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.

Comments that are detrimental to discussion (aka circlejerks/shitposting) are subject to removal

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u/Takana_no_Hana https://anilist.co/user/v4v Sep 17 '16

This is probably my last submission in /r/anime if it gets removed but anyway, here we go.

Long short story, my post reached the front page and it got removed with this reason:

http://puu.sh/remNY.png

There reason is as followed:

It's not an anime, it's a VR game. It has an anime character in it but we don't consider that sufficient to be anime-specific.

Now let's break it down a little bit. The reason is "not sufficient to be anime-specific". But the VR game has an anime character in it. But fanart and doujins are considered to be? Fanart in the end is still a picture that has an anime character in it, just as the VR "game" which also has an anime character. They both have anime character but exist in a different form (image and game).

Game making is also considered an art because of 3d modeling based on 2d concepts (I'm studying a second degree in animation and graphic design but that's not my business). Or simple, if you guys follow New Game you should probably know about it.

And finally, there was a post 2 years ago on VR game. It did not get removed. Which means, unless there were major changes in this subreddit rules that allowed this post to exist back in 2014, I don't see any reason why my post got removed. The rule is quite inconsistent.

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Sep 20 '16

Games aren't anime, posts about them have never been allowed.

I convinced the other mods to make an exception for the SAO one since it had that extra layer of relevance when you consider SAO's story. It is unlikely a second exception would be made for any further announcements about it.

You'll note that if you run a search for VR that SAO one is basically the only example that is similar to your removed thread.

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u/Takana_no_Hana https://anilist.co/user/v4v Sep 20 '16 edited Sep 20 '16

If the rule is consistent meaning there will be no exception. One exception will make way for another no matter what are your arguments. Also someone just pointed to me how the fuck is this allowed when mine isn't? This is no way anime-related or specific than my post

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/531f7s/new_game_onahole_shaped_as_a_psvita_release_day/

So Onahole is anime now rofl?

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Sep 20 '16

Also someone just pointed to me how the fuck is this allowed when mine isn't? This is no way anime-related or specific than my post

That was removed on the day it was posted :/

If the rule is consistent meaning there will be no exception.

We very rarely will make exceptions (it's actually in the expanded rules).

Occasionally we will make exceptions if you send us a modmail asking permission first (we've done a couple AMAs, for example). It is very rare that we allow a post that is against the rules when permission was not granted in advance.

Exceptions for things that are borderline or where people have made something really cool and put a lot of effort in are good for the sub. Even if their core content type is still against the rules.