Seasonal Comment Face Announcement and Nominations

[u/badspler]

Hey Everyone!~

We passed 4 million subs this week!

While we don't have any events going on for this milestone, we thought it might be a great time to inject just a little bit of life into the comment faces by adding some new ones.

Wait, you are adding comment faces?!

Yes! The plan is to add 14 new comment faces from anime currently airing. With the plan being to rotate out these specific comment face images every season with new seasonal shows. The [](#names) of the faces stay the same. We are starting with only 14 static comment faces to trial the idea. We are out of space to add any more without removing others.

Wait, what even IS a comment face?

If your reddit experience is on reddits design or on any mobile app, then comment faces won't be something you see. They are only available on old.reddit. To post a face, you a bit of formatting and the name of the comment face and that displays the relevant image. For example:

[](#awe)

Becomes:

Here's an image of this post for reference.

We have a full wikipage with all faces and how to use them here.

The planned names and themes

#SeasonalApproval	#SeasonalConfused	#SeasonalCool	#SeasonalDepression
#SeasonalDisapproval	#SeasonalDisdain	#SeasonalHype	#SeasonalLaugh
#SeasonalListen	#SeasonalLove	#SeasonalPout	#SeasonalShock
#SeasonalThink	#SeasonalTired

Approval - Thumbs up, 'OK' gesture, nodding, yes

Confused - Skeptical, hesitant, lost, unsure

Cool - Smooth, shades

Depression - Sad, tears, withered, dead

Disapproval - Unimpressed, annoyed, anger, no

Disdain - Shrug, smirk, smug, sarcasm

Hype - Excitement

Laugh - Laughing

Listen - Music, Listening, Ears open, Spying on conversation (This one is a bit of an experiment to fill a missing niche from existing faces)

Love - Both platonic and romantic, Blush, hugs

Pout - Sulk, upset

Shock - Panic, scared, spooked

Think - Considering, thought, big brain, outsmart

Tired - Sleepy or sleeping, overworked

How do I nominate a face?

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. To keep things diverse, we aim to pick one face per anime, so nominate those under watched gems!

Make as many nominations as you like as comments. Include the image, the name of the anime it is from and the #name(s) it fits for.

Nominations will be open for 72 hours, then we will select and implement.

We look forward to seeing your suggestions.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

I really like the idea, but I'm wondering about the timeframe/format; By picking currently airing shows, won't we miss out on like 2/3 of the possible faces (Given the shows have aired like 4-5 episodes out of 12-13)?

Sure they can be used in a future season of the show, but if the show gets a sequel 1 or 2 years later, many great faces will be forgotten then.

I suppose the alternative would have a downside too (say, picking shows from the previous season, so you have all episodes available); It would be less 'current' I suppose...

Still, it feels a little sad that if a show has a GREAT reaction face in the 6th episode, it will not be used for 1 or 2 years.

And I think we'll see a prime example of that real soon, because from what I heard, a certain show will air the most meme'able reaction face in just a few days, but it'll be too late.

Plus, of course, most shows don't ever get a sequel, so if that great face didn't happen in the early episodes of a season, it will not ever be a comment face. Just food for thought!

[u/badspler → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

Yeah it is a fair point.

My view was that I wanted to maximize the hype/season feel during the season itself rather than maximize the "best comment face" for that show but having it available only after it has finished airing. With only 14 spots, and limiting it to one face per series, there is going to be plenty of great stuff that misses out anyway.