• Whiskey PickleEnglish
    31•2 years ago

    Mods on the Star Trek communities on StarTrek.world will delete (and ban you) for even the slightest negative opinion about the show Star Trek Discovery. Even if you say that you dislike the show, or that you think the writing is sub-par, or anything slightly minor and inoffensive, poof! Your comment is gone, and you’re banned.

    It’s not a rule in the sidebar, which is most frustrating, too. All you get is “not constructive”, even though there are plenty of complaints about other things, some pretty abrasive. But one unadoring word about Discovery, and you and your comment vanish without warning.

    • @bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      Good news!

      I’ve just been added t the mod team over at !startrek@lemmy.ml and have posted a Community Update with new community guidelines that outline a more open policy on discussions that includes the ability to express criticism without fear of your comments vanishing or being capriciously banned without warning.

      However, there are (as outlined in the post) some guidelines about how those discussions should go. We don’t want unhinged rants about how you hate X that just devolve into toxic threads. If you’re going to be critical, make it constructive criticism that fosters civil discussion, and keep it relevant to the post you’re commenting on. Irrelevant tangents and a lot of toxicity will be curtailed. But, otherwise, we feel it would be disingenuous and dishonest to outright ban all dissenting opinions and the discussion of when Trek sometimes fails to hit its mark.

      Rules are in the sidebar, and if you have any questions or comments, you can comment on the Community Update post, reply to this comment, or contact me!

      Live long and prosper! 🖖

      • Whiskey PickleEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        Oh, now that is good news! It looks like the community has been quiet/mostly inactive for a while, but has 3x the subscriber count as that other community! I’ve subscribed, and I’ll see what I can do about helping to make it more active!

        woohoo!

  • WtfEvenIsExistence3️English
    16•2 years ago

    Mods at !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world will remove posts that even slightly hint that you have depression, even though their rules state that they will not remove mental health related posts. It’s a really fucked up thing to do to someone that needs help. Society loves to say “seek help” “talk to someone” “we’re always here for you”, but the moment you seek advice, they want you to go away. Oh you know the community they keep telling you to go to !mentalhealth@lemmy.world? You aren’t allowed to express any suicidal thoughts.

    A depressed person: “I’m feeling sad and don’t really have the energy to keep going anymore… Can I talk to someone here?”

    Mods: Nope go away you crazy suicidal maniac, we don’t want to talk to you.