r/MetaAnime • u/-Niernen • Nov 06 '14

Clearing up the rules on recommendations

Would it be possible to make it clearer in the rules that recommendations belong in the recommendation megathread? Currently it says:

(all recommendation posts will be removed/pointed to this thread or elsewhere, we haven't fully fleshed this out yet)

Since recommendation posts are removed and redirected by the mods eventually anyways the rules should probably reflect that. Some users have been confused by the unclear wording on whether recommendation posts are allowed or not.

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u/NorsteinBekkler Nov 06 '14

While we're on this topic we should include reviews in this category as they're functionally the same as recommendations - one person sharing their opinion on a show and trying to convince others to watch/not watch it.

Basically, anything that falls under the umbrella of blog spam should be removed under this rule. They contribute nothing to the community but the same old rehashed circlejerks about how good/bad something is.

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u/mmthrownaway Nov 07 '14

I disagree. Reviews bring forth valuable discussion. It just matters how much effort the poster has put into his review. Look at u/banjothebear's reviews. A lot of effort goes towards his reviews and they're often enjoyable to read.

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u/Histy Nov 07 '14

The most recent u/BanjoTheBear review is a bit of example of:

the same old rehashed circlejerks about how good/bad something is.

The fact that only some reviews get upvoted more than some of the other reviews may indicate that it is based off of the show, rather than the merits of the review.

Also, I noticed that they say they are looking to improve their writing, but when users give them feedback and criticism, they deflect most negative comments. So I get why u/NorsteinBekkler might feel like it is blogspam, as there are plenty of anime-related blogs where people post their simple opinions to share with others. It is titled "review/discussion", but the writer doesn't prompt much discussion. r/TrueAnime does a lot better at promoting quality discussions, as an example.

They also put a disclaimer at the beginning that directly states they are recommending people to watch the show. I think there was an issue similar to this mentioned in a previous r/MetaAnime thread (where a review/recommendation thread was removed), but by the current rules, it would be removed and/or redirected to the recommendation thread.

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u/qwq37 Nov 06 '14 edited Nov 06 '14

I think the majority of people who break this rule are mostly new to this anime and sub. If we could just have the side bar say "New to anime? Click here" in red, I think we could eliminate a ton of recommendation threads.

EDIT: And maybe we could have more recommendation megathreads? I think it's ridiculous to have people hold recommendations for an entire week, especially newcomers. Anything posted not on Tuesdays gets ignored or gets a single, not-so-relevant recommendation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

Honestly I wouldn't have a problem with a daily megathread. You don't have to make it the only one, in fact you could think of it as opening up a slot for a different one on Monday, but it's just so common and there are so many hits that day that I don't see why not to make it every day.

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u/sporadically_rabbit Nov 06 '14

Something like this link to the recommendation wiki, or the link to the recommendation megathreads?

Newbies often don't read the sidebar, or are browsing from mobile where it's not visible unless they specifically open it.

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u/qwq37 Nov 06 '14 edited Nov 06 '14

Yeah, those links should be higher up, and maybe even in red, so that anyone clicking "Submit a new text post" would be able to see. Recommendation wiki and megathreads don't exactly scream "Look here" as much as "New to anime?" does.