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Lots of obviously new people here.

too much estrogens imo..

I remember 2 or so years ago people were saying that MALs forums were one of the most unfriendly forums they had been to.

MALs forums are fine as long as the topics aren't about religion(specifically christianity), America, and politics.

Really great forums.. Just as long as internet trolls are gone.. and those people who are narrow minded and can't be discussed to are gone. Basically I'm saying.. can there be a place on the internet where you can actually have an intellectual discussion, one where both parties can be persuaded/argued upon? Not to be like "K. cool. umadbro?" That's not really a great response, I tend to ignore those people.. but it seems like the internet is becoming swarmed with it.

I miss the old days of the internet.. where only intellectual people were able to work IRC's and forums were smaller communities and had more strict moderation.

Although MAL has a very good community in the sense where.. if you discuss anime, you will often get positive feedback instead of "Ew. You suck.". Just from what I've read so far, although I have seen some rude folk.
inb4trolled.

It has it's ups and downs, just like any other Internet community.

Knowing you love me....well...I just get so emotional just thinking about it. Man, teary eyed, thanks man, it's good to know someone out there care.


On a more serious note, there are some users whose opinions I respect, but for the most part I just view the forums as a low quality form of entertainment with repeating topics. But I can say this, you hear everything if you stick around long enough. From conspiracy theorists, to future "alien guys", to radicals, religious nuts...err "believers", and so on. You get a little bit of everything.

The community is alright but the orgies are great.

The MAL community is complex in structure, but can be broadly defined as a number of social classes which compete and co-operate with one another for dominance, both socially (popular opinion) and politically (real power).

There is a ruling class known as the 'moderators' who exert absolute authority over the people, in accordance with a written constitution known as the 'Rules'. However the ruling classes, in spite of their power, do not have much presence in the forum and for the most part are known only in name by all but those who have been involved in MAL for many years, or have been bold enough to frequent its IRC channel.

Below the Oligarchs of the moderation team are the 'MALocrats' which exist in a role similar to the Aristocracy of England in the early twentieth century to the post-war period. Some members of this group have or have had some political power -perhaps as anime or manga moderators- while others have had no such official capacity but are well known to the rest of the community. This group makes up the driving force of MAL as a sociological mechanism and produce the majority of the posts; although paradoxically very few of its topics. The reasons for this are inherent in its mechanism, because regulars tend to be aware of the rules, particularly the rule which forbids posting clone topics, and regulars know when something has been discussed already and do not bother to post it again.

The production of new topics are the trolletarian class and the serf class. The trolletariat produce topics for the sole purpose of aggravating the MALocracy. They react against the established mechanism and revolt against it, by being revolting. While some are swayed by their anarchistic ways the majority of the MALocrats and the Moderators are sensible enough to identify such practices quickly and march in to quell the rebellion before it can be allowed to get out of hand. The members of the trolletariat often follow up with accusations of 'fascism' and 'authoritarian leadership' but the majority usually express indifference or even appraisal for the ruling class in these circumstances.

Finally we have the Serf class, and these are identifiable by the poor quality topics which they produce. These normally involve asking stupid questions, posting things in the wrong subforum, posting topics which have been covered countless times before and saying nothing new about them, or making the bold assumption that anyone here gives a damn about their problems. While such behaviour is tolerated by the ruling classes far more than that of the trolletariat, among the MALocrats the Serf class is often held with even greater disdain. The contamination of the General Discussion subforum with the underclasses creates a Marxian-style 'Class Struggle' which goes between helpful suggestions to inflammatory words- and at this stage the ruling class will even turn on the MALocrats in an attempt to return public order.

Of course one of the key concerns of MAL sociologists is where this struggle will eventually lead, and there are several conflicting opinions on this. Personally I expect the MALocracy to echo the Bolshevik revolution of Russia; eventually the Serf and the trolletarian classes will seize power and oust the MALocracy. This will lead to a period of conflict between the two as the Serfs gradually develop into another MALocracy, while the trolletariat will continue to exist in occassional outburts and coups. A state of 'perpetual revolution' as described by Trotsky, gradually the Serf and NeoMALocrat classes will devolve into a singular entity- the 'Trolluminati'.

i wonder how much time you wasted writing that

Right.

Less than you did writing your response to it.

The "Newer" community need to build more general awareness and better adapt to the norm of the harsh "MAL environment".


I suggest either watching one of my fantastic movies or READ/THINK BEFORE POSTING.

This was a very interesting read. Although, when you take the time to post all of your posts are interesting. Out of curiosity, a year or so back someone wrote a post similar to this however it was about how catching friends on mal was like being a pokemon trainer...was that one you are well?

On topic, the community here is interesting. I would have told you when I joined that the community was generally unlikable and that everyone was really harsh on everyone. So either times have changed or perhaps I am no longer phased by what people say.

Doesn't matter. I had a good laugh reading that, it was a well-written, humorous, and I dare say almost scholarly post. Does no-one else have a sense of humour? Surely I can't be this special.

I lament the fact that the internet still does not have a website where I can catalogue all the Jackie Chan movies I have watched. It is a travesty!



Thank you and nope, it must have been someone else.



I am a gentleman and a scholar.

Anno is a gentleman and a scholar, anyone who says otherwise is a right git.

I'm on Reddit if I want to view useful content, all we have are user polls and all the crap 99% of the other forums do.

This is a small forum that hasn't changed for years, and that doesn't bother me because I can just go elsewhere.

also circle jerk above me.

It is truly terrible.

I'm sure we can all get along and fix this community if we all sit down, crack a beer, get some food, and watch me kick ass.