/am/ - Anime and Manga

I TRIED SO HARD AND GOT SO FAR BUT IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATTER

>>21926

>Also I don't know if its depression, 1/3 life crisis, or maturity, but anime and mango has lost the magical feel it used to have.

It's probably you. For me, anime is pretty much the only thing worth being excited for these days.

>>21928

Whoops, I fail at reading comprehension so let me rephrase that.

It's probably all three ;_;

Maybe you've been watching anime for too long? Decades maybe? I've played games since forever and they lost the magic for me, but I'm relatively new to amines.

>>21926

>you guys are really really weird.

Why do you say that?

/am/ is one of the few boards that I find comfy any more. All the /jp/ offshoots are way too ironic now and everything else is overly serious. There's something genuine about /am/ that seems to have left most of the internet.

>Also I don't know if its depression, 1/3 life crisis, or maturity, but anime and mango has lost the magical feel it used to have.

Pick up a new skill and work on it for a few weeks. You'll get the urge to come back eventually.

>>21932

I like /am/ because it's the kind of place where you don't have to think too much about what you post. You can say anything and nobody will get mad.

It's what I liked about 4chan when I first found it, but there aren't many places like that anymore. Well, there's the /jp/ spinoffs, where you can say anything because of the multiple layers of irony involved, but yes, there's something more genuine about places like /am/ (and /intls/) that I really like. I'm really glad these beacons of hope have popped up, this has been a fun year on the internet.

This place works because there's little to no attempts at defining and enforcing what is good or bad. By avoiding group dynamics, tension is kept at a minimum and people can simply enjoy what they like. The problem is that it's mostly because of how slow the board is. If it picks up speed people will feel more pressured, then success/failure states kick in and the whole comparitive-neutrality/moral nihilism thing goes out the window.

In other words; don't change am I love you.

I've had 3 other sources of free entertainment die that same way over the past 6 years.

>>21939

I'm trying to say that once a social group gets too large nearly everything spirals out of control and loses coherence. More so the longer you observe the group while in it.

It's why things like 4chan and Facebook have become these swirling incoherent oceans.

It has an interactivity to it that allows success and failure states. It's something people can devote their brain to in a way that humans are specifically bred for. It becomes the ultimate escapism from everything.

In the ideal group, information can flow in at the exact rate required for a perfect tension arc, or in other words; as fast as people can accept that information while getting misc entertainment and dopamine rushes from interaction.

When more people begin to add information it becomes too much. The arc becomes a straight line at the top of the graph. When this happens people become desensitized to it and the arc typically normalizes. However if there is a constant stream of people and thus information, the arc can't normalize. (assuming outside stimuli is limited) The line stays straight and at the top if the rate of information can overcome desensitization. If people become desensitized to that situation the arc is raised higher and people reach a nearly trance-like state and things start to become incoherent. When that is maintained things can only spiral out of control into further complexity. More and more people join and eventually sub-groups are formed.

Wow it's 3am and I think I have slight pneumonia. Everything hurts and I have no idea what I just typed.

>>21942

Why can't I post in the season thread? I want to comment on how cute the cutie retard sniper is.

>>21949

Wait, it's working now.

>>21982

lmao dude shut up who cares lol

Joking aside, what matters here is not how much anime related discussion we can foster, what matters is the fact that you know you're hanging out with people who are into anime.

I mean, why would you look for discussion in altchans? Why would you look for discussion in chans at all? Discussion and debate are for more moderation-friendly places, chans are for funposting first and foremost. The moment people started to dismiss a chan's main purpose as mere "shitposting" is when chans died.

>>21922

I think a well placed ad on /a/ or even site-wide would work well. It could say,

/am/! It's like /a/ without all the bullshit!

>>21986

Trying to act like we're enemies with one of the big boards will just make us end up like /vvv/.

Also, with that slogan people might come here thinking we're discuss anime.

And didn't we have ads at one point? Nothing good came from that, just a shitty /leftypol/ invasion.

>>21987

Those ads were there when the ads were brand new.

>>21989

At that time, people weren't clicking on them as much as they do now.

we should have another tea party tbh

>>21986

You really haven't spent much time on the top boards, have you? They like their moderation. If there were large chunks of people unhappy with it they could easily have made popular alternative boards of their own.

Besides the people that would post here and wouldn't try to change it are either already here or are scattered about the /jp/ offshoots. These types of boards just aren't a popular idea. People would rather deal with mods deciding for them than ever ignore a thread they don't like.

>>21993

no we shouldn't I feel everyone here has demonstrated their lack of taste in leafy beverages, all the other boards will attend only to find an opening to hurt all our feelings by mocking us (not me though because I have high class tastes) for enjoying lipton.