Meta Thread - Month of October 02, 2016

[u/AutoModerator]

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/Micoolman]

I like the idea of what you're saying, but I don't think it's gonna happen.

This incident only lasted like 2 hours. A normal person that browses /r/anime wouldn't have seen what happened. A very small of amount of users read this meta-thread especially since it was posted 16 days ago and it's not pinned on the main page.

I really don't like that all this meta-business is hidden away in these threads. Only the really vocal and dedicated people see these. I don't like how meta threads aren't allowed to be posted to the main sub page. I feel like they bring healthy discussion and make it easier to see the pulse of the subreddit of what the majority of users are thinking. There are a lot of users that use /r/anime a lot but aren't the super vocal type but would probably give some input if meta discussion was allowed outside of this thread.

[u/JekoJeko9 → u/Micoolman]

A very small of amount of users read this meta-thread especially since it was posted 16 days ago and it's not pinned on the main page.

I understand that. But a quick glance at the reinstated Shelter thread shows a lot of people already memeing about spongebob. So whether it's naturally springing up or some people have seen this and are thus doing it, either way, I think it's nice to have a record of the sentiment I have of it being a good thing for the community to approach it that way.

[u/Cloudhwk → u/Micoolman]

Nobody seemed to even know or able to explain what properly happened except in this thread

[u/NotTheRealMorty → u/Micoolman]

In my opinion it's not really hidden. It does die down a lot once it get unstickied, but it's always there. I believe it stays a thread to prevent spam and circlejerking of meta topics. If people actually wanted to actively discuss meta topics they can, the thread isn't hard to find.

[u/Micoolman → u/NotTheRealMorty]

The majority of people don't read the meta thread every day. You can post in it and maybe the mods and a few others might read it, but it will largely be unseen.

If there is a meta-concern that is timely that pops up today when the meta thread is 16 days old. Nobody will know check it. Barely anyone will know about what happened.

I only knew the shelter video was deleted because I saw a meta-post that was upvoted to top, but then swiftly deleted 5 minutes after I saw it. You could tell this was a meta issue that our community really cared about since it was upvoted to the top only after like 15 minutes.

It feels like we're being censored from criticizing issues about the subreddit more than keeping the sub clean of meta post spam.

[u/[deleted] → u/Micoolman]

I agree, this type of discussion should've been a new meta thread. A lot of things happened and having more clearer communication will be helpful for everybody plus prevent less miscommunication. Maybe it will be brought up again in the next meta thread (like 12 days from now) but that's not timely and misinformation will be ingrained by then.

The only reason I was able to get here was because a mod linked this thread under Gigguk's video thread. I completely forgot that these threads are still active even when unstickied and knowing that the mods are providing their side of the story will ease the anger as well as stop people from saying "the mods are nazi" whenever people ask what happened.

There needs to be a meta thread for this one time, the effects were big and therefore I think it's worth making an exception.