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?
Have to disagree with that, the only thing worse than posts without comments are no posts at all. Especially since the bot also provides info about the show like where it's streaming and past episode discussions.
I would prefer a few initial empty posts for shows that nobody watches (yet) than none at all, it is a sign that something is going on.
That's a good point, completely forgot about spoilers. I guess if people are fine with tagging spoilers and the thread being full of those, it could work but it's not ideal, imo.
Domi made a good point, people won't want to see spoilers of episodes they haven't watched yet. Forgot about that. I guess it could work if people tagged spoilers but then it would just be a thread full of posts inside spoiler tags.
As for the system, eh, it's ok:
Example
This is a spoiler
But I couldn't see it on Jerboa, only when using Lemmy through a browser. Maybe I've missed it or it hasn't been implemented yet?
EDIT: Yep, spoiler tags don't work on Jerboa, as far as I can tell.
That has to be done when we have more subscribers. Right now, it isn't difficult to do it by hand, I mean, there's only a handful of people subscribed here, and having an OP makes it more personal.
While true, a lot of people are afraid of creating new posts so there might be shows for which there are no discussion threads because nobody wanted to be the first one.
Having an existing thread for each episode helps with that.
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.