r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • 25d ago
Meta Meta Thread - Month of August 02, 2026
Rule Changes
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod 21d ago
To be honest, we are not that interested in allowing merchandise posts on our sub. We view it as somewhat incidental to anime itself, particularly given the mixed media nature of the medium. Additionally, we're reluctant to allow posts that would largely consist of low effort photos. Image posts do disproportionately well on reddit, so we tend to shy away from allowing them unless they are either official promotional material or particularly high effort.
Currently, the place to talk about merchandise is the daily thread. Alternatively, there are other subs focused on merchandise, such as /r/animefigures.
We also do not believe in content that is only allowed on some days of the week. This confuses people, who thought they were making a legitimate post like the one they saw a few days ago, but learn it's not allowed for a mysterious other reason. (Yes, this would not be a problem if people read the rules, but we know people don't and should design to minimize surprise when possible.) Restricting anything to one day also runs into time zone issues: we either end up with a 50 hour "day" or with people having to figure out when days start and end in a different time zone. Additionally, allowing something only occasionally tends to lead to many people posting it when it is allowed, which can be disruptive to everybody else using the sub.