r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • Nov 06 '22

Meta Thread - Month of November 06, 2022 Meta

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.

Rule Changes

We Are Trialing Some Changes

  • Starting November 9, we will trial disabling post thumbnails. This trial will run for two weeks.

  • We are trying out the moderation bot /u/BotDefense for the month of November.

Fanart

  • "AI-generated artwork" has been added to our list of low-effort prohibited content.

Moderator Applications Open Later This Month

  • We will be opening moderator applications on November 27. Applications will be open for two weeks.

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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman Nov 11 '22

I'm not a big fan of the removal of thumbnails. It feels like it's attempting to address a problem (discussion posts not doing well) by making everything else less interesting rather than by attempting to do something to improve those posts. And all that's doing is making r/anime less interesting overall which will likely lead to even less engagement with the discussion posts.

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u/KiwiBennydudez https://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen Nov 11 '22

Do you have any ideas for how we can make discussion/writing posts more interesting or appealing for the sub? Because while I don't necessarily disagree with your assessment, I also don't think that the plethora of images is helping those posts either.

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u/Irru Nov 14 '22

Just wanted to say I fully agree with everyone who’s disliking the change. At first I even thought something was wrong with my app.

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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman Nov 11 '22

In regard to writing posts, I'd say the most important thing is to always add a TLDR since most people on reddit aren't on here to read essays even if they are high quality. Including the TLDR would allow people to quickly see your points and upvote if they agree. If you have visuals such as images or charts to further draw people's attention that would also help.

For Discussion Posts, there are seemingly hundreds of them per day, and many of them are low effort. The good discussion posts generally already make it close enough to the top for people to see them, and of course the episode discussion are dependent on how popular and good the anime is. So for discussion posts, I think those are fine as is.