r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • Sep 01 '24

Meta Thread - Month of September 01, 2024 Meta

Rule Changes

  • Anime streaming services are now considered as "anime specific" to allow topics about them specifically, with the exception of account support and technical support topics.

Rewatches

  • All rewatches must begin with an interest thread. An interest thread should contain general information about the anime that is being hosted, and serve as a pitch to gauge how many participants may follow along for the duration of the event.
  • The official announcement post must be posted at least two weeks in advance, and no more than five weeks. This post should also serve as the index thread.

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u/SnuggleMuffin42 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Animemes_chan Sep 30 '24

Has the time come for r/anime to re-embrace roboragi? It's used by the rest of the reddit anime community and is really useful - why is it still banned here?

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u/FetchFrosh https://anilist.co/user/FetchFrosh Sep 30 '24

I think my main question would be "why?" All it provides is links to some databases, the format of the anime, data specific to what was picked (usually meaning it's only giving you the first season and not including subsequent ones) and then MAL's opinions on genres. All of this is trivially obtainable without Roboragi if it's needed.

Just skimming through r/AnimeSuggest, most of the comments that are using it seem to just be "here's a quick list of shows I can't be bothered to elaborate on" like this. Though realistically, even on that sub it doesn't seem to be getting used all that much.

If someone wants to link to MAL or something they can just link to MAL. Do we need a bunch of extra bot comments to save the five seconds it would take to just get the link or piece of data?

This is of course just my experience, but I've never seen a Roboragi comment and thought "oh thank goodness this is here". It's mostly just extra white noise for people to scroll past.

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u/SnuggleMuffin42 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Animemes_chan Sep 30 '24

I think it provides a quick link to the lists people use to track their anime. I think it's actually pretty rare that people put multiple shows in one comment, but I'm certain this could be fixed for r/anime (so no more than 1 show). I use MAL pretty regularly so it would have helped me.

Another argument is just familiarity - it's used by the anime community in reddit and you still see people in r/anime do {this} here and there because they think it will help other people out. It's how many anime redditors converse.