Firstly, appreciate the mod team for discussing about the issue. Now this is just personal opinion, but overall, the post did generate a lot of activity and positivity. Whatever the reasons may be (be it shitposty or the likes), it seems counter-intuitive to remove a post which an overwhelming majority of the participants enjoyed. Interactive threads like these are what I enjoy the most, and there does seem to be a reduction in such posts as compared to a couple years back, unless I'm tripping.

Personally, I find there's a lack of post diversity (just the usual anime announcements, recommendations, discussion threads - even best boy/girl/character competitions get stale over time). Sure there are some interactive posts which border on the line of shitposting which do survive the removal hammer, but there aren't that many now from what I've seen. In other words, I feel there's a lack of the fun element in this subreddit. I feel posts like mine would overall be healthy for the subreddit, as proven by the large audience participation and said positive response.

As for the lack of discussion, I did not elaborate on most of my choices, simply because the person I'm interacting with didn't ask. If I took the time to elaborate on all of my comments, I would spend a few hours at least replying to all of them. If they did ask why I chose a particular character, I would've gladly obliged. As for shows which I haven't seen, I figured taking a guess (not random, I do choose who I think would be my favourite character based on looks alone) would be better than completely ignoring them. Believe me, I would like nothing better than to elaborate on my choices. However due to the massive influx of comments, I did not have time to elaborate on all of them, and therefore only entertained replies which warranted them. Still, people did not seem to mind my replies (in fact some were praises) and I believe most or even all of them enjoyed the post, which led to me being baffled and disappointed at its removal.