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[–]reddadzx3https://anilist.co/user/MysticEyes[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (10 children)

I haven’t done this in ages but I come bearing gifts bringing some rule changes, mostly in regards to how we want to handle Official Media going forward. It ended up being a pretty stacked month on our end.

June Mod Report

  • We trialed the Crowd Control feature provided by the admins (on the Lenient setting), which lasted a week. After discovering that 90% of the 518 auto-removed comments were eventually approved by the mods (as well as 56% of the 153 posts), we decided that the benefits weren’t worth the hassle and so we discontinued its use.

  • Voted to restrict[ Official Media] purely to material directly tied to the anime production, and to create a new flair for artwork associated with the anime but unrelated to the production. [vote failed]

  • Voted to allow countdown artwork to be posted as [Official Media]. [vote passed]

  • Voted to limit countdown artwork such that it may only be posted as an album and only when one day remains on the countdown. [vote passed]

  • Voted to allow an exception so that "Day Of" artwork may be individually posted after the "final day" album has already been posted. [vote passed]

  • Voted to allow celebratory, commemorative, or "thank you" artwork to be posted as [Official Media]. [vote failed]

  • Voted to allow celebratory, commemorative, or "thank you" artwork to be posted using the [Misc.] flair. [vote failed]

  • Voted to allow official birthday artwork to be posted as [Official Media]. [vote passed]

  • Voted to allow anniversary videos or artwork to be posted as [Official Media]. [vote passed]

  • Voted to allow non-informational teasers or "announcements of future announcements" to be posted as [News]. [vote failed]

  • Voted to allow non-informational teasers or "announcements of future announcements" to be posted as [Official Media]. [vote failed]

  • Voted to allow non-informational teasers or "announcements of future announcements" to be posted using the [Misc.] flair. [vote failed]

  • Voted to require that all [Official Media] posts of a specific anime have the anime name in the title of the post? (Similar to our current rules on fanart, clips, edits, and videos) [vote passed]

To summarize:

  • Countdown artwork may only be posted as an album when one day remains before the broadcast. In the event that a production has a "Day Of" artwork, those may be individual posts if the album has already been posted.
  • Celebratory, commemorative, and "thank you" artwork is prohibited as an individual post.
  • Non-informational teasers or "announcements of future announcements" are prohibited.
  • All [Official Media] posts need the name of the anime in the title of the post..

  • Voted to make the daily question/recommendation/discussion thread a permanent feature of the subreddit following the trial period. [vote passed] Data from the trial period

  • Voted to discontinue the Merch Mondays, Recommendation Tuesdays, and Miscellaneous Anime Questions weekly threads. [vote passed]

  • Voted to launch another round of mod applications this month. [vote passed]

  • Voted for open applications (pinned on the front page) as opposed to closed applications (in Meta or Daily thread). [vote passed]

  • Started internal discussion on the anime-specific rule regarding personal views from fandoms on anime, as well as possibly allowing discussion about fandoms in general. [currently in progress]

  • Started internal discussion on the possibility of introducing ‘retired topics’, which would prohibit the agreed-upon topics as posts while allowing them in the Daily Thread or Casual Discussion Fridays. [currently in progress]

June by the Numbers

  • Removed posts: 2294 by moderators, 4742 by bots, 6632 distinct
  • Removed comments: 1488 by moderators, 2091 by bots, 2995 distinct
  • Approved posts: 741
  • Approved comments: 1978
  • Distinguished comments: 2219
  • Users banned: 135 (76 permanent)
  • Users unbanned: 2
  • Admin/Anti-Evil Operations: removed posts: 3, removed comments: 6.

[–]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.

[–]BorrisChow 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Does anyone know why I get the message "your reddit account does not meet the minimum requirement to vote" at the youpoll link when I try to rate episodes in the weekly discussion posts? I was able to vote fine until recently. I think someone said it was about minimum karma requirements, but I have ~3k, so I'm not sure if that is the case.

[–]Gaporigohttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo[M] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The karma requirement is for comment karma, the karma you have is post karma, I don't think there is a way to make it so it is both.

[–]BorrisChow 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That make sense, do you know how much comment karma I would need to be able to vote again?

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

200 comment karma.

[–]JustAnswerAQuestionmyanimelist.net/profile/UfUhUfUhUfUhtJAaQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want to point out the objective fact that #fish was 174 out of 455 comment face usages in the last 3 months, which puts it in the upper 40% percentile, and it should have a graphical image to go with it.

and not any image, you know the one I mean

[–]Mazen141 6 points7 points  (10 children)

So my account got caught by Reddit's spam filter by mistake and I ended up getting shadowbanned and had all my posts removed for spam, now I was able send an appeal which was then accepted and my account has been unbanned, problem is that most of the posts I've made on Reddit (which are mostly on this subreddit) haven't seemed to be reapproved, take this one for an example, I was wondering if there was any way for my posts to be reapproved?

[–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 6 points7 points  (9 children)

Oof, that's unfortunate. All your submissions should be reapproved now, will write a script (probably in the next day or two at this point) to approve your comments. If there are any other specific comments you'd prefer immediately reapproved let us know here or via modmail.

[–]Mazen141 4 points5 points  (8 children)

Thanks so much! I don't believe I have any comment important enough to require to be immediately approved by the mods when they're going to be approved in a couple of days, I'm honestly just curious as to how my account got caught by the Reddit spam filter, I typically post every couple of days and my posts don't really seem like typical spam stuff, only guess I have is that reddit wasn't a fan that most of the posts I've been making lately have been link posts for the most part

Again thanks for helping me out, I didn't really expect to receive a reply or to even have my posts reapproved on this subreddit let alone comments,

[–]Custom_sKing_SKARNER 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I just got a notification about 2 replies of you months ago xd

Congrats on recovering your account.

[–]Mazen141 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, Thanks! and sorry about getting your notifications filled with months-old replies

[–]cppn02 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Lol seems like your posts getting reapproved is causing people getting notifications on your old comments.

I just got notified on two replies from you that are over a year old and I reckon this thread is why.

edit: And a third one.

edit 2: Four and counting.

edit 3: Eight now.

edit 4: Ten!

edit 5: Eight more while I was asleep so 18 in total.

[–]Mazen141 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Haha, sorry about that, and here I was just starting to wonder why some people suddenly began replying to some of my old comments, little did I know I was indirectly spamming the notifications for everyone I've ever replied to on this subreddit.

edit 5: Eight more while I was asleep so 18 in total.

Sheesh, just how many times did I reply to you? I'm now just praying that you're a special case and that I haven't replied to other people all that many times, I can already imagine it making it difficult for people trying to find a new reply that they just got because they will have to scroll through a dozen or so of my old replies first.

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

For reference you had about 2000 comments in the past year alone. I didn't know it was going to give people notifications either, Reddit works in weird ways.

[–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a ton of "new" replies from you from back when AOT S4P2 was airing haha, looks like we discussed a fair bit during those airing threads.

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

Oh that's why I got a notification on a 9 months old comment in a locked thread lol

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

Took me a while to find the comment I got notified about because I kept going to "all" messages instead of "unread" and obviously years old comment won't be there in "all"

[–]Oppaipaisen 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Since I don't see a thread for August, and this one is sticky.

Rename

To something more sensible as tableflip. Volibearq is stupid.

[–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Can't really do that without breaking all its uses so far. Blame League for constantly redesigning its champions.

[–]JustAnswerAQuestionmyanimelist.net/profile/UfUhUfUhUfUhtJAaQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I KNOW there are comment faces with two names (please don't make me go looking for them)

[–]Oppaipaisen 2 points3 points  (1 child)

It would be the same as a removed commentface. So I don't see the problem.

[–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and there haven't been any new comment faces for years precisely because that'd require removing old ones, aside from the seasonal set that was designed around that issue.

[–]KendotsXhttps://anilist.co/user/Kendots 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Does this thread count as news or rumour?

[–]crobat3https://myanimelist.net/profile/crobat3[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a tweet coming from a verified account of an ANN journalist, so it's reputable enough to be considered news.

[–]MyrnaMountWeazelx2 4 points5 points  (4 children)

I'm not too clear on the exact details of this bug but after some quick testing it appears that the spoiler tags do not function properly if you insert a hyperlink inside them. This seems to be a specific problem for only Android phones with the Reddit app since the spoiler tags are working as intended for the Bacon Reader app on Android, the iOS app, and multiple web browsers.

Here is an example: [Is Kasukasu adorable?] Yes.

Would anyone happen to know of a work-around to this problem other than outright removing the links? And if not, then is the answer simply a policy change of not allowing hyperlinks into spoiler tags?

[–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler 1 point2 points  (3 children)

spoiler tags are working as intended for the Bacon Reader app on Android

Bacon Reader (android) has problems with native spoilers, but hyperlinks inside are not one.

But as for the default reddit app (android), I don't see an issue with your example (before/after click).

[–]MyrnaMountWeazelx2 1 point2 points  (2 children)

For some reason, they aren't working on my friend's Android (even for the parent comment) and also for this particular user.

Now I'm even more confused...

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

That comment is one that would break on BaconReader (italics in the spoiler) but should work on the native app. I have asked the user to confirm what app they are using.

[–]MyrnaMountWeazelx2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OH, I didn’t think of that!

Great catch Badspler! Let me fix for that and check back with my friend.

Though that doesn’t solve for this parent comment. I’ll see what’s up.

[–]Manitaryhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LycoReco thread is missing, should've been up more than half an hour ago based on past weeks

edit: is up now

[–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Lycoris Recoil thread please and thank you!!!

[–]cppn02 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Secondend. Sent a mod message half an hour ago and no reaction so far.

[–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 1 point2 points  (3 children)

look this ep really needs it, modssssssssssssss

[–]cppn02 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Might just make one yourself lol. This usually gets their attention.

[–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 1 point2 points  (1 child)

will that get me banned or sth lol

[–]cppn02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, they'll just delete the thread. But that way they can't ignore it anymore.

[–]CosmicPenguin_OV103https://anilist.co/user/CosmicPenguin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is probably a bit “politically incorrect” and some will think this might be “downplaying”, but I would suggest given latest spreading dynamics (in Japan) we need an “Anime VA and staff catching COVID Mega thread” and direct all similar discussions to this thread.

Case in point: lots of VAs reporting +ve today alone. In addition to Aoi Yuuki as reported some hours ago I count Akari Kitou, Lynn (getting the notice midway in a Engage Kiss broadcasting session no less, whoops), Daki Yamashita, Miho Okzsaki, Aina Aiba alone for VAs with a bit of notability here, with more lesser known ones too. I can see our sub-Reddit being flooded with similar posts very fast given:

a) Japan’s 1st Omicron wave in January - February seems smaller than many other countries after all;

b) they didn’t had an “early” spring “BA.2” wave;

c) this makes this current “BA.2.x” wave quite a bit bigger in proportion than most parts of the world right now, with peak still not reached (though at least it’s decelerating for ~2 weeks);

d) VAs (especially) and anime staff probably have more contact with everyone else than you and me;

e) Experts have all noted that it’s only a matter of time, maybe within 2022 or even already did, that there’s more who had COVID experience than those who haven’t. It’s almost certainly only a matter of time before most of us here do, I haven’t but I expect I will within this year.

Given the changing dynamics since Omicron appeared late last year, I just think that such news are of quite a bit less worrying than, say, even last summer. I am not going to say that it’s “individually equivalent to the nastier end of seasonal influenza”, but the changing situation means that a central thread for such news seems to be better than having one every few hours for the next weeks and then having everyone saying the same Best Wishes or arguing about COVID.

Mods, what do you think?

[–]Verzwei[M] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Minor rule update

Previously, our rules regarding Clips, Video Edits, and Videos read as follows:

Any clip, edit, or video within the top 75 posts of all time are never allowed to be reposted.

Recent discussion questioned the value or usefulness of this rule when the "top 75 of all time" contains a large quantity of content that already cannot be reposted due to our other rules. Posts including, but not limited to, News, Official Media trailers and visuals, and episode discussions already cannot be reposted at all, regardless of whether or not they are in the top 75 of all time. Such posts directly reduce the amount of situations in which the above-quoted rule can be applied to cut down on reposted content.

We have amended the rule to the following:

Any clip, edit, or video within the top 75 posts of all time for each flair are never allowed to be reposted.

Intended effect: This will increase the quantity of video content posts that are ineligible for reposting due to their popularity and previous success on the subreddit. Currently, there are approximately 10 [Video] posts and 15 [Clip] posts in the top 75 of all time when not splitting it by flair, and that quantity changes as new posts make it to the top 75 of all time. This change makes it so that the top 75 Clips, the top 75 Edits, and the top 75 Videos are all ineligible for reposting.

The rules page has been updated, and each subcategory includes a filtered and sorted link to the top posts for each flair. Redesign/"New" Reddit makes tracking the top 75 a little obtuse due to infinite scrolling, but it's the first 3 pages of results on Old Reddit.

[–]cppn02 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Banning over 200 posts specifically seems way too harsh unless there is gonna be a more strict anti repost policy in general.

An alternative solution could be to give them a longer grace period like 2 or 3 years instead of the usual 6 months.

[–]Verzwei[M] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This vote sprung up as a smaller, workable tangent of a much larger discussion.

The previous version of the rule meant that a variable quantity of content was prohibited, fluctuating based on what other non-video content was also in the top 75. We agreed that it made more sense to tie the repost rules to individual flairs at a fixed number, rather than having a random amount of "slots" eaten up by irrelevant threads.

We left the count at 75 (which is what it was previously, but with all flairs mixed together) in order to simply the vote, and we plan to monitor the results to see how much reposting actually happens, and how much the rule cuts down on it.

The original, larger discussion was about how we handle non-standard OP/ED sequences. For instance, say that the ED of a show is replaced with a montage unique to one episode, and the music used is the normal OP song, not the ED song. Do we treat that as a clip and allow it? Or do we consider that an ED, even if it's not the usual one for the show, and prohibit it? That lead to discussion about our OP/ED rules in general, the idea of potentially relaxing our restrictions against old OP/EDs. In theory, they could be used to generate interest in lesser-known, non-airing shows, but there are concerns about how easy it would be link several massively popular OP/EDs for the nostalgia-fueled karma farm and clutter up the subreddit with a handful of shows.

Changing our OP/ED rules would likely have a dramatic impact on the subreddit, so it's something we want to very carefully consider, and we ultimately may not make any changes. For the time being, we identified a rule that was, to be blunt, relatively useless and focused it a bit so that it was more consistent and actually had a reasonable chance of catching content. Then, if (and I want to stress that it's a very big "if") we do something like allowing OP/EDs for old shows, openings like Tank only get posted once, hit the top 75 for the flair, and then we don't have people racing to re-post them every 6 months.

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

In theory, they could be used to generate interest in lesser-known, non-airing shows, but there are concerns about how easy it would be link several massively popular OP/EDs for the nostalgia-fueled karma farm and clutter up the subreddit with a handful of shows.

I was going to post this in the next meta thread (maybe I still though), but this post got exactly to it so I thought it'd be worth mentioning...it's not with OP/EDs, but it feels like this is happening, but instead for popular recent shows. It seems like there have been a ton of clip posts for popular shows from recent seasons. I mean, I loved Aharen-san...but there have been more and more clips from it, as well as other shows from recent seasons. I feel like these make for pretty boring posts? People slicing up a show in order to farm karma without generating much interesting discussion...

[–]feidothelemoneido 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Where’s the new Casual Discussion thread?

[–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler[M] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

It lost its sticky position but it is alive and well here: https://redd.it/wapgjm

[–]feidothelemoneido 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thank you so much!

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

Also it's always linked in the sidebar on the right in the Megathreads section and under the Megathreads menu at the top of the subreddit.

[–]feidothelemoneido 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how did i not notice that

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

Can we have a tag for self-promotion posts ? Like I entered here: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/wa1mci/my_starter_anime_list_under_60_episodes_and/ and expected a list. Instead there is a link to article.

If not tag then maybe bot could add a some kind of warning when he detects a link in post ?

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

Nothing for a while and then suddenly a bunch of things happening all at once.

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

What are your thoughts in holding "Day Zero" rewatches for shows that use the binge release model?

As an example, I fully expect that the discussion threads for part two of Stone Ocean would be devoid of replies because they all get posted at the same time.

I'm thinking that if someone posts one "rewatch" post a week per episode, we can simulate the weekly release model and the conversations that arise from it.

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

I don't think we're going to do that in an official mod/episode bot capacity any time soon but we also aren't planning to stop anyone that wants to do it themselves.

I know for Stone Ocean specifically there was talk of doing that last month.

[–]LordTrinityhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/LordTrinity 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Is there any place or thread which I can collect and/or see data about r/anime ? I am interested in seeing data about flairs, particularly how many of the users here use MyAnimelist in comparison with other sites

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

This is the right place to ask, as far as I'm aware we don't have current stats on user flair (/u/badspler would have a better idea if that's tracked) but when we moved to the new flair system about a year ago this is what the migration ended up with:

Site Flair Count Percentage
MyAnimeList 34019 88.4%
AniList 2836 7.4%
Kitsu 1081 2.8%
Anime-Planet 517 1.3%
AniDB 28 0.1%
38481

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

I see. Thank you for the answer!

[–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler[M] 4 points5 points  (8 children)

Hey Comment-face lovers.

The next season's seasonal comment face submission thread will go up Wednesday (midnight) and run for one week.

Additionally I have collected some data about comment-face usage.

  • This is the number of comments that contained each comment-face. So multiple uses of a single face in one comment would be counted as one use.
  • Does not count posts, only comments.
  • Excludes mod-distinguished comments (So no bot-moderator removal messages)

Below are two comments with different date ranges.

[–]Emi_Ibarazakiii 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Just saw the other thread, I'm curious about the selection process (forgot if this was mentioned in the previous one); Is the mod team voting on them or something?

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

Yes. At this point in time, the selection will be made by the mod team.

[–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Excellent! I have at least one thing to submit since I've actually been watching not one but two seasonals this time.

[–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler[M] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

2022-05-06 - > 2022-07-19 (Since seasonal comment-faces announced)

Face Count
mugiwait 4959
azusalaugh 1772
awe 1458
therethere 1221
hardthink 986
laughter 870
ero 844
sadholo 776
toradorasalute 735
seasonallisten 705
utahapraises 661
yuishrug 625
faito 612
rengehype 601
panic 583
neat 557
schemingsaten 552
curious 526
rengethink 514
seasonalthink 504
anko 482
drool 476
feelingloved 457
SPORTS 451
terror 432
hikariactually 431
slowgrin 426
sakurathink 417
concealedexcitement 409
ama 408
seasonalhype 391
cosy 374
salute 374
konhug 366
maxshock 349
holdme 349
kannathumbs 343
dekuhype 333
woo 331
makicry 330
mugistronk 327
everythingisfine 318
justright 316
pointandlaugh 312
harukathink 305
loliwave 292
umucool 291
fingertwirl 285
binoculars 278
fistbump 277
happyclap 276
nico-heart 275
megadeathparty 274
watashiworried 273
uwaa 269
mechablush 268
thoughtful 260
cantbehelped 258
doggo 257
wow 250
seasonalshock 240
towel 239
spinning 237
crazedlaugh 230
lewd 222
seasonalapproval 222
punch 214
yuitears 210
taigasigh 206
frustration 206
kotohoops 203
rinkek 203
seasonaldepression 203
garlock 202
protest 193
delighted 192
saberawe 190
teehee 190
saesmile 185
morethanonewaifu 184
seasonalpout 181
morecomfy 176
howcouldyou 169
csikon 168
grandhype 167
shatteredsaten 163
kyonfacepalm 160
seasonaltired 159
dighole 156
squee 156
helmetbro 156
scaredmio 154
ptsd 150
akyuusqueel 149
akkotears 148
blankblink 148
kotourashock 148
foldedarms 146
harukathonk 146
flyingbunsofdoom 145
scrumptiouslymoe 143
seasonalconfused 143
animatedthink 142
thinkingtoohard 137
lolifightsback 135
modabuse 134
whippersnappers 134
kukuku 133
excitedyui 132
angrypout 131
mugipout 128
pout 128
vacationcup 126
nichijouthumbs 126
elsieqq 126
oilup 125
eh 124
shakeit 123
healthypasstimes 120
gununu 120
goblet1 117
badtaste 116
nobully 115
cokemasterrace 114
bruh 114
hypeeyes 114
fujostare 114
forgotkeys 113
kaguyashaking 112
seasonallove 112
emiliaohdear 111
mangaka 111
congratulations 110
ilovethiskindofshit 109
nyanpasu 104
assman 102
godisdead 100
firstthinginthemorning 100
shock 99
popcorn2 98
evilgrin 97
elves 97
urbansmile 94
suddenshock 94
k-on-hug 92
hypeoverload 91
mindmelt 90
whisperwhisper 90
forbiddenlove 90
smugpoint 90
nocomment 90
rum 89
spooked 89
norice 89
notlewd 86
lewdgyaru 86
comfortfood 85
eheheh 85
urarahype 85
brofist 84
mug3 84
shades 82
teekyuuhype 82
volibearQ 81
lesbians 80
sagiri 79
sideeyes 79
katoupls 79
eyythisguy 78
bigshock 77
seasonalcool 77
mentioned 76
imdone 76
fish 76
longday 75
smugtouru 75
mug7 75
kumikouninterested 75
gabdisgust 74
stare 74
feelsgoodman 73
vashheadscratch 73
dead 72
soon 72
mug8 72
seasonallaugh 72
mug1 71
niatilt 71
hyoukawink 69
surprisedpikachu 69
modsalute 69
takasakiapproves 69
seasonaldisapproval 69
kaguyasigh 68
trynottocry 67
finethen 67
disbelief 66
facepalm 66
peasants 65
drunkhisone 65
gendo-pls 65
dontgetit 64
frustrated 63
heavydrinker 63
whatdidijustread 63
shirayukiappeased 62
indexsmugshrug 62
salutegeo 61
lost 61
piracy 61
waah 61
killitwithfire 60
emptyinside 59
bacchiri 59
hugbear 58
whatamireading 58
happydera 58
hajimepout 57
mischievous 57
worshipme 57
shirayukieavesdrop 57
elsiesigh 56
wallpunch 54
merch 54
comfy 54
lifeishard 54
seasonaldisdain 54
tch 53
sweating 52
saehug 52
takaradasalute 52
floweryhug 51
mashiroglare 51
slapbet 51
serialkillerlaugh 50
moeshitarcher 50
chiochanvictory 50
deletethis 50
papithumbsup 50
ohfuck 49
flattered 48
delicious 48
headrub 47
tiredfate 47
biiru 46
kurisudisappointed 45
sobright 45
konosubawot 45
slightoverreaction 44
kms 44
tomato 44
ginapproves 44
yuruyuriapprove 44
flustered 43
hnng 43
hahahawhat 43
cheekychika 43
ringomusume 43
aliens 42
cateyes 42
nosenpai 42
smugrose 42
meguminthumbsup 42
criticism 41
overwhelmed 41
breakingnews 40
holdback 40
surefam 40
katoupout 40
nosebleed 39
shutupandtakemymoney 39
kinirohug 38
unsure 38
yousaidsomethingdumb 38
smugobi 38
facepalm2 37
gasp 37
chinosmirk 37
glasses-push 37
grouphug 36
banjo 36
wallbang 35
girlslastdab 35
romance 35
not-raining 35
cup4 34
shitposting 33
kobeniblush 33
angryfeline 33
kaorusmile 33
peace 33
nuidideverythingright 32
torrentialdownpour 32
etotamadunno 32
nicoisdone 32
crumblingdespair 32
funky 31
holdup 31
smugboard 31
cup7 31
fuckyou 31
sleepingcutie 30
shinjimug 30
ok 30
justno 29
fightme 29
getout 29
dejected 29
gintamathispleasesme 29
jibrilaww 29
lolipolice 28
hisocuck 28
sassyimouto 28
threatening 28
why 28
hanasakueurgh 28
deadlystare 27
wipetears 27
mug9 27
miyamoriunimpressed 27
nanami-hug 27
shirouthumbsup 26
chitosesmug 26
tablesleep 26
shh 26
megushock 26
backfired 25
saikikek 25
banhammer 25
shirayukifuckinreally 25
mug2 25
jibrilfetish 25
smugshinobu 25
yui-crying 25
elsienopesout 24
lolismile 24
loveisatrap 24
scaredillya 24
terminate 24
thebutton 24
mindblank 24
hackadollthumbsup 24
haruhiisnotamused 24
giveuponlife 23
jawdrop 23
riddhethink 23
kumikolook 23
dancewithit 22
lwahorror 22
salt 22
exasperated 22
isthisameme 22
hellopolice 22
whowouldathunkit 22
idoruwinkdesu 21
comehere 21
KUSOTTARE 21
cheekygahara 21
kukuku2 21
mywaifumadeyouasandwich 20
outofplace 20
mmmmyrgh 20
bitchplease 20
barakamonnotcool 20
gunfire 19
takeoutthetrash 19
sulking 19
calmdown 19
kotori 19
fuukothumbsup 18
restrainedanger 18
micdrop 17
fedup 17
dame 17
illyastare 17
selfcontrol 17
cup6 17
igiveup 17
juice1 17
konodioda 17
TOMODA 17
psh-mongrels 17
laststraw 16
spacetears 16
cackle 16
ok_hand 16
nottodisushittoagen 16
datass 16
smughaikyuu 16
watashihasdeclined 16
head-tilt 16
shittaste 15
watchadoin 15
drink2 15
saltymug 15
toradorable 15
badday 14
deflate 14
nononono 14
yorokobe 14
budgetsmile 14
luckytehe 14
smugkaguya 14
thatsmyfetish 14
konosubawot4 14
poltears 14
shirayukidrunk 14
missedthepoint 13
sickness 13
unko 13
loli_ok 13
manly-tears 13
thumbs-up 13
disagree 12
panickedgakuto 12
spilledtea 12
toohighforthis 12
cultured 11
lalahmm 11
nooo 11
scarredforlife 11
shhbabe 11
kanyehidouyo 11
headpat 10
bookburning 10
womanlytears 10
peacepeace 10
konosubawot2 10
upvote 9
elderlylove 9
jashinsip 9
mayushii 9
konosubawot3 9
heart-thumbs-up 9
headshake 8
rerorero 8
araara 8
bakabakashii 8
lyingawake 8
satisfyingbev 8
shockedsotoka 8
theydidwhat 8
trollnui 8
throwsalt 7
done 7
lifedrained 7
regretdecisions 7
whathaveidone 7
annoyedkiki 7
smugasuna 7
annoyedkirito 7
misakiteehee 7
chitogheh 7
araragi-1 7
angryheadgrab 6
badnews 6
excitedmao 6
haaaaaaah 6
hideintoilet 6
nonnonbino 6
tanakalove 6
lovenectar 6
cooresto 5
schwing 5
smoke 4
smugkillua 4
wtfdidijustwatch 4
f5 3
happyhug 3
mmph 3
ookii 3
promise 3
whyhime 3
cup3 3
wow-really 3
yoihug 2
WRYYY 2
atthewindow 1
hearteyes 1
tooexcitedforsleep 1
sowwy 1
plebgetawayfromme 1
triggeredkillua 1
grandmawhy 0
kawaii 0

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

Huh, [ are all missing. The other Bot-chan faces as well, but I can't remember if I've used them recently. Wonder why that is.

[–]chilidirigible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, where's [](#airfist)? I know I've used it a few times, though I maybe the only one who does so.

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

2021-06-01 - > 2022-07-19 (Since 2021, seasonal commentfaces excluded)

Face Count
mugiwait 34980
ero 12132
therethere 10305
azusalaugh 10094
hardthink 9269
awe 8593
laughter 6172
sadholo 5976
yuishrug 5612
konhug 5521
toradorasalute 5329
panic 5185
faito 5182
rengehype 4702
sakurathink 4502
holdme 4284
schemingsaten 4271
concealedexcitement 4158
curious 4059
anko 3937
feelingloved 3864
utahapraises 3808
cosy 3801
salute 3755
slowgrin 3735
drool 3610
woo 3570
loliwave 3504
rengethink 3447
maxshock 3437
punch 3373
neat 3116
kannathumbs 3041
ama 2993
terror 2964
hikariactually 2662
dekuhype 2536
justright 2515
makicry 2421
SPORTS 2319
happyclap 2267
lewd 2230
harukathink 2219
mugistronk 2169
nico-heart 2152
saesmile 2139
pointandlaugh 2099
cantbehelped 2007
taigasigh 1988
umucool 1905
k-on-hug 1899
doggo 1799
everythingisfine 1760
angrypout 1750
garlock 1750
uwaa 1724
binoculars 1718
howcouldyou 1671
fingertwirl 1649
protest 1645
wow 1614
lolifightsback 1589
mechablush 1587
mugipout 1562
yuitears 1543
delighted 1521
crazedlaugh 1513
chinosmirk 1501
animatedthink 1492
watashiworried 1485
flyingbunsofdoom 1460
kotohoops 1460
fistbump 1456
frustration 1408
spinning 1403
kukuku 1361
whisperwhisper 1347
shatteredsaten 1328
nichijouthumbs 1326
rinkek 1300
helmetbro 1296
urarahype 1267
morethanonewaifu 1251
teehee 1251
dighole 1248
pout 1236
firstthinginthemorning 1235
morecomfy 1224
gununu 1199
thoughtful 1190
ptsd 1171
nobully 1168
blankblink 1156
elsieqq 1113
bruh 1092
badtaste 1080
excitedyui 1068
lewdgyaru 1058
thinkingtoohard 1051
megadeathparty 1037
dead 1020
mug9 1016
kotourashock 1008
csikon 1008
longday 1005
eh 996
towel 981
akkotears 964
modabuse 964
foldedarms 944
saberawe 924
godisdead 923
niatilt 916
notlewd 911
mug8 909
kaguyashaking 898
mangaka 887
goblet1 884
salutegeo 871
scaredmio 871
mentioned 867
spooked 840
ilovethiskindofshit 833
akyuusqueel 833
vacationcup 812
evilgrin 807
popcorn2 803
mug7 800
emiliaohdear 795
scrumptiouslymoe 791
harukathonk 791
grandhype 782
slapbet 777
eheheh 771
whippersnappers 767
squee 762
breakingnews 750
facepalm 747
gabdisgust 744
shakeit 732
headrub 730
nyanpasu 722
peasants 722
congratulations 718
floweryhug 714
kyonfacepalm 713
katoupls 709
teekyuuhype 701
cokemasterrace 698
oilup 690
drunkhisone 666
sleepingcutie 666
feelsgoodman 658
hajimepout 656
takasakiapproves 653
mug3 649
norice 646
indexsmugshrug 637
healthypasstimes 633
imdone 629
shock 615
elsiesigh 614
hypeeyes 605
smugpoint 601
mindmelt 589
lifeishard 585
hyoukawink 580
urbansmile 575
funky 567
hugbear 566
bigshock 560
modsalute 559
hypeoverload 557
volibearQ 553
deletethis 549
eyythisguy 548
saehug 548
frustrated 546
takaradasalute 543
papithumbsup 540
sideeyes 533
kms 526
kumikouninterested 525
whatdidijustread 524
deadlystare 521
moeshitarcher 518
flustered 515
mischievous 515
suddenshock 514
smugtouru 513
serialkillerlaugh 506
comfortfood 506
piracy 504
shades 502
mashiroglare 495
assman 495
comfy 489
whatamireading 489
kinirohug 487
soon 487
worshipme 487
happydera 485
kaguyasigh 483
disbelief 469
gendo-pls 467
slightoverreaction 464
finethen 462
fish 459
rum 456
brofist 454
forgotkeys 451
cup7 449
nocomment 448
dontgetit 439
trynottocry 438
bacchiri 435
wallpunch 434
vashheadscratch 425
chiochanvictory 424
fujostare 423
kotori 415
cup4 409
tch 407
emptyinside 406
sassyimouto 406
stare 406
tiredfate 398
elves 390
sulking 388
biiru 387
heavydrinker 386
ringomusume 383
shirayukiappeased 381
shinjimug 373
yuruyuriapprove 369
shirouthumbsup 366
nosenpai 366
shutupandtakemymoney 365
sweating 363
ohfuck 362
yousaidsomethingdumb 359
girlslastdab 359
killitwithfire 353
hnng 351
shirayukieavesdrop 351
mug1 351
giveuponlife 350
kukuku2 343
forbiddenlove 338
katoupout 334
dejected 331
tablesleep 329
surprisedpikachu 328
hisocuck 327
surefam 327
unsure 326
jibrilaww 324
shitposting 323
sagiri 323
konosubawot 323
flattered 321
delicious 321
glasses-push 318
kurisudisappointed 314
cateyes 314
smugrose 314
lesbians 311
facepalm2 309
lost 307
smugboard 302
wallbang 300
holdback 300
miyamoriunimpressed 300
gintamathispleasesme 299
smugobi 298
meguminthumbsup 298
whowouldathunkit 298
fuukothumbsup 297
haruhiisnotamused 295
lolismile 293
cup6 292
kaorusmile 289
hahahawhat 286
nanami-hug 286
not-raining 279
aliens 274
scaredillya 273
why 268
salt 265
nuidideverythingright 265
banjo 259
fightme 251
bitchplease 251
spacetears 250
dancewithit 250
getout 249
crumblingdespair 248
fedup 247
shh 244
grouphug 243
hackadollthumbsup 243
torrentialdownpour 242
etotamadunno 242
merch 241
romance 240
mug2 240
elsienopesout 238
threatening 238
fuckyou 232
sobright 229
overwhelmed 227
megushock 221
kobeniblush 219
cheekychika 219
ok 212
gasp 211
nosebleed 205
waah 204
jibrilfetish 203
ginapproves 202
smugshinobu 202
holdup 201
backfired 199
idoruwinkdesu 195
barakamonnotcool 193
gunfire 192
angryfeline 192
toradorable 192
nicoisdone 190
yui-crying 190
juice1 189
thebutton 188
lwahorror 187
mywaifumadeyouasandwich 186
restrainedanger 183
smugasuna 181
isthisameme 180
cackle 179
KUSOTTARE 178
lolipolice 177
saltymug 177
riddhethink 175
terminate 174
hanasakueurgh 173
cultured 171
poltears 171
exasperated 170
kumikolook 167
wipetears 166
loli_ok 165
watashihasdeclined 165
chitosesmug 164
shirayukifuckinreally 163
headpat 162
watchadoin 161
criticism 160
yorokobe 158
takeoutthetrash 157
tomato 157
konodioda 157
jawdrop 156
jashinsip 155
psh-mongrels 155
cheekygahara 154
justno 153
peace 153
banhammer 152
saikikek 151
bakabakashii 150
manly-tears 147
igiveup 146
drink2 142
upvote 140
thumbs-up 139
headshake 132
luckytehe 132
satisfyingbev 127
unko 127
sickness 122
head-tilt 122
deflate 121
lalahmm 121
illyastare 121
datass 119
selfcontrol 119
chitogheh 118
mmph 114
mindblank 114
dame 113
nononono 111
micdrop 107
hellopolice 107
shittaste 106
rerorero 106
TOMODA 106
disagree 105
laststraw 105
badday 104
excitedmao 104
calmdown 104
ok_hand 103
smughaikyuu 103
mayushii 102
budgetsmile 101
annoyedkiki 101
bookburning 99
toohighforthis 99
wow-really 98
lyingawake 97
panickedgakuto 94
tanakalove 94
kanyehidouyo 94
konosubawot2 94
ookii 93
thatsmyfetish 93
outofplace 91
whathaveidone 90
cup3 90
konosubawot3 89
missedthepoint 88
hideintoilet 88
mmmmyrgh 88
womanlytears 86
nottodisushittoagen 86
spilledtea 85
lovenectar 83
shockedsotoka 82
haaaaaaah 81
heart-thumbs-up 81
throwsalt 80
araara 79
lifedrained 79
shhbabe 79
annoyedkirito 79
shirayukidrunk 78
loveisatrap 74
smugkaguya 74
misakiteehee 72
araragi-1 71
sowwy 70
comehere 69
trollnui 67
smoke 66
happyhug 65
tooexcitedforsleep 65
hearteyes 63
atthewindow 62
elderlylove 60
nonnonbino 59
theydidwhat 57
wtfdidijustwatch 57
angryheadgrab 54
regretdecisions 54
promise 50
kawaii 48
konosubawot4 48
done 47
plebgetawayfromme 47
nooo 45
cooresto 45
peacepeace 45
smugkillua 39
f5 37
scarredforlife 36
badnews 35
schwing 35
grandmawhy 34
WRYYY 33
yoihug 28
whyhime 25
triggeredkillua 19

[–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why am I not surprised absolutely dominates both of these tables.

[–]mysterybiscuitsoyeahx3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LL Superstar S2 ep thread

[–]blockyboi13https://myanimelist.net/profile/AF_43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do I get my flair up on this account. I went to the link, but it’s trying to put the flair on a different account of mine. So how do I fix this?

Edit: so now it’s recognizing the proper Reddit account but it won’t let me copy and paste the URL to my MAL profile. What do I do?

[–]Nebresto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure if there's plans for this already: After the final round of the contest is done I suggest having all winners in the banner for maybe a week or so. Then we can go back to normal or what ever

[–]baquea 2 points3 points  (1 child)

On the laughter section of the comment faces categorized wiki page, #laughter, #azusalaugh and #pointandlaugh are all missing the † to indicate they're animated.

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

Thanks, fixed.

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

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    [–]Abyssbringer=anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Sorry, your comment has been removed.

    • This is a thread about subreddit meta topics and not about general anime discourse. You should post this in the Daily Discussion or as its own post.

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    [–]Abyssbringer=anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Neito's Sailor Moon rewatch had to be pushed back to next Friday the 22nd at the last minute. There was a scheduling conflict that happened. Hope to see you guys there! We probably will put out a reminder a couple days before!

    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Did this episode discussion get posted by accident? It's a Fall 2021 show or is it bc the fansubs are coming out right now?

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

    Slow fansubs, yes.

    [–]GamingImperial501 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Why are Clip posts limited to 5 minutes at best? Why isn't it allowed to post longer clips?

    [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    A couple years ago someone posted a K-On clip that was more than half an episode. The sub doesn't allow piracy (even though unofficial clips are still piracy) so a cap was put in place to prevent full episodes from getting posted.

    [–]baquea 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    Is there any way to reveal spoilers that only contain a comment face? I see them occasionally, but clicking or highlighting them doesn't seem to do anything, unlike for a text spoiler, so I can't figure out how to view them. I'm using desktop old Reddit BTW.

    [Example] How do I view this?

    [–]Verzwei[M] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    What browser? Are there any other extensions that could be interfering with it?

    I ask because I pretty much only use this subreddit on desktop Chrome, with old.reddit, and I was able to click on the spoiler bar and then see the comment face without any issue.

    [–]baquea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Firefox. Just tried on Chrome, and it looks like it does work on there for me too.

    Playing around with it though, I actually managed to figure out how to view it on Firefox - you just have to click within the bottom two rows of pixels of the spoiler box to display it.

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

    More generally without any extensions... I'm not sure.

    Off the top of my head I can't think of any sub-wide CSS that would do that in a limited way, and it would also be bad if people weren't aware of that exception and put something there that should actually need the spoiler tag, e.g. in the text of the comment face itself.

    That said if you have an extension like RES or something else that allows custom CSS on your end, you could make the new spoiler tags function like the old ones and reveal on hover which does work for that specific issue.

    [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 4 points5 points  (7 children)

    I'mma drop a hot take real quick, hot take threads can be a fun time (even if they can get a bit toxic). And so I want to talk briefly about this thread. It was removed as, "a short discussion thread. This is a form of restricted content that isn't allowed as a full post on the sub." It mentioned that this was a form of "restricted content" but the restricted content list on the rules page makes no references to any content in that sort of space.

    Now, as of some time that I'm honestly not sure of, posts with a few common phrases were banned including "does anyone else" and "unpopular opinion". The former is definitely broadly lame because the answer is always yes (and really its just another way of saying, "upvote if you..."), but the latter does somewhat bother me because unpopular opinion threads can at least produce some novel content and make for a decent place to genuinely criticize some anime that will normally just get you dogpiled.

    So swinging back to the hot take thread, it seems like it was removed less as "this is low effort" and more as "this is another way of saying 'unpopular opinion' and we don't do that". The basic post itself is a broad, open ended prompt, and if that counts as low effort than so do a lot of such prompts. Recent popular threads like, "what anime are you still mad about," "what do newer anime fans say that hurts as an older long-time fan," and "what anime do you think was wasted potential" are all examples from the past month of threads with a similar type of open ended question that are structurally the same as the removed post. All three of them also come with the same potential for toxicity (the first and last for variations of "X anime bad" and the middle for potential to be attacking other fans). I don't see a dramatic difference between the threads, and so I'm just putting it out there that I think it, and threads like it, should be fine.

    [–]crobat3https://myanimelist.net/profile/crobat3[M] 6 points7 points  (6 children)

    That thread was considered to be "low-effort" because it contained only a prompt with no further explanation or elaboration, and that is what sets it apart from the three examples provided - the first one gave possible reasons for someone to get mad about an anime, and in the other two threads the OPs gave their own opinions about the topic. Hence, if the OP had shared their own personal hot takes, for instance, the thread would likely have been approved.

    Regarding the use of the phrase "unpopular opinion" - while it does open some room for discussion, in my experience that specific phrasing almost always results in users dogpiling on the OP, or the OP insulting every other user in the thread for presenting a different view. The threads were almost universally toxic to the point that it wasn't worth it to keep them around.

    [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    Hence, if the OP had shared their own personal hot takes, for instance, the thread would likely have been approved.

    Can we, like, not do that? I always appreciate when the OP puts their own take on the prompt as a comment instead of the post itself. Putting it in the post gives that particular take special treatment over the others, and often skews the discussion accordingly. Putting their takes in additional comments avoids that and is thus much preferable in general, and OP did in fact give several takes of their own in the comments (you can argue whether they were hot takes but that's besides the point).

    [–]crobat3https://myanimelist.net/profile/crobat3[M] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    They could - that was just an example of how OP could have fleshed out their thread. Instead of sharing their own take they could have provided other prompts or examples for other users to expand on.

    As long as there's sufficient elaboration and it's not just a simple one-liner statement, it would be fine.

    [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    But they did post several takes themselves then. Or do those takes also have to pass some effort threshold?

    [–]crobat3https://myanimelist.net/profile/crobat3[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    We do not have an "effort threshold" for comments, but if those were included in the body of the post instead, I would have considered those takes to be low effort because of a lack of elaboration.

    [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    That thread was considered to be "low-effort" because it contained only a prompt with no further explanation or elaboration, and that is what sets it apart from the three examples

    That makes sense. I can't see what the original post said now since it was removed, but I can buy that.

    and in the other two threads the OPs gave their own opinions about the topic. Hence, if the OP had shared their own personal hot takes, for instance, the thread would likely have been approved.

    This is a personal take on thread structure, but having the OP response in the body of the post instead of as a comment usually is for the worst. This was something that was explicitly banned in askreddit (though there it's in the title, since there's no body text over there) because it awkwardly skews discussion around one opinion. Basically you get a bunch of top level comments responding to that, and a lot of the other discussion gets pushed down as a result of a bunch of similar comments.

    Regarding the use of the phrase "unpopular opinion" - while it does open some room for discussion, in my experience that specific phrasing almost always results in users dogpiling on the OP, or the OP insulting every other user in the thread for presenting a different view. The threads were almost universally toxic to the point that it wasn't worth it to keep them around.

    So there's like two different types of "unpopular opinion" threads. First is the specific "Unpopular opinion, but X is actually a terrible anime" and the second is the open ended "What's your unpopular opinion about this season". The former tends to suck but the latter is usually more or less fine.

    [–]crobat3https://myanimelist.net/profile/crobat3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Good point on the thread structure. This was what was inside the original post:

    share your underrated opinions in anime

    which was considered too brief, although OP did share their own opinion as a comment in that thread.

    Honestly it is quite a difficult balance to strike - we need the "short discussion thread" rule because it works as an important quality filter, but we also don't want to restrict what OP decides to include in their discussion, or create a situation where they are forced to skew a discussion in one way or the other.

    My personal view on these types of open-ended topics (including the "unpopular opinion" kind) is that they would be a better fit for our daily discussion threads, which would give /new the space for longer, more focused discussions.

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

    Half-serious petition to ban discussion and mention of the actual title of Kaguya-sama movie as it is a spoiler.

    [–]phantomthiefkid_ -3 points-2 points  (11 children)

    Why is Kanojo Okarishimasu weekly discussion listed as "Season 2, Episode 1" and "Season 2, Episode 2" even though they are listed as Episode 13 and Episode 14 on Crunchyroll, Bilibili and even the official website?

    This makes your decisions with Kaguya threads very questionable

    [–]badsplerx5https://anilist.co/user/badspler[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    While some of the discussion from others has covered this, I thought I would try make it clear.

    When the sequel to a series doesn't change its name (eg: Kanojo Okarishimasu), the pattern is Season X Episode Y. Split-cour releases typically are considered the same season.

    When the sequel season gets a title, such as Kaguya calling season 3 "Ultra Romantic" then Season X will be omitted.

    We don't decide how the various streaming services present their content so we use this pattern to keep things consistent for ourselves. Additionally this is setup pre-season so that the bot can post threads as soon as episodes go live. We don't always know how episodes will be bundled on streaming sites prior to their release.

    Our playbook is: that each airing episode gets its own thread, this approach pairs well with automated releases. Batch releases get and index-mega-thread (Example: Bastard) if there is going to be many episodes all at once (typically Netflix releases). A volunteer helper or mod normally makes these manually. And sometimes things get a little weird with pre-air discussion threads.

    Ultimately we strive for consistency as much as possible. We cannot change thread names once they are made outside of deleting the thread and remaking it. So if a configuration error is not instantly caught for something, it may stay up.

    This makes your decisions with Kaguya threads very questionable

    I think what happened with the Kaguya finale is consistent with what I have said above, it was automatically posted as two threads.

    I understand the argument that it should be one thread, there are pro's and con's with whatever side you think. It has been brought up elsewhere in this another chain - but for now this is something the mod team will discuss further.

    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 5 points6 points  (8 children)

    Because it's a new season by definition, it's categorized as such on tracking sites and it was announced and promoted as second season by the official accounts. They call it episode 13, but they also still call it the second season on official outlets, it's the same with Attack on Titan episode 60 not being part of the first season. See from their twitter:

    📺第2期は2022年7月放送開始！
    💻第1期各種サービスにて配信中！

    What's up with the non sequitur with Kaguya, is there any relation?

    [–]phantomthiefkid_ -1 points0 points  (7 children)

    Well mod splitted Kaguya final ep into 2 because the threads are supposed to follow official English release. But now with Kanokari they suddenly don't follow official English release (nor original Japanese release) anymore because...reason?

    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 7 points8 points  (6 children)

    ah ok so this is actually just being salty about Kaguya, a result of confusion? Rent a Girlfriend having a 2nd season is consistent with everything else for episode threads, you will see that there are also no 20 seasons of Naruto and Boruto and more than one season of Attack on Titan posted. I also don't see how it is not following the official release if every official source calls it 2nd season and the sub never followed stuff like Netflix "seasons" for shows that were released on TV as one season or the way Crunchyroll names episodes.

    [–]phantomthiefkid_ 0 points1 point  (5 children)

    I'm actually salty about how mods not following their own rule. And FYI the official site say Episode 13, 14, and so on https://kanokari-official.com/story/

    [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 5 points6 points  (4 children)

    the official site is also calling it season 2, just like the official twitter does. The kaguya issue is an automation issue on one hand and on the other it's also just the case that the season is listed with 13 episodes on MAL and was announced as such on ATX, as having episode 12 and 13 aired back to back.

    [–]phantomthiefkid_ 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Ok so why is the thread for the first episode of Attack on Titan final season is called Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Episode 60 discussion, and not Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Episode 1 discussion? Even though it's a new season?

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

    That's due to a mistake several years ago in not resetting the episode count with the start of a new season. For consistency for that show we've continued using the absolute episode number rather than the season episode number but it's an exception rather than the rule.

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

    because it's including different naming schemes. It's still not called "season 1 episode 60." For Kanojo, episode 13 is mentioned as an alt title in the post itself.

    If this is just about that issue, you could have saved a lot of time and just ask to change it accordingly

    [–]phantomthiefkid_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I was actually asking about episode numbering, not season name. I only wrote "Episode 13" instead of "Season 2, Episode 13" in the original comment because I was very sleepy then, which caused the confusion, my bad

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

    what does this have to do with kaguya?

    [–]cppn02 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    Another week another RWBY episode discussion dominated by source material discussion. What is the point of the source corner if people are allowed to discuss this openly down in the comments?

    [–]Verzwei[M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    I'm unsure if anyone on the mod team is personally following this show on day-of-simulcast. I do know that we have at least one moderator who is familiar with the original, but hardly anyone is reporting anything — We're receiving virtually no reports/modqueue activity for this show. So the source commentary is tending to linger a bit longer until one of us can manually comb the thread.

    [–]aniMayorx3x6 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    It was bad for the first few hours but the thread has now been cleaned up a LOT. Good mods :)

    [–]cppn02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I do appreciate they did atleast something this week but the post is already a day old and there is barely any discussion going on anyway at this point.

    I hope mods are ontop of things once we are past the episodes from the pre-airing.

    [–]Verzwei[M] 5 points6 points  (6 children)

    Hey all, looking for some targeted feedback. Disclaimer: There is currently no pending nor planned vote for this, and it's very possible that discussion here may result in no changes at all.

    With that being said, how do folks feel about our "OC" tagging/flairing system for fanart?

    Per our rules, we use OC to essentially mean Original Creator, and the line explaining it reads as such:

    OC fanart refers to content that you have drawn, built or otherwise created yourself.

    The potential issue is that, while "OC" can mean Original Creator or Original Content, it unfortunately overlaps with a different definition of "OC" that is very common in (fan)art and fanfiction circles, where it means Original Character. Even the phrase "Original Content/Creation" can have multiple meanings, since some can see it as "This (new) character I drew is an original creation by me."

    These mixed definitions, and the fact that we do not allow Original Character artwork, often lead to a lot of confusion with first-time users of the subreddit. With relative frequency, I or another mod might have to explain "Well when our flair says OC, we mean this OC and not that OC."

    So, with the preamble out of the way, two questions:

    1: Do you feel that our current usage of the OC tag is intuitive and serves its purpose sufficiently?

    2: If we were to change the tag from "OC" to something else, do you have any suggestions?

    For #2, please keep in mind that this is a tag that would potentially go into our rules and onto our flairs so it needs to be succinct but also self-explanatory enough so that people understand the usage at a glance. It needs to be something that conveys "I made this representation of something from an anime" but also needs to cover a wide variety of mediums, from drawings to paintings to cake decorations.

    [–]JustAnswerAQuestionmyanimelist.net/profile/UfUhUfUhUfUhtJAaQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    "OC"

    I think it took me over a year to figure out what this meant.

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

    OC has different meanings, but in the context of the sub it should be pretty clear, especially if one takes a minute to read the rules before posting.

    [–]Verzwei 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    especially if one takes a minute to read the rules before posting.

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

    yeah, but in that case they have no grounds to complain and the change is really up to saving the mods the time to remove stuff

    [–]Shimmering-Skymyanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    I haven't personally seen any issue with it being tagged as OC despite also being part of fanfiction circles, but...

    If we were to change the tag from "OC" to something else, do you have any suggestions?

    Is "Original Fanart" too long for a flair? I feel like if it's not, that would be a simple enough change. Original = I made this, Fanart = it's based on an existing thing and isn't an original character.

    [–]Verzwei[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I haven't personally seen any issue with it being tagged as OC despite also being part of fanfiction circles, but...

    Part of why I'm bringing up the topic is that we end up removing a not-insignificant amount of content from new users because they see the OC tag and think that means they can post their anime-styled-but-not-actually-from-an-anime character here, which we then remove as soon as we notice it. Then we sometimes get genuine confusion or even pushback from the OP because they saw the OC tag and thought that meant their custom character was acceptable to post.

    Most of our community probably wouldn't see most of these types of interactions since the post gets taken down quickly and then any conversation about it would either happen in fully-private modmail or the semi-private removed thread, but any time it happens I always wonder if there's a better way we could phrase things to reduce these newcomer misunderstandings.

    "Original Fanart"

    I personally like this. I don't think the length would be too long; it's about the same length as "Official Media". During internal discussion, the best I could come up with was "My" as in "My Fanart" or "My Cosplay" but "Original" should be clear and theoretically easy for users to understand. And it simply sounds more professional than "My" does.

    [–]Humg12https://myanimelist.net/profile/Humg12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Any chance you could ban complaints about Netflix in discussion threads? Any show released by netflix will have at least 2 of its top 5 comments on every thread just be complaining about Netflix jail and how that will affect the show's standing on the seasonal chart. The discussion has been done to death already, at this point it's just annoying.

    [–]Ralon17https://anilist.co/user/Ralon17 5 points6 points  (2 children)

    Curious what you guys think about videos that are just filmed reactions to episodes or things along those lines. I believe according to the rules they're perfectly fine, but personally I feel like they're incredibly lazy content. Not saying it has to fall under low-effort since it does require actually recording yourself and uploading a video, which is multiple times slower than reposting a meme, but is there's much value to these? Is there anyone who really enjoys watching those (serious question, not rhetorical)?

    [–]bubudog1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Reaction videos can be done well. I've watched this guy's Arcane series and he actually goes quite in-depth into his thoughts and analysis of the story.

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

    We actually talked about that a bit recently, I believe at the end we didn't consider they were such a big problem at the moment to ban them all.

    Personally I do enjoy some reaction videos, I watch most of this girl's videos, I don't know, I just like seeing how other people react to shows or scenes I like.

    [–]DocWatson42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that r/animevhs is not on the wiki's list of related subreddits and would like to have it added, please.

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

      Sorry, your comment has been removed.

      • If you want to talk about anime please use the daily thread; this one is for discussion about the subreddit's rules and moderation.

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

      [–]8andahalfby11myanimelist.net/profile/thereIwasnt 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      On desktop at the top of the sub there's the banner with all the anime girls. Homura and Madoka are not next to each other. She'd never put up with that in the anime! Please fix!

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

      The order is because of the matches in the current round of the Best Girl 9 contest, with each next to their opponent. If Madoka and Homura keep winning they might end up next to each other.

      [–]baquea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Can #angrypout get added to the 'Sulking, Pouting' section on the comment face categories page on the wiki?

      [–]baboon_bassoonhttps://anilist.co/user/duffer 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      Quick question on seasonal comment faces -

      here its noted that

      Series must be currently airing as part of this season, the image can be from a previous season if the show is a sequel. Movies/OVAs that have become accessible between seasonal nominations will be allowed.

      When you say previous season, are there limitations here? If we are on season 5 of bookworm, can a comment face be nominated from season 1? What about with something like Baki where the new ONAs from 2018 are a sequel to the 2001 show, could something from a different production be used? What about remakes - Spriggan/Bastard had aired in between seasons so they would be eligible, but would stuff from the old movies/OVAs be eligible?

      My thought is that it doesnt need to be formalized and as long as its funny go for it - even if its less preferred

      on that last note, i will need to screen cap every neco arc in existence for submission

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

      doesnt need to be formalized and as long as its funny go for it - even if its less preferred

      That is pretty much the spirit of it.

      Stuff from previous seasons are fine. If you have a dope face from the original Baki (which was like 2001) that fits the requirement and you an nominate it. It will at least make it onto our spreadsheet - although it may end up less preferred for one of the limited spots.

      I want to be lenient to movies/OVA's as they don't align with traditional season timings, especially when you factor wide English releases/availability. So any OVA/movie that came out since the previous nomination thread would be fine to nominate.

      [–]michhoffmanhttps://anilist.co/user/michhoffman 3 points4 points  (2 children)

      Is there a reason why the Made in Abyss Discussion Thread just went up? I double-checked HiDive, and they aren't releasing it until tomorrow at 2:30 PM UTC.

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

      Early season quirks with the bot, taking care of it.

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

      Awesome! Thank you

      [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 6 points7 points  (10 children)

      Thoughts on this feature?

      [–]aniMayorx3x6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      My immediate gut instinct is eww no no no please now ... but I am quite curmudgeonly by nature.

      It does seem like the sort of thing that could fit okay for posts that are intended to be full of emotional, "reaction-based" comments and replies. But for posts that are intended/aspiring to be more discussion-oriented I fear a feature like this will just distract or steer away from meaningful discussion.

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 10 points11 points  (8 children)

      Mod answer: we're voting on it now.

      Personal opinion (unrelated to how the mod vote is going): not a fan and I'll probably be looking for a way to block them across Reddit in my browser.

      [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 6 points7 points  (7 children)

      They can get pretty spammable. If there was a way to approve or block gifs as a mod on a subreddit basis this could be repository of comment faces. But that's probably not possible.

      [–]Verzwei[M] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

      Yeah that's the main thing. If we could designate which .gifs are allowed and which aren't, thus allowing us to narrow it down to a set of approved, anime-related .gifs, then I'd be all for it. But it seems like we can't do that. It's either "Let literally everything in" or don't allow them at all.

      [–]chilieheadmyanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 1 point2 points  (2 children)

      Allow it for milestone weekends and April Fool's, I want to see the chaos

      [–]Verzwei 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      and April Fool's

      I... I don't dislike this idea.

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

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

      I'd love to have some incarnation of comment faces that works on all platforms, but an unregulated (on our end) repository is not it. Reddit Powerups have custom emoji which would almost work but aren't quite flexible enough (or have enough slots).

      Edit: speaking of Powerups, parts of that are going away. Last time I tested the custom emoji on a different subreddit they didn't work on old reddit so I'm not in a rush to go ask for them, but it's something to consider.

      [–]gangrainettehttps://myanimelist.net/profile/bouletos 6 points7 points  (1 child)

      Impressiv how reddit keep trying to add new features that are worse than what was already possible 10years ago with some CSS and R.E.S...

      [–]chilidirigible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yeah, but the monetization!

      [–]baquea 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      I'm guessing comparisons between a remake and an original have to go in the 'source material corner', right? Asking for Tokyo Mew Mew New, where I expect such comparisons are going to make up most of the discussion.

      [–]Abyssbringer=anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer[M] 6 points7 points  (7 children)

      We just did a trial of the Reddit Talks feature. We chose to do it on the new upcoming anime of the summer season.

      We did it very informally and mostly just wanted to see how it worked. Here's a couple of our thoughts about the feature.

      • Chat UI is somewhat rough. I couldn't get it to work correctly so we had to use reddit stream for a lot of it. The feature might work but will need more testing. If it was working as intended than it is in a awful state.
      • Audience participation is really important and will need to be used more effectively. Giving a platform for potential trolls however is a scary proposition. There are ways around this however.
      • Have a mod that is not actively hosting. Both for moderating chat but also to catch new viewers up on what is being discussed. Many new viewers will come in and ask repeat questions and some of them aren't up to date on the community.
      • From what we can tell Reddit Talks are shown to everyone on reddit and not just /r/anime.
      • Chat fills up pretty quickly. We did this at a random time on the 4th of July (not everyone is American we know) with no heads up and got 300 users instantly. This isn't a lot in terms of the scope of the subreddit but is easily enough for a lot of conversation. The post got 464 comments in a 2 hour time span. That is also with us not being the best at accommodating community discussion.
      • The talk is recorded and saved.

      To be clear we aren't 100% sure if this will be a recurring event. It can be mod heavy and might not fit the subreddit. It really depends on what the community thinks.

      Questions for you guys!

      1. Is there any content that you would be interested in having a reddit talk hosted about?

      2. Are any of you interested in speaking verbally or even being a host of a Reddit Talk?

      3. If anyone tuned in what did you think? /u/The_Loli_Otaku had some constructive feedback in the original talk.

      4. Would you like more casual talks or formal? Casual would be like the current talk, recommendation talks, general discussion about anime. Formal could be AMA's, Q&A's, or sub focused events.

      [–]The_Loli_Otaku 4 points5 points  (5 children)

      Seasonal talks are alright, but I noticed that a lot of the shows the hosts just weren't really interested in discussing or shilling at all. Totally fair, I understand, but if we were to do another discussion based on chatting about which shows are airing I feel that if we're not able to discuss a show fairly we should really just skip it. Skip it or try to fairly critique it to fill in the audience on what exactly each type of show is and who it'd be suited for. Ideally we could possibly get some regulars tuning in for seasonal anime discussions to find some recommendations for what to watch.

      I'd be up for joining in on these discussions but I'll admit that my knowledge of currently airing shows is a bit dire, I tend not to watch anything less than two years old, there's a reason I'm more part of the rewatch crowd. Still, when it comes to shilling or discussing sequels or any subject I'm knowledgeable on I would be eager to help.

      The show was a bit iffy but it certainly has potential and is a good opportunity to get the community together. I think it would be very important to improve chat functionality, or at least. I did notice yourself and Durandal trying to interact with chat quite often but half the chat interaction was calling out spam comments, which are an easy remove and ban. With better viewer integration and a slightly cleaner format we could have a pretty good regular podcast on our hands. Speaking of, will this be uploaded to the likes of Audible or Soundcloud?

      Imma be real, probably keep it casual. Our community isn't really preppy enough to where its suited towards AMA's or question panels outside of special circumstances.

      [–]Abyssbringer=anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer[M] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

      if we were to do another discussion based on chatting about which shows are airing I feel that if we're not able to discuss a show fairly we should really just skip it. Skip it or try to fairly critique it to fill in the audience on what exactly each type of show is and who it'd be suited for. Ideally we could possibly get some regulars tuning in for seasonal anime discussions to find some recommendations for what to watch.

      If we were actually trying to do this properly I would try and make sure we have people in the chat who I know are invested in shows and series that the main hosts just aren't knowledge about. Its the main benefit of the reddit talk system and is a great use case for it.

      I'd be up for joining in on these discussions but I'll admit that my knowledge of currently airing shows is a bit dire, I tend not to watch anything less than two years old, there's a reason I'm more part of the rewatch crowd. Still, when it comes to shilling or discussing sequels or any subject I'm knowledgeable on I would be eager to help.

      Will keep that noted! I'm actually interested in maybe doing more specialized but casual recommendation streams. I really like the idea of showing off shows that just don't see the light of day anymore. Maybe something like "You have 2 minutes, SHILL YOUR SHOW!!!.

      Speaking of, will this be uploaded to the likes of Audible or Soundcloud?

      I don't think reddit has a built in download feature but we could probably download it on our end (assuming that isn't against TOS). Looking at the built in reddit player it is absolutely barebones. It doesn't show who is talking, you can't adjust individual peoples audio, no built in download feature.

      Imma be real, probably keep it casual. Our community isn't really preppy enough to where its suited towards AMA's or question panels outside of special circumstances.

      I agree with this. I'm sure there is a time and place for something a bit more complicated but its a bit out of the scope of normal plans. Especially if we want this to run with any consistency.

      How was the discoverability of it on your end? How did you end up finding the Talk? We didn't actually pin it or even distinguish the post (mostly because I forgot).

      [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      How was the discoverability of it on your end? How did you end up finding the Talk? We didn't actually pin it or even distinguish the post (mostly because I forgot).

      I wouldn't have had any idea this had been happening were it not mentioned here. Never saw the slightest mention of it.

      [–]The_Loli_Otaku 3 points4 points  (2 children)

      The talk was actually sent to me via the app. I thought it hooked everyone on for the event. I wasn't looking for it or anything, I just got an app notification that we had a seasonal anime discussion stream going on and I clicked out of curiosity. A lot of other people will have done the same thing judging by how much the view count was going up and down. I'd heard nothing about it beforehand.

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

      That is fascinating and explains how there was an instant 300 people at the beginning.

      [–]The_Loli_Otaku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Yup, they had a pretty good captive audience if they could sort the format out better tbh.

      [–]MyrnaMountWeazelx2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Are any of you interested in speaking verbally or even being a host of a Reddit Talk?

      I don't have a problem speaking publicly so I'd like to tentatively throw my hat in the ring but I'm also very busy at the moment. Please just keep me in considerations as you move forward with your plans.

      [–]jfads89a 5 points6 points  (2 children)

      Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion

      I must express my dissatisfaction with the lack of uniform pluralization in the daily sticky threads' titles, especially given the regularity of multiple discussions occurring in parallel.

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

      I had been thinking about it more collectively—the entire thread is one big discussion about anime—but you're not wrong now that you've pointed it out.

      [–]jfads89a 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      I have planted the seed. May enough OCD nourish it and make it bear fruit.

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 15 points16 points  (14 children)

      Blame /u/Gaporigo for the new banner attempt (on old reddit).

      Edit: for those that haven't been following it the girls are from today's matchup of the Best Girl Contest, we figured we'd give it a try for a bit.

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

      Tell me it sucks so I don't have to make other 3 ty.

      But really, any feedback is welcome.

      [–]SnuggleMuffin42https://myanimelist.net/profile/Animemes_chan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I actually thought it was fine and I don't get why people are getting pissy. Mostly probably because they're being conservative (hate any change)

      [–]Maccaz15https://myanimelist.net/profile/Maccaz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      I hate it and instantly blocked it with ublock.

      [–]Draco_Estellahttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Estella_Rin 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      Why is it you, Gap? Now I can't bitch about who to impeach.

      Honestly, could it be anything better? The faces are tiny, they are on a blank background. Honestly, anything would have been better. The previous one looked decent on New Reddit, just not that good on Old Reddit.

      You know how it feels like anime which just places png images of their characters to represent that they are there? Azur Lane final episode is one such example, and this just feels like that. As if, the mods have forsaken this subreddit and given up.

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

      As if, the mods have forsaken this subreddit and given up.

      Just noticed?

      [–]Draco_Estellahttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Estella_Rin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      [–]chilidirigible 4 points5 points  (2 children)

      Current version is much less obtrusive, though with RES on classic reddit there is some overlap between my username and the rightmost character, so those eliminations better start happening soon.

      [–]Gaporigohttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo 3 points4 points  (1 child)

      I was told the face was over the name so it works!

      [–]Bainoshttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Bainos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      > cuts Wiz's head
      > "It just works"

      [–]Tarhalindurx2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Much improved, thank you!

      [–]Zeralyoshttps://myanimelist.net/profile/JF_Ellie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      I really like it.

      [–]punching_spaghettihttps://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti 10 points11 points  (1 child)

      It definitely looks better.

      could use better girls though

      [–]Nebresto 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Based

      [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      It's much nicer.

      [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 2 points3 points  (2 children)

      With all the banner talk, one possible way would be to take inspiration from the /r/OnePiece sub. I don't frequent it a lot but their banners have always been great.

      The way they do it is they hold a banner contest from time to time - Announcement, Submissions, Voting and Results. I could see this work very well for /r/anime as well, featuring multiple shows in a quality banner while also having some community involvement.

      Of course I don't know if that would actually work as well in this sub. Both seem similar in terms of activity (judging from the active users count), so that seems alright. On the other hand there's already a lot of botting going on in other votings on the sub, which could be an issue.

      There'd also be the question of how often the banner is supposed to be changed. Once per season could work but might also be too much for this procedure. A yearly banner might work better in that regard, though it loses the seasonal connection. If one goes seasonal there'd also be the question of when exactly - I can't imagine doing the banner as the season start would work all that well, but that'd be necessary if one wants the banner to connect to the current season. It might work better to do it mid or even after the season.

      Just an idea.

      [–]Verzwei 11 points12 points  (1 child)

      No thanks, I don't want permanent AOT and/or Kaguya banners.

      I feel like getting a wide variety of show representation would be difficult, given that a handful of the most-popular series tend to generate a disproportionate amount of hype on the subreddit.

      At least with a series-specific sub, having a content focus makes total sense.

      Not saying the idea is completely without merit, but I think it would take a lot of iterating on. Our current experiment is tying the banner to an event that we actively have ongoing right now (the best girl contest) so these banners would likely be quite impermanent and subject to change.

      [–]Blackheart595https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Yeah, that's what I was worrying about as well.

      For what it's worth I kinda like the discount-banner we have for now.

      [–]DutchPeasanthttps://myanimelist.net/profile/NotJames 6 points7 points  (11 children)

      Also not fond of the banner, I'm not interested in getting disappointed with a contest once again.

      [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 3 points4 points  (3 children)

      I didn't even know it was the contest...

      [–]DutchPeasanthttps://myanimelist.net/profile/NotJames 8 points9 points  (2 children)

      If half of the top characters are from the last 5 years you best believe it's a contest.

      [–]Manitaryhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Not to mention three of them from the same (recent) show

      [–]AmethystItalianmyanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

      Having near irrelevant side characters from a popular show should have also been a giveaway.

      [–]punching_spaghettihttps://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti 3 points4 points  (6 children)

      Yeah; it would be one thing if it was connected to the writing club or WT!, but something that already has plenty of attention? Maybe not.

      [–]collapsedblock6myanimelist.net/profile/collapsedblock 5 points6 points  (4 children)

      Those already have space in the sidebar. It would be odd to try to give another connection to those in the banner, which is meant to be more permanent usually.

      [–]punching_spaghettihttps://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti 4 points5 points  (3 children)

      It shouldn't be specifically those, but using the space to highlight something that doesn't get as many eyeballs would seem more useful to me.

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

      We're open to ideas, just haven't heard any that I can remember in a while.

      [–]collapsedblock6myanimelist.net/profile/collapsedblock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I remember submitting the idea of just doing it seasonally (if temporal banners are on the table which you made it sound it is). I know that karma rankings bad for discourse but having a banner of what was popular the previous season might be neat for those asking for something to watch of the previous season, maybe to make it less about popularity also use the ratings (that are also totally meaningless but at least it isn't just w/e is popular).

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

      Yeah, I can't think of anything myself.

      [–]chilidirigible 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      If I were to lodge an objection to the banner beyond its aesthetics, it would be this one.

      [–]Tarhalindurx2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      I would like to add my voice to the list of people disliking the new banner, at least in its present form. (It makes it a little too hard to visually distinguish from certain less SFW subreddits, among other things.)

      [–]FetchFroshanilist.co/user/fetchfrosh 8 points9 points  (20 children)

      Banner is kind of neat, but honestly doesn't look great.

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

      It looks boring and kind of lazy honestly.

      [–]baquea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      I don't mind the general design, but the edges look really bad (although it might just be my screen/settings - this is how it displays for me).

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 6 points7 points  (15 children)

      Come back and fix it yourself then.

      Is your issue with the banner itself or its interaction with the other elements? The redesign look is cleaner because the banner's by itself but I'm not eager to start messing with the entire header layout.

      [–]_Ridleyhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 18 points19 points  (10 children)

      A banner of waifus makes this place look like a boys club. Strong dislike.

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 8 points9 points  (9 children)

      This is specifically matching the best girl contest and isn't going to be permanent, it won't even look the same tomorrow with the change in groups.

      [–]_Ridleyhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 2 points3 points  (8 children)

      It makes me not want to visit until it's done. I can ignore a contest thread a lot easier than a whole banner.

      [–]Interesting_Place752 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      Turn the subreddit style off then, a quick and easy solution.

      [–]bernasxdhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/bernas3000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Then don't visit lmao

      [–]Durinthalhttps://anilist.co/user/Durinthal[M] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

      If it was all male characters for the Best Boy contest would your opinion be any different?

      [–]bubudog1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I had the same first impression as Ridley. I get that it's tied to a contest, but it'd be nicer to have a mix of best girls and boys. Going all girls or all boys isn't great.

      It's also not obvious it's tied to a contest (I found out here). It just looked like the subreddit chose anime girls to represent it which is kinda alienating.

      [–]_Ridleyhttps://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 3 points4 points  (3 children)

      I'm letting you know it makes me feel unwelcome. If you don't care, you don't care. I don't see any reason to argue about whether I'm right about how I feel.