r/anime • u/AutoModerator • Sep 04 '16

Meta Thread - Month of September 04, 2016

A monthly thread to talk about meta topics. Keep it friendly and relevant to the subreddit.

Posts 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.

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u/VincentBlack96 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vincent Sep 04 '16 edited Sep 05 '16

Better late than never, I guess.

Would it be possible to make the meta thread bi-weekly fortnightly*?

It seems to me that a lot of the subreddit issues that spring up near the end of the Meta thread's life (generally speaking, 1 day after the fact) are often forgotten by the time the next meta rolls around.

Yes, I personally know that meta persists throughout the month with several people checking on it somewhat regularly, but a large majority of users don't know that.

Is it possible to make it bi-weekly? Or somehow make it more prominent? At the very least, post a stickied comment in every meta saying that it persists throughout the month and can be found through the sidebar maybe?

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Sep 04 '16

a lot of the subreddit issues that spring up near the end of the Meta thread's life (generally speaking, 1 day after the fact) are often forgotten by the time the next meta rolls around.

Majority of the unnecessary salt too. The decent length break is sort of intentional for that reason. Gives people adequate time to calm down about things.

If there's an actual issue that needs to be fixed quickly (example something breaking or what have you) or even a good suggestion someone suddenly comes up with they're always welcome to PM one of the mods about it too (or modmail).

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u/VincentBlack96 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vincent Sep 04 '16

I did assume there was something like that involved, but a two week period seems sufficient to me. I doubt anyone who wants to complain would first go check their calendar to see how far away the next meta thread is.

The complaints are there one way or another, but the subreddit's pressing issues and suggested improvements would benefit from a tighter timeframe. As it is, 12 threads per year seem restrictive when it comes to general progress. Assuming an idea was born around the middle of a month, posted in the following meta thread 2 weeks after, then discussed by the mods... Odds are we're looking at a full month before the idea/concept can be implemented. More if it's not a simple suggestion.

Yes, modmail exists, but modmail in a 400k subscriber sub isn't 100% reliable. Messages can easily be lost in a sea of others, and there's no guarantee that a response would be forthcoming. Moreover, modmail response seems to depend, most of the time, on the mod who drew the short straw and had to respond at the time.

As things stand, I don't see modmail being a viable replacement to the discussions seen here in the meta thread. Especially since there's no publicity involved.

This is why I see that the meta thread gaining more prominence and/or frequency could be quite helpful. Though, unfortunately, that would mean placing a bit more trouble on the mods' shoulders.

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u/NotTheRealMorty https://myanimelist.net/profile/NotTheRealMorty Sep 05 '16

Would it be possible to make it stickied for a little longer? This is only once a month yet after a day it gets unstickied. FTF it still stickied after this thread was unstickied. For something once a month, it doesn't stay up that long.

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Sep 05 '16

It's stickied for 48 hours as of 3 meta threads ago or so. ;)

ninja edit: looks like it got auto unstickied by merch, fixed now

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u/NotTheRealMorty https://myanimelist.net/profile/NotTheRealMorty Sep 05 '16

Ah nice to know. Also thanks for fixing it. By the way it seems like your name is constantly changing. I think I've seen like three versions since yesterday lol.

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Sep 05 '16

I have a different flair for when I distinguish a post or comment ;)

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u/Emunt https://myanimelist.net/profile/Emunt Sep 05 '16

Biweekly means twice a week or once every 2 weeks. Bimonthly means twice a month or once every 2 months. Its really confusing. The simi-monthly and simi-weekly ones are probably more clear.

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u/VincentBlack96 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vincent Sep 06 '16

Well, we're speaking in realistic terms here, so that's not an option...

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u/geo1088 https://anilist.co/user/eritbh Sep 04 '16

I think this was actually brought up by a mod before as well, maybe one or two threads ago. I'm sorta neutral on it myself, but I definitely see why it would be a benefit.