I disagreed with a post Stamets made on their comm, and voiced an opposing opinion. I was never uncivil, but can’t see my comments to share, as they’ve all been deleted.
So, apparently having an opinion other than the one allowed is a banable offense. How very Trek.
The rule as written doesn’t say anything about the banter having to be civil only on an individual level.
Look, lemme cut to the chase here. You’re playing rules lawyer with rules you wrote.
Saying “the other is on a group of fans in general” is sophistry at best. It’s still a violation of the rules as you present them on a community you run. That means you absolutely can make up loopholes to them that only apply to you, without having to give anyone else the same latitude. But, it is hypocrisy, and it is PTB territory.
If I say, here, “you fuckwits that don’t know what PTB really is”, what it amounts to is me saying “anyone that disagrees with my PTB opinion is a fuckwit”. While that’s not an exact word for word replacement for the comment I linked, it’s close enough for this. Pointing to a group and applying an insult to that group is exactly the same as insulting each individual.
I’ll also say again, like I often have to when I forget I had stopped interacting in this C/ for a reason, I don’t care about the original arguments. It’s irrelevant for PTB purposes if a character cried or not, if Babbitt from some random sitcom shat on Greg in episode 9, or whatever. What matters for PTB is the behaviors of the people involved, in the thread/post/comment involved. You can be completely correct about the original subject and still be in the wrong as a user or mod.
Obviously, as a mod, you thought your decision was 100% appropriate. I even agree that the decision to remove OP’s comments and issue a temp ban were acceptable. I’m also pointing out that you’re giving yourself an exception to your own rules, and that doing so ain’t cool. It’s your C/, you can do what you want with it, just be aware that from this side of the screen, it reflects poorly on the community and the mod.
I think we’ve interacted enough for me to be confident you aren’t a bad person, you don’t mess with people for your own entertainment, you aren’t a jerk randomly, so please take my comments here as being focused and in the spirit of a nudge and “dude, not cool” from someone that likes you.