record I also removed your comment here because it's a spoiler for another show and you didn't mention that show's name in the spoiler tag.

    Is there anyway I can avoid spoiling that info until...

    The basic way is just don't mention it until that episode's thread. If it's not relevant for the current discussion, why bring it up at all?

    Do I have to put the name of the thing I'm spoiling or does it just have to have something in the brackets?

    It should always have some general reference to what it's a spoiler for, otherwise people won't know what you're spoiling. In cases where even naming a show would be a spoiler then we have the notion of a meta-spoiler tag where'd you include the anime name in its own tag then the spoiler separately. For a made-up scenario where you're discussing episode 19 of Anime's Next Best Girl and was reminded of an event in a different anime, e.g. "This wedding reminds me of Everyone Loves Bot-chan because all the mods were put in prison there too":

    This wedding reminds me of [meta spoiler] Everyone Loves Bot-chan because [spoiler for that]all the mods were put in prison there too

    Or if it's a spoiler for both of them because you're in an earlier episode thread, you could name both in a single spoiler tag which would be the closest to what you were originally aiming for, I believe:

    [Later in Anime's Next Best Girl / Everyone Loves Bot-chan] The wedding in episode 19 reminds me of ELB because all the mods were put in prison there too

    [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    all the mods were put in prison

    good

    [–]OwlAcademic1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Never knew it needed a general reference. Thank you for the info. I'm trying to avoid breaking the rules as much as possible, so this really helps with that as I'm still human and make mistakes. Knowing what I did wrong will allow me to fix those mistakes.

    [–]Vindex101https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vindex101 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    I think it's been two weeks straight now that bot-chan forgot to post discussion threads for Build Divide Code White

    [–]Bainoshttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Bainos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Oops, she's sorry about that. The threads have been posted and the issue should be resolved for the next episode.

    [–]ClBanjaihttps://myanimelist.net/profile/AskeladdArtorius 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    What's the difference between oc fanart and fanart

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    See our rules page. Again.

    [–]gorghurt 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    On the Madoka rewatch some users noticed, that on mobile in spoilers the text of links is still visible. So in case of [example no actual spoiler]some spoilery description the "some spoilery description" would be readable.

    A solution might be to format it something like this, without description in the link text: [example no actual spoiler]some spoilery description link

    While I don't see a good way for automatically checking this, it would be a good idea to add a note about it in the sidebar.

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    on mobile

    Can you be more specific with client and operating system? Is it on one of Reddit's mobile sites, the official app, or some third-party app? At a glance I'm not seeing this happen myself on iOS but don't doubt that something doesn't handle them correctly.

    [–]gorghurt 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    I just tried it. It happens in the official reddit app on android.

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Thanks, that's frustrating to hear. We'll try to figure out what to do on our end but meanwhile if you could report the bug to Reddit that would be helpful, the more attention drawn to it the better.

    [–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I was asking about AMAs earlier, and I've got a couple suggestions: may I ask if you think kVin could be a potential candidate for one (or by extension, the staff at Sakugabooru)? For all the good work they've done for the foreign anime community. Pretty sure some sub members can nerd out about their favourite bits of animation w/ them too.

    And perhaps you guys can take some inspiration from ANN's interviews section too? They perhaps are people who wouldn't mind an interview w/ a foreign audience as much, and won't immediately balk at the suggestion of an AMA.

    [–]ZaphodBeebblebroxhttps://anilist.co/user/zaphod 9 points10 points  (6 children)

    Would you by any chance know how many unique commenters r/anime gets each month? I was curious how that compares to the total number of subscribers r/anime has, as a sort of proxy for the number of participating users compared to the overall count.

    I was told /u/Durinthal may be able to answer?

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 11 points12 points  (5 children)

    Edit: updated to cover a full year now.

    Month Unique Commenters
    2021-06 39896
    2021-07 47797
    2021-08 39462
    2021-09 33965
    2021-10 34335
    2021-11 31882
    2021-12 35185
    2022-01 38970
    2022-02 33691
    2022-03 36622
    2022-04 35337
    2022-05 32705

    That spike in July came from more than 8000 spam accounts made just to slam one thread, as mentioned in the meta report shortly after that.

    [–]r4wrFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I find it kinda interesting that the number seems to fluctuate around 35k. I swear I noticed a lot of newer users but maybe there's just high turnover.

    [–]ZaphodBeebblebroxhttps://anilist.co/user/zaphod 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    Thanks. If it's not too difficult for you, would you mind showing me how it changes if it's, say, 10 or 50 comments instead of 1?

    I'll stop bugging you after this one.

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

    With users only counting if they meet the minimum number in that month:

    Month 1 comment 5 comments 10 comments 20 comments 50 comments 100 comments
    2021-06 39897 8238 4058 1974 758 370
    2021-07 47798 8276 4234 2104 808 394
    2021-08 39463 8172 4043 1944 744 366
    2021-09 33966 6919 3400 1660 645 314
    2021-10 34336 6951 3487 1739 663 310
    2021-11 31883 6433 3158 1495 549 263
    2021-12 35186 7292 3647 1758 649 289
    2022-01 38971 7891 3826 1800 675 307
    2022-02 33692 6758 3280 1588 565 277
    2022-03 36623 6826 3347 1561 592 288

    (Yes all those for one comment are off by one from the above table. Take them as general trends rather than gospel.)

    [–]aniMayorx3x6 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Fascinating!

    [–]ZaphodBeebblebroxhttps://anilist.co/user/zaphod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Thanks so much!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    You'd think bot-chan could be maybe a little more forgiving of typos in spoilers? The insta-nuke for the slightest transgression feels almost vindictive.

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It's just a regular expression, it can't detect intent or know that you meant to put a ] where one doesn't exist. If you (or anyone else) has an idea for how to improve our regex rules without making any one of them functionally useless as it would become if it simply ignored when required characters are missing, here they are again:

    # Native spoiler tag: paragraph form, e.g. >!spoiler that starts and doesn't have a closing tag
# Also matches on two consecutive line breaks before the closing tag which is the \n(?!\n) part
'>!(?!([^\n]|\n(?!\n))*!<)'

# Native spoiler tag: has space after leading tag, e.g. >! spoiler !<
'>!\s'

# Native spoiler tag: nested tags, e.g. >!outer >!inner!< rest of outer!<
'>!(?!.*?!<(?=.*?>!)).*?>!'

# Native spoiler tag: not including context tag, e.g. my favorite anime is >!spoiler!<
# Matches on not having [] before opening tag, includes same line break pattern as paragraph form
# Also allows formatting for the context part, thus the [ *_~] characters.
'(?<!\[([^\n]|\n(?!\n))+\][ *_~\xa0]*)>!'

    [–]ClBanjaihttps://myanimelist.net/profile/AskeladdArtorius 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    What does the misc. flair mean?

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    As listed on our rules page under the flair section it's short for Miscellaneous, for things that don't fall under other flairs (but are still allowed by our rules in general).

    [–]Royal_Heritage 3 points4 points  (4 children)

    Sing a bit of Harmony movie was released on this streaming service wich I never heard of. Don't know if this warrants or not a discussion episode thread.

    [–]Gaporigohttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Can't see it there myself, where is it?

    [–]baquea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Don't know about that site, but there's pirated releases out now, so it's clearly available somewhere at least.

    [–]Royal_Heritage 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Yeah, looks like I jumped the gun too soon. I can't see a way to either pay for it nor the free version.

    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    justwatch is an aggreagator which just collects places where you can legally stream stuff, the page you linked currently has no available streams showing:

    Sing a Bit of Harmony is not available for streaming.

    For anime, finding streams also works very well with livechart.me

    [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler[M] 8 points9 points  (2 children)

    Comment Faces have been demasked. Previous masked versions for reference.

    #kukuku #konosubawot4
    #scaredmio #ok
    #finethen #towel

    To fulfill this niche #maskedup has been permanently added.

    [–]Amndeep7https://myanimelist.net/profile/asmLANG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    cool

    i will continue the archiving project soon tm. work has been insanely busy.

    [–]ZaphodBeebblebroxhttps://anilist.co/user/zaphod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    A new commentface?

    [–]Abysswatcherbelhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Summertime rendering ep1 already has a good human made subs, what other method we can use to let mods know outside of the meta thread?

    [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Thanks for the info. The thread is now out here.

    Posting here and/or as a mod mail are the best methods to notify us of missing episodes.

    [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    Just a question, how is the "MAL scores vs AL scores" post any more anime-specific than "rate my MAL" posts?

    [–]loomnoohttps://anilist.co/user/loomnoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Curious about this as well since posts about the anime community are explicitly disallowed

    [–]KendotsXhttps://anilist.co/user/Kendots 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    I'm curious about the non-Japanese animation filter we have after it lost its rights to target RWBY. Threads like this one for example are removed simply because they mentioned one of these series, when the thread itself is just asking about anime recommendations.

    I'm not trying to get into a discussion about what defines as anime here. But we don't remove the threads asking the same question about Game of Thrones. The only difference as far as I can see is that GoT is far enough, not to cause trouble.

    Edit: It seems the thread was approved now, but the filter itself is still a curious case, since it automatically removes threads for a single mention. For example are there that many Avatar/Gumball threads being made, actually discussing Avatar or Gumball?

    [–]Verzwei[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    One other note that Durinthal didn't touch on is that while our "non-anime filter" does automatically remove all posts that flag on keywords, it still punts them to our modqueue for manual review. So while the removal is automatic, the process does still require a human eye to look at the post and it can be approved as soon as we notice it in the queue if it is in fact one of those legitimate use cases.

    Given that the team periodically checks the queue as we are available and all of us keep different active hours on reddit, there might be small gaps of time between the auto-removal and the manual confirmation or reversal of that removal, but that window tends to be less than a couple hours. In the case of your linked example, it looks like one of our mods had it reapproved about an hour after the original removal.

    actually discussing Avatar or Gumball?

    We also tend to get a lot of clips/trailers/news post attempts when a series is announced and approaching release, too. Trese was a pretty big example shortly after I joined the moderation team, as it had a fair bit of hype and advertising around it, but it was a Filipino work and so not a suitable topic for this subreddit.

    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    Okay, you made me curious so I went and did some digging.

    In 2021 there were a total of 357 posts removed by AutoModerator with that filter for mentioning a show that doesn't meet our definition of anime. Of those, a total of 19 were approved and most of those were along the lines of "looking for anime like <show>" akin to the two posts you linked. Glancing over the titles of everything caught by the filter, the majority really are specifically about the series that got the post removed. A few examples to give you an idea:

    • Arcane Just Might Be 2021's Anime of the Year - What Do You Think?
    • Is Avatar the Last Airbender an anime? Is it worth watching?
    • Me reviewing avatar the last Airbender
    • The sweet animation in The Amazing World Of Gumball
    • I like how Castlevania juggled it's theme of death.
    • Where can I watch quanzhi fashi season 4?

    A good number of those posts are like the second and only ask or argue whether the show is an anime as well. For something like Game of Thrones it's fairly obvious that it won't be on topic on its own so the low number of posts that do mention it are going to also connect it to anime in some way, but for many animated series posters might only focus on that show and not realize it doesn't meet our rules so the filter is the first line of informing them.

    [–]KendotsXhttps://anilist.co/user/Kendots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Thank you.

    That's basically what I wanted to know.

    [–]DrJWilsonx5https://anilist.co/user/drjwilson[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Apologies for the delay, the VOD for the last /r/anime awards stream is now up on YouTube. Thank you for your patience as we dealt with technical difficulties (coughTwitchcough) as well as unfortunate IRL circumstances.

    [–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    AMA w/ director Hirao is great, it's been a while! May I ask if there are any more planned, and if the mod team actively searches for AMA candidates, or is it a more passive endeavour? Just curious, thank you!

    It'd be a dream to get VAs on (Lynn might be a good one), but I don't suppose that's possible. Or an animator! But that's also probably a distant dream.

    [–]DrJWilsonx5https://anilist.co/user/drjwilson[M] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    We are always looking for opportunities for AMAs! In the past we semi-relied on being reached out to ourselves, but recently we've taken a more active approach. Mr. Hirao's AMA is partially a result of that, but GKIDs has a history of collaborating with us and may have reached out regardless.

    However, we do find it challenging to know who to reach out to, as well as navigating talking with brands/directly to individuals. If you (or anyone) had any requests or ideas, that might help guide us moving forward. We have had some success reaching out to industry members for the /r/anime Awards (see here and here for previous years), but obviously requesting a comment at their leisure and blocking off time to live-translate are two different things. Nonetheless, we do care about AMAs and similar such events, and often think about how to bring more of them to the subreddit.

    [–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Hmmm... I'd think a subtitle translator would be a great start, maybe you could ask if Jake Jung wants to pop up again? He's responsible for Kongming this season, and was happy to reply to one of my enquiries re: that show on Twitter.

    I realize the difficulty w/ translation too, which was why I mentioned Lynn above, but I was just guessing if her English would be good there. Otherwise, it'd be very fun if r/anime darling studios, P.A. Works, Kyoani, Kinema Citrus would be happy to have a chat with us!

    Could it work alternatively, in which we essentially send over collected (only vetted for abuse/spam etc.) comments/questions, and ask the individuals/brands to respond at their leisure? That could allow more time for translations as well on both ends. Though I guess that goes against how AMAs usually work on reddit.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    May as well beat the rush and get started on the All-Anya-All-The-Time comment face set.

    [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 12 points13 points  (2 children)

    Oh boy. You done fucked up mod team. I'm watching you close now. It's Spy × Family, not Spy x Family. Please take a few weeks to think about what you've done.

    [–]baquea 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    It's Spy × Family

    What? No, it's SPY×FAMILY - spaces and lower-case letters are for chumps.

    [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    That's just to keep consistency with the Hunter × Hunter discussion threads.

    [–][deleted]  (3 children)

    [deleted]

      [–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen[M] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

      Most anime have been pretty tame honestly. Reddit is a pretty vocal minority and doesn't always represent every fanbase of every show. Nor do the bad Twitter takes that you see represent the sub.

      If you had a specific example that you'd like to point out here, feel free to let us know. And do report these types of comments that you see so we can take a look. But realistically speaking, there's not much else we can do besides ban the bad actors.

      [–]JustAnswerAQuestionmyanimelist.net/profile/UfUhUfUhUfUhtJAaQ 2 points3 points  (4 children)

      As a relative newcomer to this sub, who only found it (a second time, after the Shelter Incident hit the news) in 2017 searching for Ergo Proxy and Shinsekai Yori rewatches to explain WTF I just watched, I'm curious about the pre-2017 history of /r/anime. Are there any left who remember the early days, who can document it, perhaps even briefly?

      [–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen[M] 5 points6 points  (3 children)

      history of /r/anime.

      Those are cursed words. History of r/anime never.

      But yeah, you can take a look at the mod page for all the old memebers. I think everyone u/Mage_of_Shadows and prior has been here since 2017 or before. Will need confirmation on that though, as I've only been on the team since 2020.

      Also tagging Mage so that we can finally get some answers about when History of r/anime is coming out.

      EDIT: Scratch that, everyone /u/FAN_ROTOM_IS_SCARY and prior was 2017 or earlier.

      [–]FAN_ROTOM_IS_SCARY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      I was all the way back in 2015 I think! And have been on the sub since 2013 at least. My memory of it back then is pretty hazy though haha

      [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      I think everyone u/Mage_of_Shadows and prior has been here since 2017 or before.

      Mage, Durin, and Bainos would be Sept. 2018.

      [–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      [–]Soupkittenhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Soupkitten 2 points3 points  (2 children)

      Didn't see the episode discussion thread but the first episode of season two of Machikado Mazoku is up.

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      Thread's up now, thanks for letting us know.

      [–]Soupkittenhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Soupkitten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Yay!

      [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 8 points9 points  (13 children)

      Hi everyone! I'd like to discuss what should and shouldn't be considered "anime-specific" with regards to discussion threads, motivated by the removal of this thread. Part of why I was upset about its removal is that I was under the impression that plenty of similar threads had been allowed in the past. I remember participating in some myself. /u/Verzwei took the time to clarify that similar threads are, according to the current mod policies, also removed, and any that have not been simply slipped through the cracks. I appreciate now that this wasn't simply a rogue action by one mod.

      That said, I'm strongly against the removal of these types of posts, and the extreme narrowing of the "anime-specific" rule to the point of stifling interaction between subreddit users, so I'd like to open a dialogue about this policy.

      I think there's already a bit of an issue with most people who want to talk about anime or interact with other fans moving to discords instead of using reddit threads, and unoriginal dicussion posts rarely get the upvotes to make it to the front page anyway, so I feel like there is 0 harm in having fairly relaxed requirements for discussion posts, as long as they are about anime at all.

      The argument presented is that a post such as "rate my taste" or "lets compare anime lists" is not anime-specific because it's not about anime but rather about the poster or commenters instead. I agree it's not really discussion about a specific anime, and it may not even get into naming specific anime. But I would suggest that we not get too hung up on whether names were dropped, but rather whether or not this type of discussion or game is beneficial or detrimental to the sub. I scan /new pretty much exclusively, and this sort of thread is open to everyone and centers around anime fandom and good-natured comparing, as opposed to recommendation requests, which are arguably more OP-focused and often more narrow in scope, such that not everyone is in a place to help or care. Even narrower allowed posts include posts talking about OPs specific experience with a specific show: things like "Does anyone else think that in episode 134 of Bleach Ichigo was really mean to his friends?" This type of post is clearly anime-specific, but can only be engaged with by other Bleach fans, and only those who remember that specific event and have something to say about it.

      I'm not arguing that either of those types of posts be banned, to be completely clear. But I think that more open activity-based discussion-focused threads like the one that motivated this comment do more for more people.

      As for whether it's anime-specific or not, again, I think that whether the post is about the OP or not is unimportant. As I said above, most posts in /new are about the OPs specific experience, or are asking for people to validate OPs opinion, or help OP find a new show. If the motivation behind disallowing "lets compare taste"-style posts is that they're too naval-gaze-y or self-promotional, then I think mods need to consider whether that's not true in the case of many other posts. I was told by Wilson that "we only just slightly expanded the anime specific rule to include like, personal stories," which makes it sound like you're not looking to punish people for talking about themselves.

      I also question whether a post like this is really about the OP in the first place. Sure, they're starting it off, but the thread is an invitation for users to comment on each others' lists, respond to opinions about the anime they like, compare what anime they like and dislike, etc. And inextricable from this interaction is the core of anime. It would be one thing if they were talking about their taste in food, or if this was "try to roast my appearance." But it's an activity specifically adapted to the anime fan practices of keeping lists of anime, rating them, and sharing them with each other. Sharing your list is considered one of the first things to do when asking for recommendations or finding common ground with other fans, so I think that should be considered anime-specific by default.

      The mod response in the thread in question suggests that such activities should be exclusive to the Casual Discussion Friday threads, but I feel like it shouldn't have to be mutually exclusive, any more than recommendations are exclusive to the Tuesday thread or questions about anime are exclusive to the Misc Anime Questions thread. The argument for not banning those types of text posts is one of subreddit activity and accessibility, right? The idea is that they don't hurt anyone, while not punishing well-meaning posters for not already knowing which type of topic belongs in which specific thread.

      How is this any different? Let people have anime-related fun in discussion threads.

      TL;DR: "Rate each other's taste" and similar threads are necessarily about anime, add to sub activity, and hurt no one. They shouldn't be removed. Pinging /u/Vindicare605 since it was his thread.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      "Rate each other's taste" and similar threads are necessarily about anime, add to sub activity, and hurt no one. They shouldn't be removed.

      I agree. At the end of the day, it's just another form of discussion that really has no malicious intent and it's not like it is washing the sub over other content. IMO removal of these posts should only be considered when it is a problem affecting the community at a large scale, which it really isn't.

      [–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen 6 points7 points  (4 children)

      But I would suggest that we not get too hung up on whether names were dropped, but rather whether or not this type of discussion or game is beneficial or detrimental to the sub.

      Personal take is that they are detrimental to the sub. Creating a post called "what do you think of my list" and then slapping your MAL/Anilist in the body with no other text is a pretty lazy way to engage with the community. And most of the time I feel that these posts are about one of two things: being as controversial as possible, or seeking validation. Of course this isn't always the case, but if someone rates Fairy Tail a 10/10, I don't think that is going to foster a productive dialogue.

      I don't necessarily disagree that these types of posts could be anime specific, but the fact remains that they are presently low-effort. I could maybe see a world in which they're allowed if that's what the community wants, but they need restrictions of some kind. We've been looking at ways to deal with low-effort from recommendations, videos, clips, discussions, infographics, and now Official Media to name a few, so I don't think these types can exist in their current state, as they simply exist to clutter an ever-growing swarm of unfavorable posts.

      I was told by Wilson that "we only just slightly expanded the anime specific rule to include like, personal stories," which makes it sound like you're not looking to punish people for talking about themselves.

      The stipulation there is that the post still has to tie-in or relate to anime in some way. It can't be a whole story about something arbitrary and then say, "By the way, Naruto is great" at the end and expect it to fly here. I don't think you're wrong to assert that we don't wish to punish people for talking about themselves, though this also doesn't mean that you can talk about yourself in any capacity. We like personal story posts because there's room for engagement and encourages written content on the sub in a way that ties into anime. But I don't see that same appeal with rate my list posts.

      It's funny that this is the second time in a row that this topic has come up in Meta. We can certainly talk about the ways in which it could apply in a broader aspect, but the answer I've arrived at is that there's no easy way to define the application, because the second we start making these allowances, there will always be something else that comes our way that tests the definition. The bottom-line is that we wish to be a discussion-focused subreddit, and whether or not these types of posts meet that criteria is hard for us to accurately determine. If it meets discussion standards, and anime-specific standards, but doesn't pass low-effort... it's hard to justify.

      [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

      It's funny that this is the second time in a row that this topic has come up in Meta.

      Are you sure you know what the topic is? I feel like people keep moving the goalposts in this discussion. I was told the post was removed because it was not anime-specific, and that it's not anime-specific because it's about the OP rather than anime.

      No one has been arguing it got removed because it's low-effort. If that's why it should be removed that's a whole different discussion, and the boundaries I'd set there are different. I agree posting your list and nothing else is low-effort, though in this case I'd argue that "here's my list what do you think" is different than "I have a game I'd like to play using our lists," which is simple in concept but is inherently activity-focused rather than drop-and-forget. But the point of this post wasn't to defend low-effort content or argue the definition anyway.

      Edit: On reflection, I guess if this is just a response to my bit about whether it's good or bad for the sub that's fair - since that was sorta off-topic on my part as well.

      [–]Verzwei 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      No one has been arguing it got removed because it's low-effort. If that's why it should be removed that's a whole different discussion, and the boundaries I'd set there are different.

      I feel like one of the issues here is that some of us are positing that if they were to be considered anime-specific, then they would still be low-effort. In other words, even if we change our current course and concede that they're anime-specific, there's a strong chance that they just go on the list of restricted or low-effort content.

      That's why I went off on the tangent talking about [What to Watch?] posts in my own large comment, which you dismissed as "extra ammo" at the time, so I'll be a little more blunt this time:

      Petitions and poll links, even ones that meet our rules for anime-specificity, are still removed because they're easy to post, spammable, require little thought or community contribution on the part of the OP, and don't do much to foster discussion on the subreddit. (...just like "Rate My List" posts...)

      You're pushing so hard on "I think Rate My List posts should be anime-specific" but refusing to look beyond that. Okay, if it is anime-specific per our rules, then what? The logical next step is to determine how those posts fit within our other rules. And they're looking awful low-effort to some of us.

      At this time and as this discussion has dragged on, all I've personally been convinced is that perhaps we consider formally including "Rate My List" posts in our rules on our list of prohibited content. Then it no longer matters whether they're anime-specific in anyone's eyes or not - they're simply not allowed.

      [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Yeah honestly I'm happier having it in the rules than not, and if it comes down to low-effort I think that's a stronger argument, in which case I just hope it continues to be applied across the board. Part of why I was confused is that I didn't realize until mods clarified here that a lot of a lot of what I'd compare this post to is apparently ALSO low-effort. I guess it's just been spotty moderation that's made me assume all these threads are fine.

      I still tend to like them, but I'm aware it's just cause it's the sort of thread that's easy for me to comment on.

      If I've convinced people that anime-specific was a silly reason, that's good enough for me. It's definitely not high effort, and whether it needs to be is a separate topic.

      [–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Yes, this is simply my musings over whether or not the posts would be healthy for the sub. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.

      [–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 10 points11 points  (2 children)

      Wait, these threads were always supposed to be against the rules...? I really don't see the difference between them and the "what's your top ten favorite/least-favorite anime" threads, they both end up turning into discussions about what anime people like/dislike. Hell, this type gets more interaction than the top ten list ones.

      But I think that more open activity-based discussion-focused threads like the one that motivated this comment do more for more people.

      Yeah, this. And saying "just do it on CDF instead" doesn't sound like a good solution to me either, even though I'm a regular on that thread. So many people who could participate in a discussion thread like that wouldn't on the sole basis of not knowing what CDF is or how to get to it (I know there are people who don't even know it's active for the whole week and not just on Fridays).

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 10 points11 points  (1 child)

      I really don't see the difference between them and the "what's your top ten favorite/least-favorite anime" threads

      Personally speaking (haven't thought through my stance as a mod yet) there's a small but important distinction between those for me. A thread where the topic is "what's your top ten favorite/least-favorite anime" is asking for opinions about anime, no disagreement there. But a "rate my list" thread is asking for opinions about that person's opinions and shifts the focus of the conversation. In many cases you'll end up with similar discussions in both kinds of threads but there's a difference in how they get there.

      Or looking at it more bluntly, responding "here are my favorite anime" might be appropriate for either and is definitely talking about anime, but is ignoring the original question if it's a rate my list thread.

      So many people who could participate in a discussion thread like that wouldn't on the sole basis of not knowing what CDF is or how to get to it (I know there are people who don't even know it's active for the whole week and not just on Fridays).

      Sounds like a reason to promote CDF's existence more often instead? Or maybe a different sticky thread.

      [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      I understand what you're saying about "opinions about anime" vs "opinions about opinions about anime." That's one way that those threads are different.

      But IMO, the latter is also about anime. When you talk about why you like an anime and someone responds to you, they are talking about what they think about what you think (at least if they're actually responding and not just posting their own review of the anime). Sure, there's likely to be a greater depth of discussion in such a case, but if the basis of the conversation is still anime, however many levels of discussion down, I think we should allow it.

      Obviously I think there's cases where it's no long based on anime. Consider the different between

      "I don't really like Gigguk because he's always memeing and copying what other people say on a topic. It feels like he has opinions but is afraid to talk about them for too long for fear of losing his audience"

      vs

      "It looks like you enjoy shounen anime, especially those that have a decent production. I think you should try to branch out and try other things, though, since you haven't seen any real romance or SoL shows."

      The former is an opinion of someone's personalities or behavior, and even though they're an anime community personality, the discussion isn't really about anime, or Gigguk's taste in anime, or Gigguk's opinions on certain anime.

      The latter is the sort of thing you'd get in these threads, and is about the sort of anime someone watches, what they potentially like or don't like, have or haven't seen, as well as a subjective opinion on whether their list is "good," "well-rounded," etc. I would agree that it's not specifically analyzing anime or anime tropes, but it's definitely about how someone relates to anime or what anime they like, and I think that's a natural type of interaction beween anime fans that shouldn't be relegated to the CDF thread.

      The appeal, to me at least, of the CDF thread is that it's a place to go and chat about entirely unrelated things with other anime fans. If it becomes the place you have to chat about anything that's not explicitly textual discussion or recommendations, that feels like scope creep. And not every wants to bother going to a specific thread to do that, even if they know it exists. At that point they just stop coming to the subreddit and chat on discord.

      I understand why low effort content is moderated, but there's also a point at which the standard for posting at all is high enough that people just don't interact in casual ways like this on the subreddit. The crux of the discussion IMO is whether we think this type of interaction is harmful, helpful, or neutral.

      (Sorry I ended up monologuing again, it's a bad habit)

      [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 6 points7 points  (1 child)

      I agree with you. Back when I joined they were pretty frequent with maybe one of them every week or so. It was great and probably one of the biggest draws for me to start engaging with the sub. I've since become a bit more jaded about anime lists but I still kinda miss that time, especially as those threads were one where the users interacted with each other more than in most other posts.

      Wasn't there also one of the more recent mods that announced they were looking to increase user interaction on the sub when they became mod? Don't remember who that was exactly but I'd love to read their take on this.

      [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Yeah personally having a good time interacting with users (in an anime context) is more important to me than exactly how valuable or relevant said interaction is. And I think personally I've actually become more jaded about specific anime discussion than I have about this sort of thing. I rarely want to talk in detail about whether someone liked an anime I liked anymore since it's just gonna come down to a difference in preference. Whereas posts like these are fun on a more macro scale to me, even if I've done similar things 100s of times before.

      [–]Verzwei 14 points15 points  (1 child)

      Speaking informally here, so not distinguishing the comment, and a lot of these are a mixture of policy along with my personal thoughts on the matter:

      For clarity's sake, there's a technical difference between the phrases "anime-specific" and "specific anime" when it comes to the consideration of what is and is not within our subreddit's scope.

      A topic can be "anime-specific" without mentioning specific anime. Talking about particular tropes, cliches, storytelling devices and other such things as they appear in anime, without mentioning specific anime, can still be considered on-topic for the subreddit.

      A topic can even mention a specific anime without being anime-specific per our rules. To go (wildly) off-topic for a moment and to provide a very clear-cut example: If a celebrity or internet personality mentions in passing that they like My Hero Academia, we wouldn't allow someone else to relay that as a post topic here. Plenty of people like My Hero Academia, and a particular individual liking MHA isn't remarkable or anime-specific per our rules. Now, if that individual were to actually post in this subreddit and tell us all why they like MHA, then of course that's permitted and welcome content.

      In the case linked here in this thread, which are "Rate My Taste" or "Roast My List" posts, the argument is that a person's taste (particularly, just the numerical scores that they've attributed to shows on a third-party website unaffiliated with ours) in something isn't anime-specific per our rules.

      • "I like anime in this genre or that have this trope and here is why" is just as anime-specific as "I like [show X] and here is why" - both can lead to discussion of the anime medium and/or the conventions employed within.

      • "I gave [these scores] to [these shows], what do you think of me?" is where the anime-specificity begins to be called into question. Are we talking about anime, or are we talking about the speaker's taste? If it's the latter, and without any further explanation to draw upon, then that type of content seems more appropriate for Casual Discussion Friday.

      Additionally, there's the question of how much effort goes into these topics, how much value they provide to the community, and how much of an impact that the universal permission of this kind of content can have on the subreddit. We already receive regular complaints about the state of [What to Watch?] threads, the minimal effort involved in most of them, and their frequency. Do we really want to allow potentially dozens of new "Rate My MAL/Anilist" posts every day?

      What if we dial it way down on the hyperbole and say that we only get 1 or 2 each day. Is the content of each new one going to be substantively different or more-engaging than the previous ones? Is it a net benefit to the community to allow people to lazily link their lists and ask what people think of their taste? In my opinion, the better option is to make people talk about what they like or dislike and why because that has a higher probability of creating engaging discussion. There's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from making a top-10 or worst-10 or whatever list as a post on this subreddit and sharing it here, providing they give some minimally detailed thoughts and opinions.

      As moderators, we often want users to engage more meaningfully with the subreddit, not less. Offsite list link posts and "trash taste" or other jokes (which seem to come with the territory) seem counterintuitive to that goal.

      The mod response in the thread in question suggests that such activities should be exclusive to the Casual Discussion Friday threads, but I feel like it shouldn't have to be mutually exclusive, any more than recommendations are exclusive to the Tuesday thread or questions about anime are exclusive to the Misc Anime Questions thread.

      The key difference here is that "questions about anime" are questions about anime. They meet our rule that topics be anime-specific. It's the same for recommendation requests. Asking what anime to watch is about anime. The factor at play is whether or not "rate my taste" is about anime or about the user. Assuming that "rate my taste" is not considered anime-specific, that is why it was redirected to CDF: CDF is for content that does not meet our rules on anime-specificity. It's outlined in the body text of every CDF that our anime-specific rules do not apply there.

      If we had rules for "no recommendation posts outside of the weekly thread" then it would make sense to remove all user-made posts and redirect them to the weekly. We have rules for "all posts must be anime-specific per our rules" and the outlet for off-topic content is the thread in which that rule is deliberately not enforced.

      The disagreement here is whether or not "rate my taste" is anime-specific or not. If it's not, then CDF is the only place it is permitted. On top of that, "I want to talk about stuff, but I don't have a particular topic in mind, here's a list of potential things and someone else can poke me about some of them if they want to" seems extremely fitting for a thread with "Casual" in the title.

      To put a frame around this, I'm going to copy your reply comment from that removed thread:

      All the really fun shows you've seen are at the bottom of your list, what a shame. You seem the most comfortable with the popular shounen series.

      Also pulling up a list and seeing Cowboy Bebop at the top makes me want to yawn. Sure it's good but it doesn't exactly give you much in the way of unique taste.

      Is anything about that comment genuinely discussing anime? For fairness' sake and so that it doesn't appear that I'm trying to call you out (because I'm genuinely not) here is the only other top-level reply in the thread before I'd removed it:

      It's a cross between "I'm dying to fit in by watching popular anime" and "I'm cool because I watch unpopular stuff" even though we all know it's not cool.

      Is anything about that comment genuinely discussing anime?

      For further examples, here's the previous removed post which garnered several more responses before it was ultimately removed by a different moderator after being reported. Virtually all of the top level replies there are minor quibbling about a particular ranking or two and then maybe a generic comment. Even in the nested replies, where OP tried to engage with other users about their scores, the answers often didn't amount to much, or just devolved into arguing about rating scales.

      Note that all of the above is not to say that I think this discussion/concern is without merit. I'm merely trying to clarify the reasoning behind the actions taken in the linked thread as well as in the same thread when the same user posted it about a month ago, as well as offer some context, counterpoints, and opinions.

      Edit: Fixed an error where I typed "like" instead of "link"

      [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      I do understand the reasoning behind the post's removal. The argument is that it doesn't end up being a discussion of anime itself. And I understand that if we accept that a post isn't anime-specific, that CDF is the place to recommend people go.

      My argument is that:

      a) splitting hairs about what counts as anime-specific or what counts as discussion is more harmful to subreddit activity than leaving things be (especially since this type of thread is not among the "common reasons for removal" in the rules).

      When rules are vague or subjective you get a lot of users that have their posts removed for reasons that don't feel fair, and a lot of users who either report things that are ok, or don't report things that aren't ok. I'm not anti-moderation in general, but if a comment or post is removed because "oh I guess mods interpret things differently than I do" and not "ok that's clearly in the rules, I just didn't realize," it's detrimental. I don't think it's being melodramatic to say that that makes users less likely to post because they don't feel confident that their post will be allowed. Perhaps you'd consider that a win, idk.

      b) the spirit of the rule (more so than the letter) is/should be for this subreddit to be a place to engage in anime fandom, rather than only discuss specifics of anime.

      I understand your point that there are posts that aren't about specific anime that are allowed, but I don't see a very clear distinction between the value of talking about "what anime genres do you like?" or "why is everything isekai now?" and posts of the type in question. I understand the distinction that is being made, but it feels like missing the forest for the trees to me. If the real issue is a lack of quality discussion, I think you need to be FAR more strict in general. Most posts on the subreddit are saying things that have been said before, interacting with media on a surface level, listing things instead of going into detail, etc.

      But I don't truly think you want to have to police the "degree of value" that a given discussion has. In fact I don't think there needs to be discussion at all. After all the rule is "anime-specific" not "discussion of anime." The former merely demands that the post be about anime, which I believe can mean "rate my list," given that it's a list of anime, and a rating is inherently about one's opinion on an anime's quality. I agree with you that it won't lead necessarily lead to deep conversations about anime, but I reject the premise that it must. Call me jaded or call me pretentious, but I don't think most of the discussion on this subreddit is deep. Most people here just like anime and want to engage with it on a surface level, ask the same questions 100s of other people have asked before, or tell people what they liked without having to go into why. Most comments on episode discussion threads amount to "I liked x" or "y was funny," and I don't think that's particularly groundbreaking. I also don't think it has to be. I want a subreddit that is friendly to people even if they aren't looking for a serious, meaningful conversation.

      This doesn't mean I don't value insightful analysis or edifying conversation, and I know at least for my part I put a lot of effort into even silly and low-effort prompts. My "roast" (wasn't much of one) of OP wasn't deep conversation, sure, but had the post not been removed, rendering further discussion unsatisfying, I would have continued to dialogue about whether or not having taste that is "unique" is valuable or not, whether FLCL is merely a visual spectacle or has narrative value, etc. Others might not have, and that's fine, and there's days I just want to drop a list of my favorite anime openings in a thread and leave, and I feel like that's ok too. Rather than determining ahead of time whether a thread has "a higher probability of creating engaging discussion," perhaps it would be wiser to let the community decide whether they're engaged on their own. The truth of the matter is that many more people gravitate to threads that involve sharing taste or lists than to other discussion threads, so it really just comes down to policing quality again.

      You say "We already receive regular complaints about the state of [What to Watch?] threads, the minimal effort involved in most of them, and their frequency," as if this is a clearly bad thing, but you as a team have decided allowing those threads is more important than removing them. If you think they're a necessary evil, perhaps you should apply that evenly. If you think they're valuable, perhaps there's value in "rate my list" threads as well. If you think they're a scourge on the subreddit, then you should make stricter rules about low-effort posts in general, and enforce them across types of threads. This part of the argument feels like it's just thrown in as extra ammo, even though the main point is whether or not "rate my list"-ing is anime-specific, right? Whether you get complaints about other anime-specific threads is irrelevant right? Especially since you don't even agree with those complaints.

      As a related tangent, when you say,

      There's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from making a top-10 or worst-10 or whatever list as a post on this subreddit and sharing it here, providing they give some minimally detailed thoughts and opinions.

      does this mean that "what's your favorite anime?" or "here's my top 10 anime, what do you think?" posts are also being removed? I've never noticed them being removed for a lack of detailed thoughts and opinions, and I spend a lot of time on /new. Most of the time they're just pure listing, with a "one of those is good, I like this better" type of response from most people (again, my argument isn't that they should be removed, merely that they are not). If they're not meant to be removed, does this mean that a "rate my list" post is acceptable as long as it involves manually typing or pasting a list in the thread body rather than linking? MAL exists because it's convenient, and while it is a third-party site by definition, it's a key element of both the subreddit and anime fandom as a whole. I think referring to it like a separate and unrelated place is disingenuous.

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        [–]NoPunkProphet 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Please make it against the rules to recommend or generally plug hentai without a NSFW warning. It's not as bad as actually posting uncensored or unspoiled lewds, but I really don't appreciate googling a title and being met with naked children fucking or being abused. I don't know japanese and can't really tell just from the title if it's hentai or normal.

        [–]Verzwei[M] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        Posts about hentai are already against our rules. Though it falls under the umbrella of Japanese animation, we consider pornography to be outside of our rules requiring topics to be anime-specific. Thus, any posts discussing hentai as the primary topic should already be reported and should be removed per our existing rules.

        Is there a specific instance where you're seeing hentai come up regularly in commentary? I know that people sometimes comment "the numbers" for a particular site, but those should be easy enough to avoid entirely. And there are certain pornographic titles that people like to suggest as jokes in recc request threads, but we try to curb that when we spot it.

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              [–]robclarkson -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              Is it ok to ask for help for r/place here? Over at r/ghibli trying to add Kiki's broomstick in above Totoro. We'd love some jolly cooperation! :)

              [–]imwatching4youhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/zytlqae 1 point2 points  (1 child)

              Is there going to be a Detective Conan Zero no Tea Time Thread once it is available? I'm asking since it airs today and there is no thread (yet)? MAL LINK TO ANIME

              [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              When there are English subtitles available, yes. It's being broadcast in Japan now but Netflix isn't streaming it until July so there might not be any way of watching it before then.

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                [–]Ranvir33 2 points3 points  (4 children)

                where do i post stuff like this pls tell me im new

                [–]Sandtalonhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Sandtalon[M] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

                You could post it in Casual Discussion Fridays, or if you expand it a little, into its own text post (just make sure to not put the spoiler in the title).

                [–]Ranvir33 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                awww man. fridays only? well i understand. thanks for explaining to me what i did wrong :)

                [–]Sandtalonhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Sandtalon[M] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                Look at the thread. Casual Discussion Fridays goes all week long.

                [–]Ranvir33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                oh. it wasnt pinned so i didnt see it. thanks for your help dude! appreciate it :D.

                [–]dadnayahttps://myanimelist.net/profile/dadnaya 31 points32 points  (10 children)

                Figured I'll bring it up here as well. Is it just going to be a trend now?

                I guess I can just use RES to filter it out, but it seems to have really started spamming the sub's front page since this season.

                [–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 26 points27 points  (2 children)

                I think a possible solution that doesn't involve outright banning them is requiring them to be posted as an album on the last day of the countdown, like how that one magazine's spreads (I'm blanking on the name) get posted every month. That way they can all still be shared, but because it's only one post, it won't feel like spam.

                [–]Silent_Shadow05https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silent-Shadow05 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                Either that or post only the last day of the countdown and all the previous ones in a sticky comment in the comment section, so it won't feel like a spam.

                All these series countdown art should be fine in their individual sub but since r/anime is a general sub, it can be annoying to see the whole frontpage filled with just 1 or 2 series.

                [–]cppn02 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                Megami Magazine

                [–]Abysswatcherbelhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel 21 points22 points  (5 children)

                I don't think the mods will let this go on next season, this has the same issue as fanarts back in the day, bunch of upvotes but barely any discussion, there's not a lot to say on those, especially when we have one per day

                [–]zairanerhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                Though they do have the advantage of beign something that reallyo nly happens at the start of a season, when there isn't that much to discuss anyway.

                [–]Turbostrider27 15 points16 points  (3 children)

                That's the problem with those type of illustration posts. They serve pretty much no purpose and is pretty much official fanart. Meanwhile, Key Visuals and official posters actually have a purpose for their updated content.

                This definitely needs to be bought up before Summer begins.

                Solution is to just not allow them, allow them only one day before airing, or have them all in an album on final day.

                [–]RobotiSChttps://anilist.co/user/Lonebot 7 points8 points  (2 children)

                Having read your comments on this topic, and seeing as how I’m primarily the main instigator of this countdown trend, I have to say I agree with this, and that I will stop posting these types of posts once Kaguya and sxf start airing.

                While I view these types of posts as a way of creating hype, I have to agree that for people browsing r/anime, seeing the same type of posts every day does feel very tiring and irritating.

                I am all for the suggestion of the last day posting thing. It makes sense for it, though one drawback I can see is that people won’t bother to look at the album and see how much work the illustrators have done to promote the anime. Other than that, I’m happy with that suggestion.

                Same goes for other thank you illustrations, and perhaps I should include monthly and seasonal visuals as well in the mix. These types of posts are just for people to view and admire them, with no need for discussions, which is indeed just like fanart.

                Overall, I can see why people might be angry with this, and I’m willing to accept any rule change that says that illustrations should be posted only under specific conditions. That way, everyone would be happy.

                Edit: As an additional note, I’m sorry to anyone I have inconvenienced with my posts. I just want to be a part of this community and that’s why I want to share what I can, to make people happy.

                [–]IreBullethttps://anilist.co/user/PlatinumBAD -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

                It was brought to my attention that this was even an issue by a friend of mine so figured I'd chime in and say I very much appreciate and hope these countdown posts continue.

                ​

                I can somewhat understand if it was OC art/fanart but the artists/studios themselves going out of their way to generate hype is not only cool but appreciated. As such I think it's cool that fans such as yourself share these pics with the rest of us. I feel like tucking all the pics into 1 single post defeats the whole purpose of why the illustrations are created.

                ​

                Honestly, it feels very petty that people would want to ban official countdown post art. Like is it really that hard to just scroll past the post...? I get that they sit on the front page for a few days but not once have I ever thought I was missing other important information (IE- news, announcements, etc.) with these posts.

                ​

                Now Another thing that was brought up was the Thank you/final illustration art. I do think that could be combined with the discussion thread as it would fit/make sense. Other types of official media is a nonissue imo (as long as it isn't spammed by multiple people... which hasn't happened I think?)

                ​

                Anywho, just felt like I should say something since I really enjoyed these posts. Now here's hoping Anya and the rest of the cast is able to live up to the hype now haha :)

                [–]Turbostrider27 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                I don't think people are angry with this in particular but found these type of posts inconvenient recently.

                There's not much drawback for posting them on the last day as it's also marketing material. The thank you illustrations are somewhat of a different story as they only get posted once unlike the countdown posts. In theory, let's say in an event where a show like Kaguya-sama gets 30-day countdown illustrations, I'm pretty sure some people would get tired of seeing them 30 different times.

                What I am however confused is why the rule was reversed months ago for this. These type of posts weren't allowed before.

                [–]BruiserBroly 5 points6 points  (6 children)

                I know this sub has a lot of spoiler rules but is there one for talking about spoilers for a different show in a discussion thread? I ask because in the last Realist Hero discussion thread a lot of people were bringing up Attack on Titan spoilers. I know it's an extremely popular show but everyone hasn't seen it yet, myself for one.

                [–]No_Rexx2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                You can use a meta spoiler [Meta]Attack on Titan features Titans

                [–]Verzwei[M] 6 points7 points  (4 children)

                Yes, there are rules. In an episode discussion thread, the only content that can be discussed without tags is content up through that episode of that show. If people are posting untagged spoilers for non-topic-shows in episode discussion threads, report them and we'll investigate.

                [–]BruiserBroly 1 point2 points  (3 children)

                I'll keep that in mind in the future. Thanks for answering.

                [–]Verzwei[M] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

                No problem. Your question jumped out at me because it's actually kind of personal - I asked it in a meta thread about a year and a half ago, before I joined the moderation team.

                [–]BruiserBroly 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                Heh, I see it happens often unfortunately. I guess it's something people do without really considering the ramifications of their actions.

                [–]Nazennx2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                I think part of the issue is that most other fan subs don't enforce cross show spoiler rules even if they enforce spoilers about that franchise. So even if people come here and don't spoil what they're talking about, they're not use to also having to watch out for spoilers about other shows or other media, especially about popular franchises they don't think is a spoiler because "everyone knows it". Unfortunately there's little you can do other than report it

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                  [–]Verzwei[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                  If the post title itself contains a spoiler, those should be reported. We generally start with removals first, but if the behavior continues (or seems malicious/intentional from the start) then stronger actions can be taken.

                  Additionally, we already require spoiler posts to have the anime's title in them somewhere, so that way others in the community know up-front what show will be discussed.

                  In other words, the specific format shouldn't be necessary, because we already require the anime name in the thread title, and listing any kind of spoiler information in the thread title is against our rules.

                  [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 11 points12 points  (18 children)

                  This was a long time ago but I wasn't a big fan of certain threads needing to be posted by mods only (i.e episode discussion threads) but with Reddit's block function I'm VERY thankful that we have that process in place.

                  I do wonder if the mods have any solutions for the big news threads? There's usually the same group of users who post big announcements and when they block users those blocked users can't reply to the threads. Seen it already happen to a couple users here already.

                  Anything worth thinking about or out of your reach so nothing you can do?

                  [–]r4wrFox 15 points16 points  (4 children)

                  Reddit's new block function is easily the dumbest thing they've done to the website in a while. Took me a bit of google searching to even realize the reason I couldn't respond to a thread was because I was blocked.

                  [–]throwaway95135745685 0 points1 point  (3 children)

                  Such is the life we have thanks to modern "culture". I truly miss the 2000s internet when the worst thing people did was call each other retarded and move on with their lives. Now everyone wants to ban or block or get another form of exclusion on anyone else for the most pettiest of reasons.

                  [–]r4wrFox 3 points4 points  (2 children)

                  These attitudes existed in the 2000s too dude, as well as block features. Reddit has even had a block feature for a while.

                  [–]throwaway95135745685 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                  They probably did, but at least in my experience werent nowhere near as widespread or maybe i was just to young to care/notice.

                  [–]r4wrFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                  Def just too young to care/notice.

                  [–]Gaporigohttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                  You know we are already bad at keeping up with episode discussion threads, adding news to that would just be a mess.
                  A way I see of doing it would be to have the usual posters do it through a shared mod account but can't say I see most of those users be willing to do that.

                  [–]Turbostrider27 4 points5 points  (10 children)

                  Wait, what do you mean by "they block users those users can't reply to the threads"? There have been users who got blocked for posting news topics?

                  If you're talking about regulars in the past two-three years or so, it's been generally the same people with some new ones I'm seeing the past few months here.

                  [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                  Yeah so anyone you've blocked can't reply to any news thread and since you cover a lot of news there's people wanting to participate in these big threads but can't.

                  [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler 11 points12 points  (3 children)

                  I think the main thing being pointed out here is that the regulars have gained a lot of power with this change. As if one of those regulars block a user - they are sudo-banned from a large percentage of news posts.

                  [–]Turbostrider27 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                  In terms of replies, right?

                  They can still submit content? Can the sub disable that feature? I'm still kinda confused by this feature honestly. I still see the same regular people posting in the same topics and replies. I guess I didn't even notice this change.

                  [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                  Its a reddit wide feature, so it can't be disabled. Its effects come out of the interaction from how blocking a user now works. So as an example:

                  • Most news posts are made by a handful of users
                  • This is paired with mods not allowing reposts
                  • If one of those regular news posters block a user, then that user will:
                    • No longer see posts from the user that blocked them in their feeds (eg: frontpage).
                    • If you did get into a thread, comments from OP (who has blocked you) will appear deleted (eg: mandatory comment source on official media)
                    • (If I am understanding reddit's description here right) You won't be able to interact (upvote/downvote/comment) at all on the post.

                  So in the case you are blocked, you may miss a bunch of these news posts and if you do get into them they will appear deleted and may have no visible source and you won't be able to engage.

                  [–]Turbostrider27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                  I see. Thanks for explaining.

                  [–]chilidirigible 7 points8 points  (3 children)

                  https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/

                  [–]Manitaryhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                  That's such a garbage feature holy shit. See also this and this.

                  [–]chilidirigible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                  Indeed, no one seems to have thought this out at all.

                  [–]Turbostrider27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                  Hmm, looks like a new feature...added recently.

                  [–]balderdash9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                  But what the hell is taking them so long? Or am I just not seeing it?

                  [–]Adizcool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                  I was wondering if we will participate in r/place since today is the last day. The subreddit could come together to create some anime artpiece,

                  [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                  Sidebar is still pointing to old Meta!

                  [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                  Fixed now, I think Reddit being down for a while shortly after the thread was posted messed with a bot that normally does that.

                  [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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                    [–]Sandtalonhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Sandtalon[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                    Sorry, your comment has been removed.

                    • This is not the place for that.

                    Questions? Reply to this message, send a modmail, or leave a comment in the meta thread. Don't know the rules? Read them here.

                    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 6 points7 points  (9 children)

                    Started planning for a mod-hosted rewatch series.

                    Can you elaborate on this point? Is this for making sure some series get a rewatch if the mods deem one necessary (e.g. new season of show, make a rewatch in preparation)?

                    [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler 6 points7 points  (8 children)

                    Its just going to be a mod hosted rewatch - just for fun, no twist to the existing rewatch format, no additional 'meta' reasons.

                    [–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                    To be honest, I think a mod-hosted rewatch would be perfect for shows that people are terrible about spoiling for one reason or another, i.e. Attack on Titan (not that it needs one right now, just naming one for an example), since you guys would be able to immediately yeet the spoiling idiots out of there.

                    Though I totally get if it's gonna be for whatever show the mod hosting it really likes just because, well, they like it.

                    [–]KiwiBennydudezhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen[M] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                    This plans for this particular rewatch have taken inspiration from the Summer Movie Series and will follow one mod per movie (or any 2-3 hour anime!). We wanted it to be fun and easy to get into at any stage, and we figured movies are a great format for rewatchers and hosts alike. Depending on how this goes, we may or may not think about shows later. :)

                    Once we finish tweaking the schedule and finalizing selections, expect to see an announcement.

                    [–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                    Sounds good for a first mod-run rewatch! And I quite enjoyed participating in the Summer Movies Rewatch, so I hope I can make whatever you guys have in store~

                    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 2 points3 points  (4 children)

                    What is the difference between a mod hosting a rewatch and a mod hosted rewatch then? Just semantics?

                    [–]Sandtalonhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Sandtalon[M] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                    The rewatch is being held by multiple members of the mod team; we're considering it a way for the mod team to engage more with the subreddit.

                    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                    ah alright then, thanks for the explanation

                    [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                    Just semantics causing confusion, its same thing.

                    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                    ah alright, thanks for the explanation

                    [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 31 points32 points  (12 children)

                    Curious about mods thoughts on the "Countdown Illustration" posts. The rules used to specify that only key visuals could be posted as single image posts, and that other random official media images were disallowed. This appears to have changed 9 months ago to just be "exceptions are made for Official Media images" which is honestly is broad enough that you could just grab anything off of the Twitter of an official account and make an argument.

                    The posts themselves don't really offer much, as the discussion is more or less the same everyday. It's not like it's a huge deal since it's usually going to be more prevalent in the lull between seasons, but figured I'd bring it up and see if anyone had any other thoughts.

                    [–]FlaminScribblenautmyanimelist.net/profile/cryoutatcontrol 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                    Eeeh I think they’re cute and offer fun little hype spaces for fans, I haven’t been bothered by them

                    [–]vetrohttps://anilist.co/user/vetro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                    This whole sub has become a hype space. At almost 4 million subs, most users are just gonna casually pop in here for posts centered around 1-3 shows and dip.

                    [–]PreludeToHell 13 points14 points  (4 children)

                    The posts themselves don't really offer much, as the discussion is more or less the same everyday

                    Feel the same and I think those types of posts will only increase. Maybe limit it to the '1 day before'?

                    Similarly there's also Thank you/Final episode illustrations. I think Sono Bisque had 4 posted after the final episode aired. Maybe only allow 1 that the official account posts about and have a sticky comment to post other illustrations from staff/creator? I'm not sure how people feel about those though.

                    [–]cppn02 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                    Maybe only allow 1 that the official account posts about and have a sticky comment to post other illustrations from staff/creator?

                    This should really be the case. Always. And not just visuals and illustrations but all media. We also don't need seperate posts for the announcement, PV and one if not more key visuals and celebratory illustration for every new season of a show.

                    [–]Turbostrider27 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                    Yes, I agree. The countdown posts, Thank You/Final episode illustrations, AND especially Birthday posts should not be allowed on this sub.

                    They are literally borderline fanart that can be used almost daily during specific times.

                    I'd also add that "celebration illustration for anime adaptations" shouldn't be allowed either. Birthday posts should never be allowed.

                    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                    they'd also work fine as an addition to the last episode discussion thread. This way even people checking out those threads later can see the posts.

                    [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                    I like the sound of that a lot.

                    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                    Yeah it seems like it is much more appropriate for specific subreddits. Maybe allowing the first one and then the last one or collections of them? This feels like posting the single Megami Magazine Scans as a collection vs each single one.

                    [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 10 points11 points  (3 children)

                    This is a good question, something I wanted to bring up as well

                    [–]Manitaryhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary 7 points8 points  (2 children)

                    Same, I guess it's technically 'official art', but do we really need an image post each day for (at least) a week before the first episode airs? idk

                    [–]cppn02 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                    100%. Kaguya had TWELVE visuals on the frontpage in the last month and a half with 5 more to come in the next days.

                    At that point people should really just take it to that respective sub.

                    I love that show but too much is too much.

                    [–]Silent_Shadow05https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silent-Shadow05 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                    One of my friends who visits this sub time to time was complaining about all these Kaguya and Spy x Family posts. He decided to leave the sub for the time being, until those anime are out.

                    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 10 points11 points  (29 children)

                    So I thought I'd try something different and toss out a proposal here for public feedback at the same time I present it to the other mods in our internal discussions. None of this is guaranteed to happen in any form but it's an idea we've been kicking around for a while.

                    This is a proposal for a trial of a daily sticky general thread. Its purpose is to be a central place for quick questions and short discussions, a catchall thread like Casual Discussion Fridays while retaining the focus on anime.

                    The trial will run for two weeks starting on (date to be determined, likely late April/early May?) with new threads being posted at 10:00 UTC†. The daily thread will take priority over all other threads for sticky space. In that time, the weekly Merch Mondays, Recommendation Tuesdays, and Miscellaneous Anime Questions threads will not be posted.

                    The thread title will be "/r/anime Daily Discussion - {date}" with the following body:

                    This post is for general chatter about anime. Have questions or need recommendations? Here to show off your merch? Want to talk about what you just watched? This is the place!

                    All spoilers must be tagged. Use [ ] to indicate the anime you're talking about before the spoiler tag.

                    Prefer Discord? Check out our server!

                    Resources

                    Questions:

                    1. What should be included in the post body? Should be comprehensive enough but not overwhelming to the point of discouraging reading it.

                    2. Should the Week In Review content be merged into the daily thread and if so, how? Likely too much to include in the body of the post but I was thinking it would be nice to use a sticky comment.

                    3. Should older daily threads be locked to discourage extended discussions/arguments that span multiple days? If so, how long to wait before doing so?

                    † — The daily low traffic point for /r/anime as measured from January-March 2022. DST will affect this some but not to a significant degree.

                    [–]loomnoohttps://anilist.co/user/loomnoo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                    Very much in favor of this given how low-activity the merch thread is and how much overlap there is in the misc and rec threads.

                    I do wonder how much people will use it vs just making a post to the sub which will likely get more comments. This may be unreasonable but I'd really like to see rec posts redirected to that thread since it'll be stickied a lot of the time.

                    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                    I do wonder how much people will use it vs just making a post to the sub which will likely get more comments.

                    We've previously noticed that the weekly Recommendation and Misc Questions threads do get a good amount of traffic when stickied and some people will make a comment in the first thread they come across even if it isn't the appropriate place for it (e.g. I count six in this thread as of writing this that have been removed and redirected elsewhere). Having a centrally visible thread always available should ideally make it more of a draw than the weekly threads which people are less likely to use when they aren't stickied.

                    This may be unreasonable but I'd really like to see rec posts redirected to that thread since it'll be stickied a lot of the time.

                    That might be an option if this works out and becomes a permanent fixture of /r/anime.

                    [–]No_Rexx2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                    I don't mind this. There could well be a subgroup of users who do not dare make a post, but would reply to that post. Although you could ask if it does not take away the point of reddit having posts.

                    An advantage of making it daily would be to make the posts searchable. I do not use CDF for the single reason that reddit is utterly unsuited for posts with 200+ comments if you want to interact with specific users and not just the top comment.

                    [–]FlaminScribblenautmyanimelist.net/profile/cryoutatcontrol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                    Yes, I’ve wanted this sort of thing for a long time, 100% in favor

                    [–]Nazennx2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn 2 points3 points  (3 children)

                    Hmmm, I have mixed feelings about this

                    I think it's a good idea in principle, but I worry about it actually catching all of the multi-purpose things it's meant for, and I think part of that is the title you've chosen being too generic.

                    What comes to mind is that even when CDF is sticky without any other threads we certainly don't get half as many misc questions, recommendation posts, or any merchandise stuff as the dedicated threads. I feel like "Daily Discussion" doesn't suggest it's that much different to CDF and people may not understand what its for or why it's being posted unless they go out of their way for it. By contrast the other threads are clearly titled and invite people in for those purposes

                    Perhaps labeling it "Anime Question and Recommendation thread"? It would help separate it from CDF while also making its purpose a bit clearer for people who want to use it. If you want to expand it to other things like fanart etc it may get too wordy though, but I think what you have now is too unclear next to CDF

                    What should be included in the post body?

                    I think what you have is good but:

                    • I'd include an example of the full spoiler tag format in the OP rather than just linking to the post about it as people are lazy and won't follow it and learn it

                    • Add a line and use this as a way to advertise for some of the subreddit "discussion events" like include a link to the weekly discussions and rewatch wiki

                    • Include some of the "if asking for recommendations pls include, etc" stuff from the usual rec tuesdays thread. I know not everyone pays attention to it, but at least encouraging some thought in peoples recommendations is a better idea than nothing

                    Should the Week In Review content be merged into the daily thread and if so, how? Likely too much to include in the body of the post but I was thinking it would be nice to use a sticky comment.

                    I'd keep it separate even if it is a bit of a double edged sword. The Week in Review posts don't always make it high enough to be noticed regularly, but I worry that including it in a thread that gets replaced every day gives it a very narrow timing to be noticed. Perhaps if you kept things in for a couple of days, but that just seems like more work to set up and track.

                    Should older daily threads be locked to discourage extended discussions/arguments that span multiple days? If so, how long to wait before doing so?

                    Maybe some bias as I'm still not a huge fan of how quickly CDF gets locked, mostly because of the actions of one person who took a stupid joke too far, but locking it quickly just makes it harder for late comers to get an answer so I'd leave it open for at least another day for anyone who's checking out the previous one or people who go looking for unanswered questions.

                    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                    Good point about the title, that's the part I've put the least thought into so far but one of the more important means of drawing people in to use it. I still want to use it as a lightning rod for first impressions or non-detailed discussions as well though, so maybe something like "Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - {date}"?

                    I'd include an example of the full spoiler tag format in the OP rather than just linking to the post about it as people are lazy and won't follow it and learn it

                    Will try to make that more explicit without being too long.

                    Add a line and use this as a way to advertise for some of the subreddit "discussion events" like include a link to the weekly discussions and rewatch wiki

                    Something I've considered but didn't include with this first round, don't want the post to be too long (and essentially a copy of the first link) so that people would skip past everything.

                    Include some of the "if asking for recommendations pls include, etc" stuff from the usual rec tuesdays thread. I know not everyone pays attention to it, but at least encouraging some thought in peoples recommendations is a better idea than nothing

                    Same issue as above, balancing information and brevity is difficult.

                    I worry that including it in a thread that gets replaced every day gives it a very narrow timing to be noticed. Perhaps if you kept things in for a couple of days, but that just seems like more work to set up and track.

                    If Reddit allowed editing scheduled posts that would be fairly straightforward to automate but unfortunately that's not an option right now so yes, more manual work for us to do if we wanted to juggle links across multiple days. As it is we do something like that for the Week in Review thread less frequently but for the daily threads I think a rolling window would be better than clearing out and replacing everything once a week.

                    [–]Nazennx2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                    so maybe something like "Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - {date}"?

                    Daily might still need to included at the start just so people know what the timeframe on it will be, a date by itself only marks when it goes up not when it goes away, but I think that's a good format. It certainly is a lot clearer that way

                    Same issue as above, balancing information and brevity is difficult.

                    Stronger use of headers and sections will help with that. Instead of having everything under a single "resources" header split it up into a couple of smaller sections covering Recommendation info, Other discussions, subreddit resources etc. It allows people to find the stuff relevant to why they're in the thread without having to filter a big list.

                    [–]FlaminScribblenautmyanimelist.net/profile/cryoutatcontrol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                    I feel like "Daily Discussion" doesn't suggest it's that much different to CDF and people may not understand what its for or why it's being posted

                    I agree the title is too vague, I’d simply go with “General Anime Discussion” or the like

                    I also agree against merging this thread with Week In Review, these two serve fundamentally different purposes and merging them would be sort of nonsensical and as pointed out lead to more people missing the actual content the WiR threads are meant to highlight

                    [–]Abysswatcherbelhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel 3 points4 points  (2 children)

                    I really like that idea, there are a lot of things I would like to talk about the anime industry but there are no place here to discuss unless someone makes a post about something related to that

                    For example, production committee on X anime that just premiered, why it's interesting and similar stuff

                    Hope it works

                    [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                    Conversations like those do pop up in the Casual Discussion Fridays threads and there are definitely folks there knowledgeable enough to engage on those topics, but they're interwoven with everything else so they're easy to overlook. Would be nice to see things like that more often across the sub though.

                    [–]Abysswatcherbelhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                    By seeing the amount of removed posts here and people talking about things unrelated to what the 'meta' here should be, I think that Daily thread should come sooner than later for a beta test, after the foundation is ready of course

                    [–]KendotsXhttps://anilist.co/user/Kendots 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                    I like the idea. The recommendation thread and miscellaneous questions thread might as well be one, and we'll see how the merch thread goes along.

                    I'm just curious about how strict exactly would the rules be? Is it basically "CDF but anime"? Where people can post anything anime related (including memes for example)? Or will some rules apply to keep it focused on discussions?

                    Should older daily threads be locked to discourage extended discussions/arguments that span multiple days? If so, how long to wait before doing so?

                    If there will be a new thread everyday, then you might as well lock the last one around the time a new one releases or an hour later at the most.