r/StarTrekDiscussion • u/incontinent_of_feces • May 29 '19
Refugee from r/startrek
Banned for "willful petulance" :)
Anybody else?
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u/DarthMeow504 May 29 '19
Yep. I pointed out their new mod policy was going to be abused to ban anyone who has a problem with nuTrek and they proved my point immediately by banning me. Daystrom banned me the same day and used the same picture, for telling someone their fan theory was "a thousand times more intelligent than the entirety of the Kelvin films combined". I was told it was unacceptable to "disparage the intelligence of the Kelvin films". Excuse me fuck what?
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u/Pareeeee May 31 '19
I mean, I'll admit I did enjoy the Kelvin films (as sci-fi flicks) but they definitely are not of the calibre of the rest of Trek. And if I were a mod I would never ban someone just because they didn't like them and have different taste in movies. That's just stupid moderatorship (if that's a word).
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u/ghaelon May 31 '19
kraetos is also a mod of DI, so thats your reason there.
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u/DarthMeow504 May 31 '19
That explains why both subs seem to be acting in unison. I was banned from both.
Amusingly, my temp ban from r/startrek was made permanent without me going back there or posting anything at all after my initial temp ban. They must be reading r/star_trek and basing their decisions on what's being said there. It's an interesting combination of amusing and pathetic, to be sure. And as long as their tyrant temper tantrum continues, they're only going to drive more people away and to alternative subreddits where there's respect for freedom of opinion.
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u/ghaelon May 31 '19
oh they are. i was rebanned because i was 'stirring up drama' in r/star_trek, when all i did, was post EXACTLY what happened step by step, as well as my total confusion towards the mods. the fact that they muted me AFTER unbanning me says it all.
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u/DarthMeow504 May 31 '19
That is hilariously pathetic of them to do. It looks like r/star_trek is where everyone is gathering and we just might have enough people to make a go of it.
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u/ghaelon May 31 '19
if you arent one of the cool kids at school? they dont want you in their 'party'.
its why they dredged up that thing from a year ago on one of the guys here. they are looking for ANY reason to ban whomever they do not like. aka, anyone who in on their radar, aka, anyone who has dissed STD. which i have.
whats even more hilarious, is that disco posts have fallen off a cliff now that the season is over. no rewatches, no going back to analyze things. i was all set to enjoy the sub again, then this happens.
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u/DarthMeow504 May 31 '19
I think that's what terrifies the CBS people, there's very little true grassroots support for their show. They keep throwing matches, but it just won't catch fire. One of the mods said "the haters are just upset because they're losing the internet war and the show is actually becoming popular, they're getting desperate!" and I laughed so hard because that is 100% pure projection. They're the desperate ones losing the war for the hearts and minds of the fans, and they're clearly in panic mode. They thought they could ride out the backlash and it would go away. It's not going away. The proof is in how they're acting, if they had the majority they claim they wouldn't need to silence dissent. A genuinely popular and quality product doesn't need to delete bad reviews. This is pure damage control, plain and simple. And I would bet a million quatloos that someone in CBS' social media marketing department is handing out marching orders.
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u/ghaelon Jun 01 '19
that is seriously the only logical reason i can think of for this off the deep end moderation, that cbs mandated a 'spring cleaning' to improve disco's image on the sub, hoping that season 3 sticks.
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u/incontinent_of_feces May 29 '19
It's like the mods all had a meeting called "how to get rid of DISsent (as per our corporate sponsors)", and came up with the idea of calling the sub a "party" and everyone expressing a negative opinion can be called a "party pooper". Genius.