Thanks for the feedback! Both you and @ReluctantZen@feddit.nl have given me some things to think about going forward. I don’t think there is a perfect solution in which we would be able to effectively help the smaller communities grow and centralize discussion in one place.

I am currently leaning toward keeping Dan Da Dan running like it is now since the season is underway, but not doing this kind of arrangement going forward. Then again, I had initially resisted doing this with Delicious in Dungeon, but then switched mid-season and I think it went generally well. We had a couple weeks where dual threads were made, according to the wiki.

The caveat to Delicious in Dungeon is that was all in the Winter 2024 season, where no bot-made threads happened and all threads were being done by users individually. So, having @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz step up and run the threads for that show filled a niche that the bot couldn’t at that time because it didn’t exist yet.

These days, having a community run its own threads for a show is honestly a lot more work for me. So, if it isn’t really accomplishing the goal of helping small communities grow and it is frustrating users of the main anime community, then it might be easier to allow threads to exist in both communities. I might think about ways to still try to promote a specific community, perhaps adding something to the post body for certain shows linking to the community (if one exists). I just need to find time to do the backend work for this.

I’ll think about it! Thanks again for the input!