You'd think somebody would ask people what shows aren't fan service junk if they actually cared at all instead of scanning the OP for things to find problem with.
I think most people just pop in and ask for recs or make a thread on the OT.
Well, considering a lot of people in that thread probably don't care for anime and probably don't watch it, they're not looking for things that conflict with their views.They're looking for things to back up their views.
Confirmation bias is a real thing after all.
Uh oh. What happened now?
What's going on here and why is bgbw getting stuff?
:O
Uh oh. What happened now?
People criticizing a community thread for acting like a community thread.
Amazing.
BGBW's OP was taken seriously and used as evidence in that Otaku USA thread.
Actually, acting TOO much like a community thread can result in total shutdown. Ask any of the sports-GAF regulars. Beware!
Symphogear G 13 FIN
The whole treasury of Babylon thing was just ???????????.
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G's better than the first show but it still comes from the same sort of mold in that I wouldn't call this trash nor would I call it very good. It exists in this nebulous space where all the dumb shit going on makes it just entertaining enough to be able to look past the copious amount of flaws in the production.
Think about the amount of lurkers who go to the OP for genuine recommendations, man that kind of damage cannot be undone. We must all atone for our sins.
Think about the amount of lurkers who go to the OP for genuine recommendations, man that kind of damage cannot be undone. We must all atone for our sins.
Hopefully this has been a lesson for everybody involved. The whole thing has been a good exercise in how communication goes a long way.Nah, fuck 'em. They can ask what's good instead.
The next thread should be like a nunnery to make up for it.
We just spend the entire thread talking about Ping Pong and nothing else.
Hopefully this has been a lesson for everybody involved. The whole thing has been a good exercise in how communication goes a long way.
It's a lesson in confirmation bias more than anything.
I blame Daryl Surat.Yeah, so I'm now reading through that thread and... Yeah. Oh dear.
There's like a constant deluge of bouncing titties and ass shots, at least during the first 10 episodes. It seems to have taken that shit down a notch now. I don't really watch those kind of shows, so maybe it just stands out more to me.
I think the fact that an outsider to the thread described the OP as offputting and you guys all collectively responded that they'd missed the point of how hilarious it was that the OP was purposely made as terrible and unfriendly as possible -- without, at least obviously to me, any trace of irony -- says pretty much everything that needs to be said about why anime isn't respected by the people who are elevating the profile of general-purpose geek culture.
And Cyan is much nicer about this, so I'm gonna be the heavy here: I'm less than pleased to find out a major thread like this has an idiotic in-group joke OP at the expense of anyone else who happens to wander in. If your thread isn't welcoming to new users it's worthless to us, and we have no interest in letting people keep around purposely insular little clubs that masquerade as legitimate community threads.
Well shit, we are gonna die
Considering the churn of this thread over the time I've been posting in AnimeGAF, and the number of new people who have wandered in and become heavy posters, anyone who says this community does not welcome new members does not know what they're talking about.
Well shit, we are gonna die