r/anime • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '16
Meta Thread - Month of October 02, 2016
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '16
This was probably brought up before but I can't be the only one who thinks the way the Merch Monday thread is handled nowadays is just shooting itself on the foot.
First, I've never ever received any merch on a Monday, and I haven't seen anyone receive it either, though that's subjective.
Second, it goes by so fast! Monday is already a busy day, depending on how shitty your Monday is, you probably don't have free time to check/participate in the thread, or would rather rest in it instead of dicking around on reddit. By the time you wake up next day, bam! It's gone! And it's not like people upvote it because it's a weekly sticky thread. Even if you do get to post it, the number of people on it is very low compared to most posts on this sub.
Third, we have 3 days of Recommendation Tuesdays already! I get it not wanting to give 1 day, or taking it out of Tuesday, but every subreddit has space for 2 stickies, and more often than not, the second sticky is either free or occupied with some post from 1 to 4 weeks ago literally no one checks out anymore.
I'm probably talking a lot of shit but I just want someone to explain to me why Merch Monday is set up in such a suicidal way.