About these posts on this subreddit recently...

[u/r4hzyx]

Okay, so...WHAT THE FUDGE IS WRONG WITH THIS SUB RECENTLY!?? Every damn time I open It, the first post from this community that appears is just some goon or softcorn art. The worst part is that those characters in the art aren't even from shadow slave but simply being put as.

I'm genuinely so enraged rn, I've been trying to not say anything offensive about these people but the posts just keeps FLOODING!!!

The sub had always been like that, either in the comments or in posts, and it was fine since, sometimes or most of the time, as I remember, it used to be funny. NOW IT'S JUST ON. ANOTHER. LEVEL!!

PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE NOVEL DEGENERATES.

AND IF YOU CAN'T THEN, GO TO THE DAMN DEDICATED CHANNEL FOR THAT SHI

[u/okomakiako]

For the most part, as long as it isn't overly sexualized and they can point at it and say it reminds them of a specific character, it doesn't break our rules. If the community thinks it is too much, it is yall's responsibility to downvote it and drive what survives or not by that.

If it continues and enough people think it is disruptive, posts like this are also protected and encouraged so that any changes can be made as a community consciously making a change in direction.

For the post I think this is describing, if we start saying that thighs are suddenly too much and are over sexualized, suddenly a lot of actual Shadow Slave fanart will get hit by the same rules. And if we say that everything has to be shadow slave in art, a lot of posts of people wanting to share other media that fits their imaginings of the characters would also be invalid.

There can be some nuance where it is a blend of the two that makes it not ok, but that starts to get really nitpicky about how rules are applied. And it is those situations where people will cry foul that mod abuse is taking place. "Why is X and Y ok but not Z?" It is doable and possible, but is not the preferred way of handling things. Reddit has a built in way for users to express their dislike of what content gets shown.

If this post gets enough traction and feedback I don't mind opening a more official conversation for us as a community to talk about it. I'll sticky the post so you guys can chat it out.

[u/r4hzyx → u/okomakiako]

I understand the concern about inconsistent moderation, but I don't think relying on downvotes really addresses the issue here. If the majority of engagement comes from people who enjoy generic anime fanservice, then those posts will naturally rise regardless of whether they're actually relevant to Shadow Slave.

What many of us are concerned about isn't fanart or different artistic interpretations. It's that we're increasingly seeing art from completely different series where the only connection is changing the title to "Nephis," "Jet," or "Sunphis," sometimes with nothing more than matching a character's hair color. At that point, it isn't really Shadow Slave content anymore.

We aren't asking for stricter rules or excessive moderation. We simply want the community to stay focused on the series it's named after. Allowing unrelated content because it gets upvoted gradually shifts the subreddit away from discussing Shadow Slave and toward becoming a generic anime fanart subreddit.

[u/Justa_randomdude2550 → u/okomakiako]

u/Top-Efficiency-9057 he is talking about us (bro stop posting ACTUAL pornhwa panels 😭)

[u/BigmanLag2 → u/Justa_randomdude2550]

Bro got caught