Since a bunch of new users are arriving from Reddit (including me) maybe it would make sense to port the /r/anime bot that creates episode discussions to Lemmy so there’s regular content here?

The bot is open source: https://github.com/r-anime/holo

Looking at the source it should not be so difficult to add an option to post to Lemmy as well.

Thoughts?

Would something like this be allowed? @N3DSdude@lemmy.ml @Nami@lemmy.ml

  • aphoric@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think for now the posts should be manually created. Having too many posts without any comments would make this place look like a ghost town.

    The dream would be to have episode discussion generation built into a separate instance of lemmy dedicated to anime stuff, but we’re not there yet.

  • awdsns@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I was going to just manually make a post for seasonal episodes as I watch them, but if you want to automate it, why not?

    Just maybe initially limit it to the more popular shows, otherwise I also think it might overwhelm this still small community.

    • mighty_alfredo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The trick would be to define the difference between popular/small. Especially early each season when everything is fair game.

      • awdsns@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        For the still running season, why not just take the top 10 from the /r/anime ranking. Although I agree it’s hard to draw a hard limit, you need to do it somewhere. And if someone misses their favorite show, they can still post a thread themselves.

        I’d wager that next month this community will not be that small anymore, then it could be ramped up.

        • Roverseer@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I’d wager that next month this community will not be that small anymore, then it could be ramped up.

          To hasten that process, a subtle information drive on r/anime and other anime-related subs about Lemmy could be done. The problem is with the login process and the slight learning curve that Lemmy comes with. Hope the devs solve it sooner and streamline it better.

  • yeettherich13@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Episode discussion is the main thing I enjoyed about r/anime so some form of that would be amazing here.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think if it doesn’t result in the community becoming mostly bot spam, why not?

    But it likely needs a rewrite to work with Lemmy.

    If you have a RSS feed source for new anime episodes then a bot already exists.

    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.meOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think a weekly thread makes sense for this because you will be scrolling past spoilers for episodes and shows you didn’t even watch yet.