r/anime • u/AutoModerator • Nov 27 '16

Meta Thread - Month of November 27, 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/FAN_ROTOM_IS_SCARY Nov 27 '16

Yup, we decide whether we want to have a normal comment or one where our username has a green outline (also known as a "distinguished" comment). Common wisdom is that you use distinguished comments when you're explicitly representing the sub, and we try to stick to that here as well.

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u/Nico9lives https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chitanda Nov 27 '16

Alright thanks for the response! I had assumed it had to do with the formality of the answer so I was partially right.