| How toxic do you think the MAL forums are? And how much has it changed over time? |
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| Toxic? 4/10 Forum ( casual discussion at least) is boring and sorta dead. |
| Depends on the sub forum. Some like AD & CD only really have the occasional incel or nazi accusation, which honestly is pretty tame compared to what goes on on other sites. Some discussions in the series forums can get pretty wild though. That's where all the people without avatars ravage each other over Eren and Tanjiro. |
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| Occasional rude posts on imgur/GameTrailers |
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| reddit has literal subreddits dedicated to things like hate speech with active communities of thousands MAL is basically full of angels by comparison |
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Mirai said: Depends on the sub forum. Some like AD & CD only really have the occasional incel or nazi accusation, which honestly is pretty tame compared to what goes on on other sites. Some discussions in the series forums can get pretty wild though. That's where all the people without avatars ravage each other over Eren and Tanjiro. I remember when there was a "current events" board here and you could easily be bullied by a certain group of users just by creating a thread where leftists or liberals didn't look very good. But now the main debate has shifted dramatically to elitist vs teenagers for some reason. |
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| It's not toxic at all. Have you seen 4chan? lol |
If life ain't just a joke Then why are we laughing? If life ain't just a joke Then why am I dead? |
Sad said: reddit has literal subreddits dedicated to things like hate speech with active communities of thousands MAL is basically full of angels by comparison Is it? I've heard that reddit has been banning any community and discussion lately that might raise even the slightest argument. |
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Illuminatli said: It's not toxic at all. Have you seen 4chan? lol A magical place that MAL can only dream to strive towards. |
Illuminatli said: It's not toxic at all. Have you seen 4chan? lol Saying something isn't toxic compared to 4chan is like saying someone isn't hot enough compared to Monica Belucci. |
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RobertBobert said: Sad said: reddit has literal subreddits dedicated to things like hate speech with active communities of thousands MAL is basically full of angels by comparison Is it? I've heard that reddit has been banning any community and discussion lately that might raise even the slightest argument. there have been mass 'cleansing' exercises where lots of these crazy subreddits have been closed down, but it's just like cutting off a single head of a hydra. subreddits just pop back under new names and re-grow their communities by spreading the word through other channels like discord. it's basically like an annual whack-a-mole |
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Sad said: RobertBobert said: Is it? I've heard that reddit has been banning any community and discussion lately that might raise even the slightest argument. there have been mass 'cleansing' exercises where lots of these crazy subreddits have been closed down, but it's just like cutting off a single head of a hydra. subreddits just pop back under new names and re-grow their communities by spreading the word through other channels like discord. it's basically like an annual whack-a-mole I dont know. In my eyes, Reddit is an extremely sterile place, where "oh, this could lead to conflict" has long been the favorite excuse of any authoritarian moderators. |
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RobertBobert said: Sad said: there have been mass 'cleansing' exercises where lots of these crazy subreddits have been closed down, but it's just like cutting off a single head of a hydra. subreddits just pop back under new names and re-grow their communities by spreading the word through other channels like discord. it's basically like an annual whack-a-mole I dont know. In my eyes, Reddit is an extremely sterile place, where "oh, this could lead to conflict" has long been the favorite excuse of any authoritarian moderators. it can be, the thing is reddit is a community of communities - in some subreddits the moderators are absent and haven't logged in for years so anything goes lol, and then you have your subreddits where the moderation team gets their dopamine hits with every post removal MAL has one visible moderation team for the entire site so it's a much different environment i guess, probably not a good comparison to offer from myself but i can't think of many forums with a similar structure to MAL that has tried to legitimise themselves with sponsors/partnerships etc and is a big space for kids. i used to browse the tripadvisor forums and everyone seemed chill af on there, but the majority of users were 20/30+ in age, MAL is a different world |
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| I remember MAL forums got pretty fucking bad at some point but that was years ago. People say its boring but I don't mind it to be honest. |
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Sad said: RobertBobert said: I dont know. In my eyes, Reddit is an extremely sterile place, where "oh, this could lead to conflict" has long been the favorite excuse of any authoritarian moderators. it can be, the thing is reddit is a community of communities - in some subreddits the moderators are absent and haven't logged in for years so anything goes lol, and then you have your subreddits where the moderation team gets their dopamine hits with every post removal MAL has one visible moderation team for the entire site so it's a much different environment i guess, probably not a good comparison to offer from myself but i can't think of many forums with a similar structure to MAL that has tried to legitimise themselves with sponsors/partnerships etc and is a big space for kids. i used to browse the tripadvisor forums and everyone seemed chill af on there, but the majority of users were 20/30+ in age, MAL is a different world Well, MAL has very formal moderation in the sense that moderators rarely participate in discussions and rarely (at least in my memory) get into any kind of conflict with users. I especially feel this as someone who has often been the victim of biased moderators on other sites. |
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| Definitely a couple o' folks spreading negativity, spitting insults, and trying to start fights and whatnot, but on a whole Casual Discussion doesn't seem too bad. Can't say about the other subforums though, as I don't read enough stuff on any of them. |
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Orange_is_White said: Definitely a couple o' folks spreading negativity, spitting insults, and trying to start fights and whatnot, but on a whole Casual Discussion doesn't seem too bad. Can't say about the other subforums though, as I don't read enough stuff on any of them. I haven't been on here in a while, but as far as the anime board is concerned, it's mostly quiet except for the disputes between the elites and teenagers. |
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RobertBobert said: Orange_is_White said: Definitely a couple o' folks spreading negativity, spitting insults, and trying to start fights and whatnot, but on a whole Casual Discussion doesn't seem too bad. Can't say about the other subforums though, as I don't read enough stuff on any of them. I haven't been on here in a while, but as far as the anime board is concerned, it's mostly quiet except for the disputes between the elites and teenagers. a favourite pastime is watching someone swing by AD and say dubs are better than subs and stick around to defend their view, for some reason the topic of sub/dubs always gets people wound up, its comedy |
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| The word toxic is overused and doesn't really apply here. |
Sad said: RobertBobert said: I haven't been on here in a while, but as far as the anime board is concerned, it's mostly quiet except for the disputes between the elites and teenagers. a favourite pastime is watching someone swing by AD and say dubs are better than subs and stick around to defend their view, for some reason the topic of sub/dubs always gets people wound up, its comedy Even more than the elitist trying to simultaneously insult everyone who disagrees with them and accuse you of paranoia, denying that elitists exist? |
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| They are not toxic, at least, not after the death of CE, but even then, I've seen worse. Mostly in the form of 4chan. |
| if you argue constantly and everywhere then it can be toxic |
| Not toxic enough. We will only attain enlightenment once the chosen one arrives. His username, foretold by the prophecy, will be "Gasmaster1488". |
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| barely, when I started being active on forums I was expecting it to be way worse |
| Toxicity (10 is most toxic): Anime Discussion 7/10 Casual Discussion: 8/10 Recommendation: 7/10 Introduction: 4/10 Support: 8/10 Suggestions: 7/10 Forum Games: 0/10 |
| @ateks out of interest what sort of toxic stuff do ya see on the reccs board? 7 is pretty high |
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Mangamonsters said: _Nette_ said: Is that what you are changing your name to?Not toxic enough. We will only attain enlightenment once the chosen one arrives. His username, foretold by the prophecy, will be "Gasmaster1488". Alas I am not the one chosen by fate. I'm at the very best a side character. |
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| CD is pretty chill with the occasional controversial thread here and there. AD and SD on the other hand... |
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| MAL is pretty tamed compared to other forums/social medias so id say 3/10 |
| I'd say pretty toxic but not nearly as toxic as other platforms. This is coming from someone who was really toxic on the internet. |
| depends on the board you're talking about I guess although the tame-looking ones are probably not what they seem to be, one of them (at least) has a discord server where all sorts of slander and gossip can and probably does happen |
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| Casual Discussion board is very welcoming towards incels. New MAL users will feel at home soon enough. |
| It depends on the definition of toxicity, really. You are more likely to get insulted or harassed on MAL than you are on Reddit or Twitter (without the person being immediately banned as a result), but there is also a lot less "mob mentality" and a lot more diversity of thought in here, which is a good thing. Right now, a large number of threads cannot really be described as civil, so I'd give it 5/10. Depending on which users are active, it could range from anywhere between 2-8. |
| Not too bad! BUT the one of the things thats really bad is the way people online try to insult others intelligence! i just dont understand that? & the other thing: I CANNOT STAND when ppl insult others on here if their grammar is incorrect (& im a virgo) or if english isnt their 1st lang... i see it happen wayyyyyyy too much on here, especially when I think viewers of anime should be one of the most lenient in this case... Is Japanese your fist lang? No? huh didnt thik sooo SoO why do you feel the need to insult someone else's words/thoughts & constantly give English lessons? WHY?..... *DING! rant completed!* |
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NextUniverse said: They are not toxic, at least, not after the death of CE, but even then, I've seen worse. Mostly in the form of 4chan. Do you really think 4chan is that toxic? |
killer918 said: NextUniverse said: They are not toxic, at least, not after the death of CE, but even then, I've seen worse. Mostly in the form of 4chan. Do you really think 4chan is that toxic? No, it is just worse. Some boards are pretty funny or more relaxed than I would have imagined. |
| It's getting better if I am to judge. You can compare the winter/spring threads and the current ones, I think we're growing out of the edge. "It's getting boring" Well, why don't you guys post about your passions, your ideas ? Do you enjoy only slurs and hate speech cuz dem pc peeps don't like it ? Then I'd say you're the boring ones, I like forums that have more personality than yet another anon "based" post. |
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| Knowing how toxic is polish internet and polish people in multiplayer video games, mal forums are receiving a 0/10 after experiencing that. Bruh there is no toxicity at least I ain't seeing that In this video just change the singular slurs into insulting everysingle person, everysingle person's family members and add multiple slurs which are untranslatable to english language. Even the most popular memes of polish internet are based on insults and slurs x) [Because of his pronuncitioun of letter R (1st video) and his voice pitch alot of times at voice chats in video games people taught that I am the legend of the internet Testoviron, cause I have a similar pitch and I have french accent, but well we're 2 different people with quite similar voices] |
ZettaikenJul 19, 2022 2:50 AM
| Depends on the forums. For example some popular anime forums always tend to get toxic no matter what the content is like Aot, Fmab, Kny etc. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| I've said it here before, but it's the only place I go to (counting offline too) these days where I'm most likely to see jerkasses and the intellectually deficient. I don't know how to feel about that, lol. Also, thankfully this is an online space so I can ignore and block if I need to so it's not a big deal |
Sad said: @ateks out of interest what sort of toxic stuff do ya see on the reccs board? 7 is pretty high It's always the same few people recommending the same few anime in every thread and when you tell them it doesn't really fit what was asked for they get mad and insult you and the op for not being specific enough etc etc. Although I didn't use it in a long time so I don't know if it's still like that. |
| Boring more of the word. Stupid not toxic tho. Same topics and people say the same shit over and over. One Problem it's same people too. No new blood. |
AmityblightJul 19, 2022 6:28 AM
| in my experience, not toxic at all. then again i'm not active here |
| good opinions on anything, block = I own you |
| Rather than this particular forum or any other online place being toxic, I feel that people just become more and more snowflakey over time. I think they need to toughen up or GTFO. |
| Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it |
| idk not active much nowadays, though back then was really toxic. |
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| Doesn't seem too bad in CD. I don't frequent the other subforums as much. Maybe it gets gnarly when people actually talk about anime. |
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