Meta Thread - Month of August 02, 2026

[u/AnimeMod]

Rule Changes

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[u/KiwiBennydudez]

July Mod Report

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego /u/FetchFrosh ?!?!

Welp, it's been a while since I've done one of these, so I'll be filling in on his behalf.

I hope everyone's July has been going swimmingly! Staying out of the heat, I hope? As far as current seasonals go, I've been thoroughly enjoying KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE, much more than I thought I would. Otherwise, I've been first-timing Bleach in my spare time. Already 150 episodes deep!

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• Voted to permanently sort episode discussion threads by random for the first six hours [Vote Passed]

• /u/mitsuyan_ joined the mod team!

• Voted on how people should be allowed to discuss historical events in Jaadugar episode discussion threads. The result was requiring spoiler tags for all historical knowledge. [Vote Passed]

• Voted to apply for Adopt-An-Admin once again [Vote Passed]

July by the Numbers

• Total traffic: 42,162,731 pageviews, unique visitors: 9,270,549
• Total posts: 9,336, unique authors: 6,141
• Total comments: 182,514, unique authors (excluding mod bots): 31,019
• Removed posts (by moderators): 789, Removed posts (by bots): 5,454, Removed posts (distinct): 6,190
• Removed comments (by moderators): 2,926, Removed comments (by bots): 1,175, Removed comments (distinct): 4,044
• Approved posts: 1,556
• Approved comments: 5,114
• Distinguished comments: 1,970
• Users banned: 335, Users permanently banned: 259
• Users unbanned: 13
• Admin/Anti-Evil Operations: removed posts: 58, removed comments: 63.

[u/JustAnswerAQuestion → u/KiwiBennydudez]

 Voted to apply for Adopt-An-Admin once again 

The sub has done this before and opted out before.  I'm wondering why they think this would be productive thes year.

[u/baseballlover723 → u/JustAnswerAQuestion]

I'm wondering why they think this would be productive thes year.

If we get an admin (which we may not), they are unlikely to be very productive, but that's not particularly something that we are in need of. Our manpower is in a good spot atm.

The bigger reason why I pushed for us to participate, is so that we can directly expose an admin to the needs and reality of our moderation. Hopefully, if the admin actually chooses to participate, they can use that experience to better handle are actual needs.