Happy April Fools! Thanks to everyone who forgot what time of year it was and got fooled by our prank for a few seconds again~ We hope it made you laugh once you figured it out. To the number of people who seemed legitimately concerned... April Fools is a tradition around MAL, something we've been doing for over a decade. Try not to take goofy site changes literally when they're posted around the first of April :'D Though of course I hope you'll forget this advice until after you're fooled again next year. Site will return to normal at 23:59 PDT. Enjoy it while it lasts. For List Designers: We'll look into keeping the score classes in the list design (empty) for your devious disposal. After careful consideration, we have decided it's time to update MAL's 10-1 scoring system. We have heard complaints for many years that users do not know how to use the 10 scale effectively. Then there are users who cannot make do with only 10 scores, and insist 0.5 points are needed. But even more importantly, while MAL's not getting any younger, anime fans are. To pull in the younger generation of fans, it is critical that we have a scoring system that they can understand without the community needing to explain how it works. This is where an emoji-based rating system comes in. To make this a smooth transition for everyone, we have translated your existing scores to emoji based on the following table:  For Phase 1, we are beginning with only these 10 emoji. However, we plan to expand to include more emoji, and have been considering a number of possibilities, including...:  We'd like to get feedback from the community to decide our final list of emoji, and which order is best to rank them in. Until this is decided, the Top pages will remain with the above score-translated emoji, as we consider more in-depth how to modify their rankings. (Most 🤷♀️?) This change was a long time coming and we hope you are as excited as us at this positive step forward for MAL! |
KinetaApr 1, 2020 3:38 PM
As a reviewer, I want the same thing for reviews.  On another note, |
removed-userApr 9, 2020 3:31 PM
| I dont trust anything posted on April Fools. |
| Okay, now this is haram. |
あなたは誰？ |
| Ah yes the annual April fools joke. Edit : WOW its actually real wtf |
Infinite_zzMar 31, 2020 6:29 PM
| This idea actually made me laugh, so nice job, I guess... ? |
| thank god they’re changing this 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 |
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| Huge improvement ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
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| Bhahahahaha good stuff MAL xD |
 君の声 忘れない 涙も 忘れない |
| I'd much rather have a progression of hentai faces instead of emojis, but I see MAL admins are working really hard to provide its users with modern and slick updates to keep the site on the path opposite to becoming obsolete. Nice jobs, admins! |
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| About damn time. |
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| It's a joke right?... right?!! |
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koniGGG said: It's a joke right?... right?!! Nope mine is updated it shows scores like that now kek |
| Extremely upset because I freaked when I saw the scores on the anime pages replaced by emojis and when I checked for announcements I found this page and honestly freaked out even more. IT'S NOT APRIL 1 EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD YET GDI TT^TT DON'T PLAY WITH MY FRAGILE HEART LIKE THIS DX Glad people sounded off in the comments. I really gotta watch out for everything on the Internet today and tomorrow. |
| Now you might think that it's only troublesome, but it might connect you with something unexpectedly good. -Zen Wistaria |
| I had my pitchfork ready |
| For sure do 🍡 . I will be rating everything that. |
| Glad I saw this thread, I kinda lowkey liked the change but at the same time was almost tirggered, what a surprise thanks MAL for knowing how to make my emotions go all over the map... |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Not gonna lie Had me at first until I looked at the date |
| شقایق، اینجا من، خیلی غریبم |
| No, I hate this change! This just makes it more difficult to understand the scores when they were already perfect to begin with. Can't you at least give users the option of seeing real scores instead of these emojis? Edit: F%ck me, I didn't see the date. You got me. |
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| Finally, the true fix to the scoring system we were all waiting for. Removing bots and trolls is one thing but this is what truly matters |
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| Ok, it almost got me, but the peach might have given it away. Unless it’s actually not an April fools joke... |
| This is better than last year. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Damn it I almost fell for it. Seems not to bad of an idea fr me when I saw it |
| Lol this makes the rating system more interesting. I think some people take number scores too seriously. |
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| God fucking dammit, I forgot it was that time of year again. |
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| Ah! The April Fools! xDDD |
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| Why poop is lower than skull though? |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Oh wow. I died a little when I saw this pop up on my list. Didn't even consider the date. It might be a nice thing if you could toggle it on/off for those who want it though. |
| When they add the "🍆" rating, I'm adding all the hentai I've watched to my list. Will also be using "🍑" for my favorite Echii shows. |
GokaiKingMar 31, 2020 5:24 PM
  愛がなければ、見えない。 Without Love, the truth cannot be seen. |
| Pretty 🤷 implementation so far, but a 🔥idea nonetheless. |
| I completely fell for it when I saw the scores just now, but as soon as I read "To pull in the younger generation of fans" I realized immediately |
| Perfect, exactly what I've been waiting for, rating with emotes is truly the superior and only rating way. Glad the cultured individuals of this server finally came to that conclusion. Great change ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) |
 She felt that her whole life was some kind of dream she sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it. |
| emojis but no decimal scoring smh not this shit again 🦠 Coronavirus - 1/10 would not experience again |
join the hyper going home club!  |
| Dang it, this got me haha I was scared for a second that this was serious. |
| Currently looking for some witty quote to put here. |
| thanks, I hate it. |
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