Mod over at !startrek@startrek.website didn’t like the opinion presented in an article I shared about the recent cancellation of Star Trek: Prodigy and removed my post to an star trek opinion article. I asked the @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website claimed they removed the opinion piece because they didn’t want to give the website clicks.
I wrote a post calling them out on this power hungry practice and tried to involve the community as a whole. As the post gained traction, i was promptly banned for starting “drama”
So now, i guess it’s at least mildly infuriating to say the least that a growing community banned someone contributing real discussion worthy content for potentially political reasons and as a result may end up fracturing one of the few kinda centralized communities across the Lemmy verse. I ain’t even too mad tho, because that’s what makes federation great easy to leave power hungry mods. Too bad for them this ain’t reddit 😜
I get that the admin has control. And yes, i love that we can just go off to another server and have the same discussion. However there is something to be said about having a centralized server for niche discussion like star trek. That’s what it seems they’re trying to accomplish anyway. There’s no rules or list of banned sites which i could totally understand. However, this comes entirely across as a petty mod not happy about something a site said once. The only purpose being so heavy handed with moderation like that is only going to splinter what was looking to be one of the most unified communities on the fediverse. It’s anthitical to what the instance is trying to accomplish, becoming a centralized spot for star trek related communities on Lemmy.
Start a star trek server. Take the power away from them if that’s what you want
That’s definitely what’s going to happen. I’ve already got a shortlist of domains 😜
Just wish I didnt have to directly fracture the community to do it. The mildly infuriating aspect if you will
Just mentioning this without opinion: centralising discussions, and placing the power to moderate those discussions in the hands of a small number of people, is exactly the problem Lemmy was created to solve.
You are exactly right, and honestly I think I needed this lesson. Its hard to break the reddit mindset. While yes it would be nice to know where everyone is discussing things, it’s very clear the benefit of the fediverse is being able i have that discussion in multiple places to mitigate the damage by the power trips of bad actors.
Usually there is a way to talk to anyone and reach a compromise or an agreement.
The alternative is what others are proposing.