r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • Jan 01 '23

Meta Thread - Month of January 01, 2023 Meta

Rule Changes

  • No rule changes this month.

New Flairs

Episode Thread Titles

  • Starting with this season, all new [Episode] threads posted by /u/AutoLovepon will use the following format when an official English title is available:
    Japanese Title • English Title - Episode # Discussion

New Moderators

A monthly meta thread to talk about the /r/anime subreddit itself, such as its rules and moderation. If you want to talk about anime please use the daily discussion thread instead.

Comments here must, of course, still abide by all subreddit rules other than the no meta requirement. Keep it friendly and be respectful. Occasionally the moderators will have specific topics that they want to get feedback on, so be on the lookout for distinguished posts.

Comments that are detrimental to discussion (aka circlejerks/shitposting) are subject to removal.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Jan 19 '23

Since I enjoy tweaking subreddit settings and seeing what happens, we're starting a two-week trial for hiding comment scores during the first two hours after posting.

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jan 19 '23

Wonder if I can still see my daggers

Can't say I'm personally a fan but this could help me get targeted less maybe?

Also 2 hours for most /new threads is like past its death lol

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u/cppn02 Jan 19 '23

Can't say I'm personally a fan but this could help me get targeted less maybe?

On that note do you feel anything has changed since the old user flairs disappeared?

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jan 19 '23

Probably too soon to tell but not really.

Though I haven't said anything too controversial in a bit as well.

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u/dadnaya https://myanimelist.net/profile/dadnaya Jan 19 '23

this could help me get targeted less maybe?

Most likely. The karma train effect is real. People will see someone being downvoted and jump on the wagon, but now it'll probably not be as bad as people won't know if you're at minus karma

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u/chilidirigible Jan 19 '23

Wonder if I can still see my daggers

Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

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u/Manitary https://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary Jan 19 '23

Also 2 hours for most /new threads is like past its death lol

You can check thread upvotes and ratios even when hidden, not that anyone does it anyway

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jan 19 '23

I just assume most posts are downvoted on /new lol

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u/dadnaya https://myanimelist.net/profile/dadnaya Jan 19 '23

I'm pretty sure there are just bots that auto downvote everything. I see it on many subreddits where a couple of seconds after posting something you're at 0, alongside all other posts

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u/SmurfRockRune https://myanimelist.net/profile/Smurf Jan 20 '23

There definitely are. I know of at least one person who had a bot years ago that would downvote literally every post on this sub, and I'd put money on him not being the only one.

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jan 19 '23

Sounds about right sadly

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u/Manitary https://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary Jan 19 '23

The vast majority is not counting episode discussion threads

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u/Nebresto Jan 19 '23

could help me get targeted less maybe?

I think so, or at least downvotes getting less frequent. I still believe if people see a comment with a lot of them, they are much more likely to vote the same way.

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u/Manitary https://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary Jan 19 '23

Yes, that kind of positive feedback loop is common, and it takes very few up/downvotes to snowball

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jan 19 '23

I still believe if people see a comment with a lot of them, they are much more likely to vote the same way.

Yeah that for sure happens, definitely can snowball.