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Jan 8, 2024 3:05 PM

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billybub said:
I would've agreed with you years ago, but unfortunately I think some parts of rule #5 have become necessary. I see nothing wrong with discussing controversial topics but unfortunately the majority of people here aren't adults(or at least they don't act like it)


I routinely - and by routinely I mean basically daily or near-daily, see people here get wildly aggressive, vicious, and personally demeaning and insulting in remarks toward others over virtually any topic in existence - even something which seems so innocuous and benign. It could start as a disagreement over the most trivial of things imaginable, like the quality of some animation frames being subpar or the relationships or backstory of some sword-wielder fighter character in shounen adventure story X. The point is, it could be anything, and the rudeness of people, especially to other people they don't even know and who have done nothing to them personally, continues to shock and astound me. But this isn't an anime community or a MAL problem. It's present all over the internet on internet forums and in other venues for discussions (comment sections on video-sharing websites, news websites, etc.) and has been present as a factor in at least the 20+ years I've been using the internet, but it has gotten a lot worse and more widespread and extreme, in my view, in more recent years. I'm not even sure it's an internet thing, but may just be a people thing in general, and people collectively, with a minority of exceptions, are getting worse in the internet and smartphone age.

But bringing it back to MAL and how it relates to this issue and the rules, what I just wish in lieu of that horrible rule was that MAL just started cracking down on those often ignorant, belligerent, nasty people rather than stifle everyone's expression. Start banning people swiftly for devolving into personal attacks unprovoked after an exchange of two posts between users. Those users often have little to contribute outside of that anyway. They are either physically incapable of or go out of their way to try to be incapable of remotely civilized discussions with anyone who isn't the mirror image of themselves. The topic doesn't matter. Get rid of the troublemakers and let the free exchange of ideas by those who aren't needless jerks flow.
Jan 8, 2024 3:11 PM

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Im kinda reading:

"Some mod angered me, the other day. Also, they'd never make me a mod...cause Im so free and cool... They're so strict and mean. They're all denying me! Unfair!"


It's not about MaL and what may or may not be *killing* it. It's about you, isn't it?^^
Stop feeling entitled. They're free to run their site as they please.
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Jan 8, 2024 3:21 PM

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billybub said:
I would've agreed with you years ago, but unfortunately I think some parts of rule #5 have become necessary. I see nothing wrong with discussing controversial topics but unfortunately the majority of people here aren't adults(or at least they don't act like it)


I routinely - and by routinely I mean basically daily or near-daily, see people here get wildly aggressive, vicious, and personally demeaning and insulting in remarks toward others over virtually any topic in existence - even something which seems so innocuous and benign. It could start as a disagreement over the most trivial of things imaginable, like the quality of some animation frames being subpar or the relationships or backstory of some sword-wielder fighter character in shounen adventure story X. The point is, it could be anything, and the rudeness of people, especially to other people they don't even know and who have done nothing to them personally, continues to shock and astound me. But this isn't an anime community or a MAL problem. It's present all over the internet on internet forums and in other venues for discussions (comment sections on video-sharing websites, news websites, etc.) and has been present as a factor in at least the 20+ years I've been using the internet, but it has gotten a lot worse and more widespread and extreme, in my view, in more recent years. I'm not even sure it's an internet thing, but may just be a people thing in general, and people collectively, with a minority of exceptions, are getting worse in the internet and smartphone age.

But bringing it back to MAL and how it relates to this issue and the rules, what I just wish in lieu of that horrible rule was that MAL just started cracking down on those often ignorant, belligerent, nasty people rather than stifle everyone's expression. Start banning people swiftly for devolving into personal attacks unprovoked after an exchange of two posts between users. Those users often have little to contribute outside of that anyway. They are either physically incapable of or go out of their way to try to be incapable of remotely civilized discussions with anyone who isn't the mirror image of themselves. The topic doesn't matter. Get rid of the troublemakers and let the free exchange of ideas by those who aren't needless jerks flow.
@WatchTillTandava the problem is 99% of the time those topics go like this
PERSON 1: X show/character is x yrs old if you like that show your a blank.
PERSON 2: If you don't like it go watch some else and leave me be
PERSON 1: Name calling
PERSON 2: name calling
And so on and so forth.
So I can see the reasons for that rule. Better to just say fuck it, if yall can't behave nobody gets to play then have to sort through that shit daily
Jan 8, 2024 4:53 PM

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@Lucifrost
It's a bit of a paradox. In order to make places safer and more welcoming to more people, you have to limit toxic traits and behaviors from spreading in the community. It has been documented that if one tolerates the intolerant, the intolerant tends to dominate spaces and be more vocal, leading towards those who are more tolerant from either leaving or not speaking up as much, leading to an endless cycle of sorts if the toxic behaviors aren't addressed. A lot of "anti-woke" arguments are based off of intolerance of minority groups and women alongside their viewpoints, so in order to make a more tolerant space you'd have to find a way to discourage said hateful arguments and behaviors, especially since these kinds of viewpoints can be very appealing to teenage boys and lead them down a dangerous path that can lead to more hate. When these kinds of arguments are prevalent, it can be hard for women, queer people etc, to share their voices in spaces where intolerant "anti-woke" rhetoric is so common since it leads to a feeling of them not being welcome and actively hated, which is why I as a trans woman tend to be very vocal in the community about the issues this presents. It's a very complicated thing to explain, and I hope what I said makes any logical sense.
LSSJ_Gaming said:
In order to make places safer and more welcoming to more people, you have to limit toxic traits and behaviors from spreading in the community.

Then you have no right to complain when your advocacy backfires and others decide not to tolerate you.
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Jan 8, 2024 5:34 PM
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Im kinda reading:

"Some mod angered me, the other day. Also, they'd never make me a mod...cause Im so free and cool... They're so strict and mean. They're all denying me! Unfair!"


It's not about MaL and what may or may not be *killing* it. It's about you, isn't it?^^
Stop feeling entitled. They're free to run their site as they please.
@Merve2Love Imagine generalizing me like that.

I was just making a new thread, that's all. Sorry that you think that way ( :
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Jan 8, 2024 5:42 PM

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@Merve2Love Imagine generalizing me like that.

I was just making a new thread, that's all. Sorry that you think that way ( :
@GoatPieceLuffy

Hey, no need to apologize.

You could've just answered my question, if you felt generalized, you know...
But isn't this right now exactly my point? It's about you and how what I think about you is wrong. You didn't talk about MaL or it's mods, just now.^^

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billybub said:
Speaking of petulant 12yr olds hijacking threads, just like clockwork.

the sad part is that he's actually 37
@Ejrodiew He might not be the "best user" but why is it sad that he's 37?

Forums should be allowed for everyone regardless of age lol.
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Jan 8, 2024 7:14 PM

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LSSJ_Gaming said:
In order to make places safer and more welcoming to more people, you have to limit toxic traits and behaviors from spreading in the community.

Then you have no right to complain when your advocacy backfires and others decide not to tolerate you.
@Lucifrost
One person alone isn't going to change things, but if more people like me speak up about the problems, it helps a bit. I just try my best to help call out when these problems show up in order to try and encourage others to not feel afraid to as well. It can be a bit tiring at times, but I just feel a need to do it
This post is brought to you by your local transfem gamer goblin. Will not tolerate bigotry and will fight against "anti-woke" sentiment to make the anime community a safer place.
Jan 8, 2024 8:06 PM
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@Lucifrost
One person alone isn't going to change things, but if more people like me speak up about the problems, it helps a bit. I just try my best to help call out when these problems show up in order to try and encourage others to not feel afraid to as well. It can be a bit tiring at times, but I just feel a need to do it
@LSSJ_Gaming I do agree with you that we shouldn't tolerate bigotry but making rules that restrict good discussions isn't going to solve the problem.
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Jan 8, 2024 8:56 PM

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@billybub Ah, i was focused on the general forum rules and not the Anime Discussion rules. Rule 5 should be tossed in the trash (or at least be more narrow in scope). It's silly that discussions on anime are so heavily limited because some people are addicted to calling everyone a socialist cuck SJW. Just kick those toxic peeps out and let the adults keep conversing.
@FelinesAreDivine This includes you too then. I've seen you call people buzzwords like "basement dweller and "chud" for liking things you don't like. Let's not pretend you don't do the same thing you complain others do.
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Jan 8, 2024 9:10 PM

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GoatPieceLuffy said:
He might not be the "best user" but why is it sad that he's 37?

Forums should be allowed for everyone regardless of age lol.

It's safe to assume the implication there is not that it's necessarily sad that someone is in their late thirties and posting on internet forums, but rather that being in your late thirties and spamming the forums (often with porn) for months on end due to being upset over a ban reflects a childish mentality unbecoming of someone that age.


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Jan 8, 2024 9:27 PM

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Eh...As long as I can still say the fuck word. As far as I'm concerned if I can stay out of trouble since 2013 then it's not that hard.. Then again, I don't make threads so I don't have to worry about violating anything on that end.
Jan 8, 2024 9:30 PM
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GoatPieceLuffy said:
He might not be the "best user" but why is it sad that he's 37?

Forums should be allowed for everyone regardless of age lol.

It's safe to assume the implication there is not that it's necessarily sad that someone is in their late thirties and posting on internet forums, but rather that being in your late thirties and spamming the forums (often with porn) for months on end due to being upset over a ban reflects a childish mentality unbecoming of someone that age.
@Archean-Return Oh I see. I'm guessing we're talking about the dude who has a hentai girl with a dick on his profile?

Yeah, that's definitely weird lol.
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i got warned a long time ago for bypassing the character limit, which i was purposely doing so i guess it would've been warranted had it not been a dumb rule in the first place
Jan 8, 2024 9:41 PM
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@Lucifrost
It's a bit of a paradox. In order to make places safer and more welcoming to more people, you have to limit toxic traits and behaviors from spreading in the community. It has been documented that if one tolerates the intolerant, the intolerant tends to dominate spaces and be more vocal, leading towards those who are more tolerant from either leaving or not speaking up as much, leading to an endless cycle of sorts if the toxic behaviors aren't addressed. A lot of "anti-woke" arguments are based off of intolerance of minority groups and women alongside their viewpoints, so in order to make a more tolerant space you'd have to find a way to discourage said hateful arguments and behaviors, especially since these kinds of viewpoints can be very appealing to teenage boys and lead them down a dangerous path that can lead to more hate. When these kinds of arguments are prevalent, it can be hard for women, queer people etc, to share their voices in spaces where intolerant "anti-woke" rhetoric is so common since it leads to a feeling of them not being welcome and actively hated, which is why I as a trans woman tend to be very vocal in the community about the issues this presents. It's a very complicated thing to explain, and I hope what I said makes any logical sense.
@LSSJ_Gaming this assumes that minority groups delved in hardcore Internet culture aren't equally as toxic as the groups they want to "protect" them from.
Another worrying thing is that this protection unfortunately does not stem from good will but rather a corporate brand mindset because it will be bad for business. Which means they can raise a whole army at their disposal and they drag with them human rights activists sometimes too, whether knowingly or not.
though this mindset can be very picky depending on circumstances

Eg here
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/10/13/after-outcry-over-ukraine-big-business-muted-on-israel-hamas-war
Jan 8, 2024 10:02 PM

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Never had any issues with mods here, they're rather lenient imo. Reddit mods are 1,000 times worse lol
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StephWeeb said:
like sending prayers for when something bad happens (like the earthquake in Turkey for example)

this happened? *faith in the anime community restored*
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Jan 9, 2024 1:40 AM

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I'm a former mod, and as such I entirely understand the rationale behind a lot of the stricter rules, and know for a fact that the mod team and site admins have good intentions. They're good people and are entirely well-meaning. With all of that said, I do think that the rigidity of the rules does stifle discussion. I don't believe they should be done away with completely, and the rules restricting controversial topics have done a lot to curb the kind of toxicity that existed before those rules were implemented, but I do think more nuance and wiggle room should be added.

But I don't think it's killing the site. Forums in general are going the way of the dinosaurs and it's pretty astonishing that this one's not dead when taking that into account.
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Score threads could be meaningful, but with some logical argumentation in OP's opinion. Like, why do you think it's good/bad/overrated? But then some braindeads just post "I don"t like it just because" and scores anime 1/10. It's just pointless to reason with subjective opinion based on emotions.
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GoatPieceLuffy said:
He might not be the "best user" but why is it sad that he's 37?

Forums should be allowed for everyone regardless of age lol.

It's safe to assume the implication there is not that it's necessarily sad that someone is in their late thirties and posting on internet forums, but rather that being in your late thirties and spamming the forums (often with porn) for months on end due to being upset over a ban reflects a childish mentality unbecoming of someone that age.
@Archean-Return I'm curious, what's the story behind this person? I just got here days ago and I see these posts from that person all over the place. One of them was about storing of personal information, so that's what has got me curious.

Plus I'm older than him :D
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I really wish the mods would do more to prevent bots from posting questionable links in the forums.
Jan 9, 2024 3:41 AM

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@Lucifrost
It's a bit of a paradox. In order to make places safer and more welcoming to more people, you have to limit toxic traits and behaviors from spreading in the community. It has been documented that if one tolerates the intolerant, the intolerant tends to dominate spaces and be more vocal, leading towards those who are more tolerant from either leaving or not speaking up as much, leading to an endless cycle of sorts if the toxic behaviors aren't addressed. A lot of "anti-woke" arguments are based off of intolerance of minority groups and women alongside their viewpoints, so in order to make a more tolerant space you'd have to find a way to discourage said hateful arguments and behaviors, especially since these kinds of viewpoints can be very appealing to teenage boys and lead them down a dangerous path that can lead to more hate. When these kinds of arguments are prevalent, it can be hard for women, queer people etc, to share their voices in spaces where intolerant "anti-woke" rhetoric is so common since it leads to a feeling of them not being welcome and actively hated, which is why I as a trans woman tend to be very vocal in the community about the issues this presents. It's a very complicated thing to explain, and I hope what I said makes any logical sense.
@LSSJ_Gaming Toxic traits are variable and not found exclusively in certain political denominations. It was hardly better when we had people accusing anyone who just simply liked ecchi anime of engaging in sexism and the only women they like are blow up dolls. Lots of people are quick to resort to ad homming when the discussion topics are on sensitive issues.

I guess I qualify as queer as a (bi man) though I think most people in left wing spaces would just call me privileged so whatever. All I will say is that any heavily politically charged area of discussion is inherently toxic on the internet. Spaces that are devoid of a counter to left wing narratives are about as toxic as the anti woke spaces. You don't want anyone to dominate the community where people can have a hive mind. So you either allow for a free for all or just straight up have a very heavily regulated forum where people can't go too far with whatever deranged thoughts pop into their head.

Anyway to respond to the idea in the thread, the idea MAL's discussion would be so much better if we allowed people to whine about anime is becoming woke or is inherently sexist and immoral is kinda idealistic. CE hardly had much going on besides people badgering each other back and forth. MAL should probably lighten up a bit if some of those controversial topics directly relate to specific shows but there was a good reason they cracked down on that stuff. Probably bad too if active posters in CE allow their beef to bleed into other threads as well.



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I'm more annoyed about Mal moderators only allowing positive feedback of an anime in the discussion.
Basically is like monopoly, you can't criticize an anime in a thread or the thread get locked/ fully deleted.
You can only talk positive things about an anime , which kinda kill the point of discussion entirely.
@Ventus_S I also dislike this a lot, and I hate that you can't put a bad reaction to a review - closest thing to it is a confused face...

They need to add at least a sad face if they don't want to add dislikes so bad
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@Ventus_S I also dislike this a lot, and I hate that you can't put a bad reaction to a review - closest thing to it is a confused face...

They need to add at least a sad face if they don't want to add dislikes so bad
@Cammell123 The confused face is technically the dislike button.

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Often 2 users go full ape towards each other & here I am reading and laughing, but then some mod had to close the topic aka kill the fun.
NO to censorship + YES to free speech = controversial topics should be open up for discussion. When 2 apes derail the actual discussion, a mod should PM/ban the 2 apes. People only go ape style when it is a sensitive topic.

off topic:
- Lol what?! A horse penis incident? *recalls that 1 old vid on the net where a wahmen takes a horse D*

- Lol I always knew the woke people would wake up the sleeping giant some day. Happy to witness daybreak. Salty tears are delicious.

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But words shall never hurt me. "


- We should all abolish the 'safe spaces'-mentality, deal with F reality already, it's a concrete jungle out there. It has always been survival of the fittest, not the mentally weakest.
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rohan121 said:
Mal was better with current events tab and enabling you to talk and criticize stuff that would get you banned for disliking nowadays. It is the natural result of becoming more corporate.

No, Current Events had the problem of the same debates popping up in like 100 different threads which gets exhausting from how there is no organization and you wind up talking to same people in every thread. It's just a mess that was created by tightening of rules in CD and AD where debates were organized in individual threads per topic.

LSSJ_Gaming said:
"woke" is literally a right wing political buzzword, 99% of the comments on those threads are using buzzwords like that, tf you on about. I just call things out for what they are and when I see people calling things that, I have to point it out since it actively is harmful to the community to continue to let stuff like that slide

"woke" is literally a term that came from Twitter users to describe what they think of as being socially conscious. You know being awake, aware..."woke". It would make zero sense for a right winger to come up with that (for the record you also are a right winger in the grand scale from what ive seen). It does get used as a buzzword (hilariously buzzword is a buzzword now) that is overused like SJW but that doesn't invalidate any and all criticism of the flaws of some views or approaches and needing a word to describe this kind of phenomenon.

LSSJ_Gaming said:
It's a bit of a paradox. In order to make places safer and more welcoming to more people, you have to limit toxic traits and behaviors from spreading in the community. It has been documented that if one tolerates the intolerant, the intolerant tends to dominate spaces and be more vocal, leading towards those who are more tolerant from either leaving or not speaking up as much, leading to an endless cycle of sorts if the toxic behaviors aren't addressed. A lot of "anti-woke" arguments are based off of intolerance of minority groups and women alongside their viewpoints, so in order to make a more tolerant space you'd have to find a way to discourage said hateful arguments and behaviors, especially since these kinds of viewpoints can be very appealing to teenage boys and lead them down a dangerous path that can lead to more hate. When these kinds of arguments are prevalent, it can be hard for women, queer people etc, to share their voices in spaces where intolerant "anti-woke" rhetoric is so common since it leads to a feeling of them not being welcome and actively hated, which is why I as a trans woman tend to be very vocal in the community about the issues this presents. It's a very complicated thing to explain, and I hope what I said makes any logical sense.

And there is a lot more arguments that arent but you like to ignore those. There also are plenty of minorities and women that are against "wokeism" for lack of a currently widely used better term for this kind of totalitarianism.

billybub said:
the problem is 99% of the time those topics go like this
PERSON 1: X show/character is x yrs old if you like that show your a blank.
PERSON 2: If you don't like it go watch some else and leave me be
PERSON 1: Name calling
PERSON 2: name calling
And so on and so forth.
So I can see the reasons for that rule. Better to just say fuck it, if yall can't behave nobody gets to play then have to sort through that shit daily

If i made the rules i would have only banned threads and posts in that format in AD another example "is liking traps gay?" the. people getting harassed accused of being gay. Likewise no sense in shitting on fans of some genre or specific show that is just dumb and petty. But the banning of anything outside of anime makes no sense since there is valid questions that go beyond like asking the cultural origins of something or asking people their personal views on what anime in their personal opinion represents their own minority group and so on. Ive even seen threads locked repeatedly for just asking the definition of some anime terms like loli / shota and there was literally no conflict to be found but gets locked and if i mention to a mod that seems like a mistake and explain how there is no controversy in asking what a word means they ignore me.

LoveLikeBlood said:
I'm a former mod, and as such I entirely understand the rationale behind a lot of the stricter rules, and know for a fact that the mod team and site admins have good intentions. They're good people and are entirely well-meaning. With all of that said, I do think that the rigidity of the rules does stifle discussion. I don't believe they should be done away with completely, and the rules restricting controversial topics have done a lot to curb the kind of toxicity that existed before those rules were implemented, but I do think more nuance and wiggle room should be added.

The old rules covered most of what the newer rules were intended for just they rarely ever were enforced and only needed examples added so mods knew how to apply it in some of the cases they may not have thought of and a few minor rules added to cover some small blind spots. I think main problem is the rules are too detailed and long. All the forums in the past ive used had simple easy to follow rules. There should be a short version as an index of the rules so users know what they are at a glance and then read the details if they need to.

LoveLikeBlood said:
But I don't think it's killing the site. Forums in general are going the way of the dinosaurs and it's pretty astonishing that this one's not dead when taking that into account.

I dont know people keep saying this like it is true. Forums are an ideal platform for internet communities. Just being less popular in some ways doesnt mean they are going extinct. There isnt anything stopping forums from having other features they didnt long in the past ive seen forums with auto updating posts before for example where a post appears in a endless scroll page if you idle on it during high post traffic.
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Jan 10, 2024 3:08 AM

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@Cammell123 The confused face is technically the dislike button.

@GoatPieceLuffy I'm not okay with that :l

I don't like the roundabout ways
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@GoatPieceLuffy I'm not okay with that :l

I don't like the roundabout ways
@Cammell123 I felt that.

I miss the "Helpful or not helpful" days.

It was much more simple.
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚. - 𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝
Jan 10, 2024 8:51 AM

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I just wish the same people weren't always the first comments on episode discussions, they're so annoying and act like they know everything and control people's opinions.
Jan 10, 2024 3:37 PM
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@billybub Ah, i was focused on the general forum rules and not the Anime Discussion rules. Rule 5 should be tossed in the trash (or at least be more narrow in scope). It's silly that discussions on anime are so heavily limited because some people are addicted to calling everyone a socialist cuck SJW. Just kick those toxic peeps out and let the adults keep conversing.
FelinesAreDivine said:
@billybub Ah, i was focused on the general forum rules and not the Anime Discussion rules. Rule 5 should be tossed in the trash (or at least be more narrow in scope). It's silly that discussions on anime are so heavily limited because some people are addicted to calling everyone a socialist cuck SJW. Just kick those toxic peeps out and let the adults keep conversing.


Imagine pretending to be above culture war nonsense while being one of the most insufferable advocates for the PC side of the culture war that has ever existed. You only want others banned because they are your political dissident. Grow up.

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If anyone's going too far, its the people who continue to let this stuff happen. Calling out toxic behaviours on this site is necessary in order to let the community grow and not become more of a toxic hellhole than this site is on the path of becoming


Being lectured and trying to re-educate everyone at every turn is not how you grow a community. It just turns people against you.

OT: The shit that the mods have to deal with right now is frankly absurd. I think the bare minimum (removing spam threads, NSFW, rule violations etc.) is fine enough. They don't need to curate the forum to whatever your vision of a "community" is.

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Jan 10, 2024 4:59 PM

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these forums have been dead since I can remember


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I really don't give a damn as long as they leave me alone-compared to the anime forum over at bluray.com this one is a cakewalk.
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I really don't give a damn as long as they leave me alone-compared to the anime forum over at bluray.com this one is a cakewalk.
@zrdb

Yeah, I may have issues with how mods do their jobs from time to time but they're better than reddit/anilist/kitsu mods by a long shot.
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚. - 𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝
Jan 15, 2024 11:07 PM

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Did I just set my vote wrong last week or did OP flip the answers in the poll?
I hope it was just me 😅. (don't even know if users can do that) It seems like it's not just me, the poll is completely distorted 😑 Please don't make a poll if you can't respect the results

I really don't think the rules are that bad. Could they be more lenient? Maybe. Are they killing meaningful discussion? No.
We don't have that many mods anyway, so having clear-cut rules on what not to talk about to prevent users from getting at each other's throats is generally a good thing. I agree that it's sometimes a bit too strict about not talking about scores.

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Aw...the Reds want the right to cancel anyone that they disagree with. Now who could have foreseen that?

The way that Skeletor has his goon deplatform He-Man in the most literal way in this parody skit is on the nose...and very fitting for this thread.



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"Is the mods and strict rules killing MyAnimeList Forums?"

No, they need to do it. Because of the welfare of everyone.
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No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth
'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first
And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst

If you stay forever, let me hold your hand
I can fill those places in your heart no else can
Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah
I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim
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@billybub
If anyone's going too far, its the people who continue to let this stuff happen. Calling out toxic behaviours on this site is necessary in order to let the community grow and not become more of a toxic hellhole than this site is on the path of becoming
@LSSJ_Gaming

anyone's going too far, its the people who continue to let this stuff happen. Calling out toxic behaviours on this site is necessary in order to let the community grow and not become more of a toxic hellhole than this site is on the path of becoming


Now, I only visit the forums for a short period of time every few years it seems like, but wasn't it always a toxic hellhole? At least last time I visited it had a good chunk of homophobic/transphobic and racist edgelords that spam hentai on the forums which is still kinda present from what I've seen.
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@LSSJ_Gaming

anyone's going too far, its the people who continue to let this stuff happen. Calling out toxic behaviours on this site is necessary in order to let the community grow and not become more of a toxic hellhole than this site is on the path of becoming


Now, I only visit the forums for a short period of time every few years it seems like, but wasn't it always a toxic hellhole? At least last time I visited it had a good chunk of homophobic/transphobic and racist edgelords that spam hentai on the forums which is still kinda present from what I've seen.
@HijikataMayora13
It might be, but then again, a lot of this behavior has been infiltrating many fandoms for the past 10 years so it's not surprising. I can't really remember a lot of my early time here back in 2017, but even then, that was pre-transition for me since I started transitioning and because of that started noticing these behaviors from late 2019 onwards. It most likely was already here but it definitely from what I have seen has intensified a bit as almost every thread seems to devolve to bigotry and "anti-woke" arguments even if it started out fine or informative
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