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CaptainCrunch

What happened to all the discussions or articles?

Has anyone else noticed the influx of images and meaningless posts on r/anime lately?

Almost 90% of posts are some random image found on google or a booru, a pointless youtube clip, or some variation on a meme. These just fill the page with useless posts.

This subreddit used to have great discussions and tons of interesting threads, now we just look like /a/ with an occasional ("what are your thought's on this") post that gets maybe 1 or 2 dozen comments or is lost completely amongst a sea of youtube meme videos. Even then, almost all the posts are "I like that" or "my favorite is this".

I mean honestly, I don't really give a crap about some picture you thought was funny that you found a few minutes ago. I'd downvote it and make it disappear from my list but what's the point when the only thread that's not that type was made 2 days ago.

It wouldn't be bad if it were a "post your favorite fanart/meme image or image site" though, since that at least might get something going.

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I think we need an r/animepics or something.

Posted Jul 26, 2011, 2:25 PM UTC · edited

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nonex•

Remember when r/anime was good?

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osiman•

Wait i know tis!!

r/anime was never good.

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Gigafrosthttp://myanimelist.net/profile/Nadian•

Wait I thought this was r/anime "THERE'S NO LINKS"...

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redditfan89•

To have a discussion you need 2 camps. That means someone will disagree with the other and guess what that means... Yep, downvotes. This is why unpopular oppinions are virtually nonexistent in threads. People dont like to lose karma, so why post something that could get downvoted when they can just shut-up?

If it's possible to have a thread tag that disables downvoting (or voting as a whole) for that particular thread. Maybe then we may have discussions. Until then...

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

That's not right. You should upvote a thread to get it pageviews, not because you have a differing opinion. This is the reason self posts don't net you karma. If you have another view, make a comment and that gets upvoted/downvoted.

Downvoting everything you disagree with is a problem with reddit as a whole tbh.

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redditfan89•

How many would make a comment that would get downvoted because his view differs from the one of the hivemind?

How many would make posts that wouldnt hit the front page because it wouldnt get more upvotes than downvotes?

Disable downvoting and a thread would hit the front page if there are enough ppl interested in the issue and disable comment downvoting so that those who are likely to post unpopular opinions would post without the fear of losing karma.

What you should do is irrelevant. It doesnt work. What is relevant is that the reddit system doesnt really work in r/anime. Just compare it with /a/. Yeah, it's full of trolls but at least you have 2 "camps".

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

Sadly, that seems to be the truth.

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LoliMaster•

I believe there is a way to do this, I'll look into it when I get my internet back at my home.

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[deleted]•

Honestly? Probably because all the shows this season are kinda crappy. I mean, there's not a single thing I'm interested in watching this season.

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Fabien4•

There's Yuru Yuri, if you're into moe schoolgirls slice-of-life shows. Other than that, well... I'm afraid you're right. I had hoped that Mawaru Penguin Drum would be interesting, but I've lost that hope.

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nonex•

No. 6 is awesome. And Usagi Drop is good if you're into that kinda thing. Mayo Chiki is pretty funny. Nyanpire is great for your non-anime watching girlfriends. Steins;Gate is ongoing.

It's not a great season, but it isn't a bad one either. I'm looking forward to the fall season... Bakuman, Last Exile re-boot... aw man, so sweet.

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Fabien4•

No. 6 is awesome.

I'm more into shoujo-ai than shounen-ai, so I'll stick with Yuru Yuri.

And Usagi Drop is good if you're into that kinda thing.

Usagi Drop is the kind of anime I feel like apologizing for not liking.

Mayo Chiki is pretty funny.

It's not that bad, but after an episode and a half, I got tired of their antics.

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[deleted]•

I'm trying to decide if I should bother with Yuru Yuri. I've seen K-On already, do I really need to see it again without the instruments?

What about the new Gainax show? Is it any good? I think they should've just done another season of Panty and Stocking.

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Fabien4•

I'm trying to decide if I should bother with Yuru Yuri. I've seen K-On already,

Well... If you watched K-On out of a sense of duty, and/or didn't like it that much, then you might as well skip Yuru Yuri.

If, like me, you just love slice-of-life shows, and always want more, then yes, watch Yuru Yuri, A-Channel, Seitokai no Ichizon, etc.

What about the new Gainax show?

It doesn't feel like a Gainax show.

Is it any good?

It's not good. It's not bad either. It's one of those shows you watch to waste some time, and forget soon after. In a nutshell, it's too bland to love or hate.

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[deleted]•

After loving K-On, Azumanga Daioh, Working!!, and Lucky Star, I have concluded that I do indeed love SOL shows. I will add Yuru Yuri to the pile.

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

This might be true, but there's more to be had than just episode discussions.

FWIW I agree though, all my favorites are things that started last season (Gintama/Steins;Gate/Nichijou/Kaiji II) or sequels to stuff I've enjoyed in the past.

Usagi drop is cute though, and shows signs of being more (drama/etc).

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eurydiceq•

I mean, there's not a single thing I'm interested in watching this season.

What about Usagi Drop, No.6, Mawaru Penguindrum, Kamisama Dolls, and Natsume San, not to mention ongoing Steins;Gate, Tiger & Bunny, and Hanasaku Iroha (I'll give you that this has been boring for the last two weeks). None of these are interesting? Are you not entertained?!

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thephotoman•

Steps to a better Reddit:

  1. Install Reddit Enhancement Suite.
  2. Use filteReddit to remove all posts from the domain "imgur.com".
  3. Save the changes.
  4. Refresh Reddit.
  5. Profit!

I've gone scorched earth on Imgur on my work computer: it's in my hosts file and redirected to 127.0.0.1 because they host NSFW content but not on a separate subdomain that I can filter out.

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

I've got it (awesome addon) but that doesn't help the problem. I can find the non image/video posts easily enough, the problem is that there aren't that many of them to participate in.

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eurydiceq•

If you want new and different content then why don't you post some?

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

I just did here, but it's being downvoted into oblivion.

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osiman•

You call this whining new content? Amazing.

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

discussion.

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eurydiceq•

Discussions about the state of the subreddit, not anime. I meant, if you're looking for articles or blog posts here, why don't you set an example by posting some of the content you would like to see instead of meta-posts about how you don't like the content that's here?

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berserkering•

I thought of posting a C discussion a couple days ago after finishing C and being disappointed by it but after some thought, I realized I didn't care enough about C to discuss it in any real length.

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strider58•

Same!!! i'm wondering where all the good anime news is. So i thought i'd share this...i enjoyed it...

http://anime-news-mad.blogspot.com/

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kazegami•

Someone complaining about what other people are posting/enjoying? That's nothing new.

To be quite honest a subreddit like this is not likely to have good discussion in the manner you expect. Is it because of the people? No. Is it because of the content? No. It's because reddit's inherent design throughout is to have something sit on the front page for a while, people discuss it, then move on. On places like /a/ you can post threads in succession and carry out a discussion at any time. On reddit you are only permitted to discuss something ONE time, ONE time, anymore than that and people will cry "repost," which happens all across reddit and r/anime is no exception. The best way I've seen this avoided is through the posting of pictures and videos, and then insightful comments are made about either the video/picture itself or the subject matter and that is where the quality discussion comes from. If you want to have quality discussions that is the best way to go about.

tl;dr rather than complaining about the content on r/anime contribute insightful comments to capture people's interest and generate discussion. Any mindless image or video can very easily be the beginning of a legitimate discussion if you take advantage of it.

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CaptainCrunchOPhttp://www.anime-planet.com/users/captaincrunch•

I don't think this is true at all. All we ever get is "oh, that's cool" posts.

The other issue is that r/anime has more than doubled in the past year, so the 12k+ new redditors think this is/has always been the norm, so the problem compounds itself.

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