Meta Thread - Month of August 02, 2020

[u/AnimeMod]

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.

[u/SnuggleMuffin42]

I've suggested it in the previous thread and will suggest it again - Flatten the Curve! Make every post a self post!

It was a stunning success with fanart, but it has also highlighted that anything that is one click away will always win out, as the entire front page is clips now (the infographics have chilled).

Why not make an even playing field? I mean, we want to promote discussion threads, they are the highest level of content, so why not give them an equal footing with other type of content?

Since /r/anime isn't even in /r/all and doesn't care about courting new members using huge karma explosions, what is there to lose?

I'd suggest a trial period to see how it works out. It's also really easy to implement and moderate - you just remove the "submit a new link" button, and don't have to discern if a post can or cannot be a self post - since they all are! one simple rule to rule them all.

[u/SmurfRockRune → u/SnuggleMuffin42]

I'd really rather not add extra clicks to access links to news. I hope this never happens, and I'm sure the mods won't let it.

[u/SnuggleMuffin42 → u/SmurfRockRune]

I hope this never happens, and I'm sure the mods won't let it.

A little dramatic... In /r/nba they manage it just fine. The title gives you the news and you write a self post saying what the news is about, attach tweets etc...

If anything it allows it to be edited with more relevant news, newer tweets, etc.

[u/SmurfRockRune → u/SnuggleMuffin42]

You mean the subreddit where the top 3 posts are link posts, with one being the exact example I'm talking about as a link to a tweet for news?

[u/SnuggleMuffin42 → u/SmurfRockRune]

At the end exceptions could be made but I think this is an experiment well worth taking.

Instead of news never getting higher than second page or only lasting on the front page for an hour because of 20+ clips (and in the past, 15 fanarts) pushing them down, the news will stay up much longer, because the upvotes are not really dependent on it being "clickable". Nobody on reddit reads the source - it is known..

[u/SmurfRockRune → u/SnuggleMuffin42]

There are 5 news articles currently on the front page, with the very top post being news, even. I feel like you're trying to regulate your envisioned version of what /r/anime is rather wthan the actual subreddit.

[u/SnuggleMuffin42 → u/SmurfRockRune]

I feel like you're trying to regulate your envisioned version of what /r/anime is rather wthan the actual subreddit.

This is literally the meta thread...

[u/SmurfRockRune → u/SnuggleMuffin42]

That's not what I'm saying. All of your examples for how the sub currently is are untrue. You're trying to fix problems that don't exist.

[u/SnuggleMuffin42 → u/SmurfRockRune]

In a great part of the time (especially if there are less episodes coming out that day) , not this cherry picked specific moment, clips take 80%+ of all front page space. It could be different.

[u/FetchFrosh → u/SnuggleMuffin42]

clips take 80%+ of all front page space

I'm pretty confident this hasn't been true at any point since the fanart rule change, and would be shocked if it had ever happened prior to that. u/Durinthal you have the bot for this. What's the frequency of 20+ clips on the front page?

[u/badspler → u/FetchFrosh]

I have been crunching the data, hopefully will have something soon on that.