Meta Thread - Month of February 01, 2026

# Rule Changes

- No rule changes this month.
- We are in discussion on using a different and temporary Episode discussion thread sorting. Should that progress, we will likely conduct a trial of some kind around mid February.

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MyrnaMountWeazel2026-02-01 02:14

#January Mod Report

Hello my fellow *Ikoku Nikki* watchers

[](#loliwave)

I am aware that not all of you are *Ikoku Nikki* watchers, but in my eyes all of you should be, so that is the reality I choose to live in. Anyway, what other seasonals are y'all watching besides just *Ikoku Nikki*?

[](#curious)

Anyway, here are some other fun stuff happening right now:

* [Public voting is now open for the 2025 r/anime Awards!](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1ql18ey/ranime_awards_2025_public_voting_now_open/#sidebarimg2) Go forth and vote.

* Vote to consider commissioned fanart as OC for the commissioner: [Vote Failed]

* Vote to allow Review-flaired posts to be link posts if the linked content otherwise meets the requirements of the Review flair and to allow non OC offsite reviews to be posted under the Review flair : [Vote Failed]

* Vote to allow forward looking commemorative artwork to be posted under the Official Media flair: [Vote Passed]

* We are in discussion on using a different and temporary Episode discussion thread sorting. Should that progress, we will likely conduct a trial of some kind around mid February.

#January by the Numbers

- Total traffic: 48,791,912 pageviews, unique visitors: 11,241,768
- Total posts: 12,230, unique authors: 8,155
- Total comments: 179,577, unique authors (excluding mod bots): 34,982
- Removed posts (by moderators): 1,197, Removed posts (by bots): 7,273, Removed posts (distinct): 8,424
- Removed comments (by moderators): 2,794, Removed comments (by bots): 1,273, Removed comments (distinct): 3,953
- Approved posts: 2,135
- Approved comments: 4,695
- Distinguished comments: 2,224
- Users banned: 195, Users permanently banned: 128
- Users unbanned: 2
- Admin/Anti-Evil Operations: removed posts: 43, removed comments: 123.

Jusenkyo_52026-02-01 02:14

Thoughts on adding some sort of "recommendation post" filter?

Like 3/4 of the posts on /new are "I just watched Attack on Titan and FMAB, what else should I watch?" and we already have a daily recommendation thread.

chilidirigible2026-02-01 02:45

Recommendation posts should have the "What to Watch?" flair, which you can remove from view by using the flair hiding option in the menu bar.

Jusenkyo_52026-02-01 02:48

Perfect, thank you! I haven't used Reddit in a good while so I wasn't familiar.

awesomenessofme12026-02-01 02:21

This is something random I've been thinking about since it might be happening with something soon. What happens if an anime episode contains spoilers for another, entirely unrelated, anime? (Or manga in this case.)

FetchFrosh2026-02-01 02:26

In general it's treated as fair game within those episode threads since it is part of the episode and anybody who watched the episode is now aware of the relevant spoiler.

awesomenessofme12026-02-01 02:33

This might be more of a weird situation since it's not exactly a spoiler in itself as much as a reference that can't really be discussed without delving into spoiler territory. But I can't be sure if that scene is even going to be kept either way at this point.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-02-01 10:42

I think a good rule of thumb would be "Not to add to it";

Meaning, if they reveal a spoiler, you can now retell that very spoiler, but not give context, not to add more information to it or explain it, etc...

(Also: It would be important to make sure they ACTUALLY revealed a spoiler; A lot of people seemed confused by that, and think that something is a spoiler if THEY - who have seen the other material - notice it's a spoiler, but a new fan/anime only wouldn't even realize it's a spoiler).

oops_i_made_a_typi2026-02-01 06:36

Continuing off of discussion started in last month's Meta Thread [in my post](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q3afc7/meta_thread_month_of_january_04_2026/o2tx36w/) and [someone else's](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q3afc7/meta_thread_month_of_january_04_2026/o1meb0b/), and also maybe relevant to a discussion in the [State of the Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1pxbws9/state_of_the_subreddit_looking_at_ranime_heading/nwi98td/) with u/baseballlover723 regarding SMC, automod, and ways to handle spoilers.

Spoilers in Fate/strange Fake threads are way out of hand, typically for Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night, but also for the smaller spinoffs like Apocrypha or Babylonia. Arguably other parts of FGO and other Type Moon works too, though much of that isn't anime (yet?) and I don't know enough to feel strongly about it.

Honestly, as much as I have been fighting it, it's clear the community at large in all FSF posts/threads is treating F0 and FSN as known info, despite the intention of the show's directors that it is a viable (if not ideal) starting point for Fate first-timers. Given the disparity in the amount of spoilers being written and the amount of ppl fighting against it (both regular users reporting posts and available mods to action reports or directly moderating in the thread, plus the usual struggles with timeliness, especially on weekends), I have a couple suggestions for handling this:

1. If we're willing to try unique solutions for this show, I was thinking of duplicating FSF episode discussion posts into:
- one that matches the current reality of being a zone where info from basically all Type Moon series can be openly discussed other than FSF LN content, which still belongs in the SMC
- one meant to be safe for first timers, where spoiler tagging would be much more strictly enforced. This would ideally be a safe space for people like /u/cppn02, who mentions [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q3afc7/meta_thread_month_of_january_04_2026/o1obqs3/) that they've given up being able to discuss the show here as a first-timer.
1. If not, perhaps mods could be open to the idea brought up in the state of the subreddit discussion re: enlisting ppl as "series-focused" moderators for the purpose of spoiler moderating, though some mods are staunchly opposed to the idea, seemingly around the idea that inconsistent moderating is worse than no moderating (personally i disagree, as long as you mitigate inconsistent spoiler-mods by removing them if they step outside the bounds of the sub's standards). Alternatively, perhaps automod in FSF threads can auto-action unspoilered mentions of FSN/F0 content, but that sounds too complex for automod limitations.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-02-01 10:39

> duplicating FSF episode discussion posts

Knowing how people are, I think it's highly optimistic to expect 'spoilers' to go in the spoiler thread.

- Some people won't even pay attention to the headline about spoilers
- Some people won't even think what they're posting is a spoiler (people post spoilers that they don't think are spoilers, all the time)
- Some will go in the right thread with the best intentions, then check out the spoiler-free thread, see a discussion they want to participate in, and spoil without thinking (that's how a lot of spoiling happen, people see something and think about something else and post it, either without thinking, or without thinking it's a spoiler)

Plus generally speaking it will be a mess;

I mean, think of how many people didn't even understand which Kaguya-Sama thread to go in when they split the discussion in two back then (or in batch releases, some people post all their thoughts randomly in any thread, either the last - this is fine - or the first - this is not fine).

The problem is that some people are fucking dumb, and/or don't care and/or their desire to post about something in the very place they're in, supercedes everything else; I mean, think of every single Oshi No Ko news thread/teaser, that was filled with 50 comments about the same spoiler.

I think the only people who would 'comment properly' if they split the threads in 2, are the people who care enough that they probably wouldn't spoil in the first place.

oops_i_made_a_typi2026-02-01 11:46

of course it won't be perfect, but tbh all I see is you shooting down an attempt at making things better without offering any solution in return. a smaller space will have less posts to look at and mods can be harsh on deletions because there's a perfectly available space for them to post in.

or we can just give up without trying anything and screw the first timers i guess.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-02-01 12:27

> tbh all I see is you shooting down an attempt at making things better without offering any solution in return

Well, I don't see this as me "shooting down an attempt", I see this at me giving my thought on a possible solution...

The claim that you can't say "I don't think this solution would work" without offering another one in return, otherwise it means you're okay with doing nothing about the problem, is preposterous...

- You: Hey, we should give homeless people 1 million $!
- Me: I don't think that's a good solution
- You: Ok so we should just give up and let homeless people struggle I guess that's what you're saying

No, I'm saying that solution isn't good and me not having one that is good doesn't invalidate my thoughts on the issue, nor does it mean I'm okay with the status quo.

I'm just trying to be realistic.

There's spoilers in countless other threads as well, but we don't split those either, they just made the source corner and deal with the stuff that people post outside it anyway.

But put it this way: If they wrote in the thread "Comments about other series in the franchise go in the Source Corner", do you think people would listen?

If they listen, then there you go, that's your solution!

If they don't listen... Well they won't listen to this whole "2 threads split" either.

oops_i_made_a_typi2026-02-01 18:20

You say a lot of "some people" without bothering to engage with the idea that a reduction is a reduction, or that mods can influence behaviour through punishment. Your threshold for "this won't work" seems to be "this won't be perfect off the bat". Putting it in a format you might be more familiar with:

- Me: Hey, we should penalize hockey players more consistently according to the rulebook instead of allowing egregious game management by refs.
- You: There's no point, they won't all stop breaking the rules entirely.
- meanwhile, IIHF rules exist and NHL players manage to adapt somehow when playing in the Olympics.

Have you been in FSF threads? The level of spoiling there goes far beyond the standard amounts in others, way more than Oshi no Ko threads, not to mention that other Fate series are not source material anyways. I don't believe 100% of those posting spoilers are all inconsiderate people, they just assume everyone there has seen F0/FSN and they get very little feedback to disabuse them of that notion.

So lets give them that feedback, without destroying the space for the large portion of the community that *has* seen F0/FSN. The point of this is to carve out a safer space, label it in the post title to give a first warning, and then take harsher action so offenders learn quickly and adjust behaviour (just like the IIHF). Give 12hr bans or something, something enough to be noticeable but not overboard.

cppn022026-02-01 13:28

Sidebar still links to the January meta thread.

chilidirigible2026-02-01 13:49

Thanks, fixed now, in both old. and sh.reddit. (Grumbling about functionality changes related to IPO and CEO goes here.)

Detective-Layton2026-02-01 18:24

Is there a way to prevent all of the episode discussions from appearing on the front page of this subreddit?

There are so many shows airing concurrently that it completely drowns out any other form of content on this subreddit

It’s a massive eyesore honestly

Durinthal2026-02-01 18:31

They're all posted by /u/AutoLovepon so block that account and they should vanish.

Alt22212026-02-01 20:14

blocking autolovepon is like drinking unicorn blood. marked evil for life. not worth it

Detective-Layton2026-02-01 21:10

Excellent, thank you so much

Shimmering-Sky2026-02-01 18:32

If you *absolutely never* want to see them, you could block u/AutoLovepon since that's the only account that is allowed to post Episode threads. Other than that, I'm not sure if there's an easy way to go about this since Episode is a mod-only flair and Reddit is weird about what regular users can/cannot filter with them.

Detective-Layton2026-02-01 21:11

This is perfect, thanks

Durinthal2026-02-01 21:12

There *could* be a CSS filter like with hiding other flairs on old reddit but I'm not sure how many people would make use of that.

Tangent: too bad there's not really a way to get analytics on if the CSS filters are being used, some years ago I had proposed removing them but a few people mentioned they found them useful when I brought it up in the meta thread. Theoretically it could be done direct linking an image on a custom host and seeing referral domains for it on the server, e.g. as an Infographic post or replacing the Imgur version of the daily thread screenshot. But that would only get people that view the image via opening it or RES expando and not those that just scroll past the thumbnail since I think Reddit only pulls that once for everyone on old reddit.

[](#missingpiece)

Durinthal2026-02-01 18:27

The [comment face sources wiki page](/r/anime/wiki/commentfacesources) could use an overhaul, like getting rid of the animated/static batch sections at the top outside of the current seasonal set and adding the seasonal hall of fame entries under their respective show titles, like how [](#skyhype) is missing from the Precure section.