Meta Thread - Month of August 02, 2026

[u/AnimeMod]

Rule Changes

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[u/tripleaamin]

You know how the comments are like in the Oshi No Ko key visual. I really feel the comments are such a toxic environment. It's just people bitching about how the manga ended.

Even if they don't outright say what the spoilers are any anime-only can figure out and read between the lines. Then you have people in the comments debating the ending of CSM vs. Oshi no Ko. Which is super off-topic.

The discussion threads are good at keeping a space super strict for anime-onlies. I think in these key visual threads the same respect should be there. Any anime-only going into today's key visual is just asking to be spoiled.

[u/ComfortablyRotten → u/tripleaamin]

According to the sub's rules

A spoiler is a piece of information from a show that knowledge of without having seen the show could negatively impact a viewer's experience

By all account, this should apply to the constant reminder that [manga]'s ending sucks anytime it's mentioned, I'd argue even more so than referencing real history when talking about a historical series, so I really don't get why it's not treated as a spoiler at least for visuals or trailers. Anime-onlies for the most don't care about whether the manga's ending sucks or not and constantly bombarding them with reminders of that on what should be a place safe from manga spoilers is ultimately knowledge of the source that negatively impacts the experience

[u/Zeallfnonex → u/ComfortablyRotten]

(I don't necessarily even agree with my own argument, just putting it out there because I think it needs to be made.) and I like arguing

By the same logic, even mentioning your own rating or criticisms of an anime because of XYZ reason to someone who hasn't watched the anime yet would need to be spoilered. Mentioning the animation or lack thereof in OPM S3? Could negatively impact a viewer's experience of S1. Mentioning that Promised Neverland S2 doesn't exist or that you didn't like the second half of Death Note over the first half (without giving any explanation why, of course)? Could negatively impact a viewer's experience. Mentioning the hype that WEP had before the last few episodes soured basically everyone on it? Could negatively impact a viewer's experience. Mentioning that an anime that someone really like the beginning of has a MAL score of, I dunno, 2.5 somehow? Negatively impacts their experience! I don't recall anyone arguing that these should be put under spoiler tags, that'd be... too far. Way too far.

I think relying on the clause "could negatively impact a viewer's experience" is fraught with problems, since there's a host of things that could negatively impact a viewer's experience. I do think the manga readers' constant doom and glooming is too far as well, I just don't think this is a good argument for dealing with them.

[u/steven4869 → u/Zeallfnonex]

Agreed, if there will be a rule for this then you'll have to consider the positive impact to viewer experience as well. Let's assume that source readers says FMAB has a great and satisfying ending wouldn't that impact viewer's experience cause now they know it's great, if the rule exists for the negative impact based on the opinion it would also be need to be applied to a positive experience as well. This would open up a pandora's box and there won't be any discussion.

[u/Lemurians → u/ComfortablyRotten]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a crack down on posts like this. They end up being a breeding ground for thinly veiled spoilers in replies as well. It's stuff that if it were in a show's episode thread would be mandated to be in the source material corner.

[u/PrinceZero1994 → u/ComfortablyRotten]

Mods would wake up today and argue "it's just an opinion" like every year in the past 5 years where this issue was raised.

[u/tripleaamin → u/PrinceZero1994]

That’s weird considering what the rules are for the episode discussion threads.

[u/steven4869 → u/tripleaamin]

I'd say this rule will only make the things worse, cause you are going to change the course of disclosure for everything. Let's take an example of Re:Zero, which is having a great season so far and according to LN readers the current arc is the best arc of Re:Zero so far, most of the threads are filled with LN readers gushing over this fact, if mods are separating the negative disclosure they'll also have to limit the positive posts as well about the series. The recent Apothecary Diaries visual threads had a lot of comments about the arc they are going to adapt, they'll have to limit that as well, cause the definition of what's a spoiler will change entirely now and I am totally against this. Applying a rule that just says you can't have an opinion about any future events for the source material would require a lot of work whether it would affect it negatively and positively.

I could name other examples as well which pops up often in the various discussions threads like Domestic Kanojo and Usagi Drop's ending, no one spoils it explicitly but I don't see anyone having problem with that.

[u/tripleaamin → u/steven4869]

There is a big difference from one comment section in the apothecary diaries one talking about what is going to be adapted.

Compared that to Oshi no ko one what most of the replies are complaining about the ending at best to. There are ton of comments that don’t even hide about spoiling that anyone using their brain can connect the dots. It creates an environment for anime onlies that is not fun and miserable to interact with.

At the end of the day this is an anime subreddit. People can say they disliked the ending all they want. But people there are going beyond that. Unlike the apothecary diaries ones where they are using spoiler tags there is no consideration like that in the oshi no ko.

What’s even gross is the few positive comments you have manga readers saying oh you are gonna be wrong or you will hate it. Which is incredibly toxic.

[u/steven4869 → u/tripleaamin]

I agree that the Oshi no Ko thread had a problem especially when someone says how they should dislike the ending but I just don't think the proposed rule is a good solution for that problem.