u/TMNAW

A narrative often parroted by Nijisanji fans who dislike this subreddit is that this is a hate forum. That’s plainly untrue and it waters down actual examples we have for hate forums.

I’ve been very critical of this sub, its users, and the mods in the past. I’ve openly criticized and even mocked the mods directly to their faces and also got hundreds of downvotes in a single thread because I voiced my disagreements here.

But this sub is obviously not a hate forum. The mods have done a good job at pushing away the worst drama tourists and 4channers since the sub began. This sub regularly promotes the ex-livers and even some current livers. We just had a thread a few days ago from users here who still watch Nijisanji and oshi the livers. Some livers are generally disliked by the userbase, but there is no concentrated effort from above or in a coordinated way to organize against them. And, to be frank, even the most mainstream and normal places of discussion for vtubers hold the same general dislike for Niji and certain livers, like r/virtualyoutubers.

We have an actual example of a hate forum created by Nijisanji fans. Back in 2024, Nijifans from an actual dox site came together to create a forum dedicated to taking down Doki, which included crafting lists of people who work with Doki in order to blacklist them and scheduling meetings to strategize and plan against her.

That Niji forum was created for an actual coordinated and organized hate campaign. On the other hand, this sub is an unorganized collection of vtuber fans with vastly different opinions, generally leaning towards drama and a critical eye towards AnyColor. The Niji hate forum is a group of doxxers mass organizing and scheduling meetings with an express purpose of taking down a specific vtuber. These are worlds apart and should not be portrayed as equivalent.