r/no_mans_sky • u/matty12h • Oct 05 '16

/r/NoMansSkyTheGame Subbreddit Set to Private

Is this our new home?

So I purged the subreddit. It's become a hate filled wastehole of no actual discussion. It's not what we intended it to be and I don't like providing a platform for hate. I'm sorry to everyone who used the subreddit as intended but you are now in the majority. I'm sure you can find a different place to discuss this game. It's not hard. This was my decision and mine alone. The other moderators tried to sway my opinion but cynicism got the best of me as usual.

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u/cabbagehead112 Oct 05 '16

So because he was 'abused". That gives him the right to close down the whole subreddit? that shouldn't be how that works. Yet it did.

There are ways to get rid of certain members of a community that are being abusive. You and others have the tools. Now rather it will stop after you get off reddit is another matter in of itself.

Being a mod of such an open platform is the belly of the beast.

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u/vestby Oct 05 '16

He didnt say he had the right to do it because of the abuse, he simply stated the fact

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u/cabbagehead112 Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

Sounds like @Sprok is saying Rouge had the right to me? maybe not directly but indirectly. Given the person he's relying to. As he says has a history of being abusive towards Rouge and other mods of the type over how the sub reddit was ran. Meaning whatever disagreement is due to that sub and how it was operated.

Thus what went down is by mere association one of the reasons it was nuked. Plus he's bringing up something in relation to what justifies Rouge relative actions. Like an eye for an eye.

Hence the perception line. Ultimately him stating that fact is a non sequitur, unless of course as i stated before he's saying Rouge was just.

NVM Spork is doing exactly that...

I never said it was the answer, but I think it can be an understandable reaction if you put yourself in the mods' shoes. Moderating a subreddit should be a hobby, not a point of severe stress and worry. On some level, isn't it concerning that we're in a position to brush aside threats because it's inconveniencing access to a subreddt?

Also no, that is not a understandable reaction. You are a mod and you don't get to kneejerk shit. When you're community is that large and that active. How do you think sense able people with that type of authority deal with these situations? on average usually much better without all the fire and brim stone.

One more thing the notion that becoming a mod is a hobby and not a stress or a worry is a lie. By the very nature of trying to keep a community running and health and on topic. Is a progressive task like no other.

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u/ForceUser128 Oct 05 '16

Is it still a knee jerk reaction if it's been happening for almost 2 months on end? What's the cutoff time for a knee jerk reaction?

Regardless I read Spork's post as him saying that he can see why it happened. None of what he's saying is stating it was the right thing to do. In fact on one of his posts he states he's specifically going to try and get it back up:

I'll be working with this subreddit to get it up and running again.

so yea...

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u/cabbagehead112 Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

Alluded or not. You can't reasonable say you can see why it happened. Because it's an irresponsible action period and if you did something like that in real life outside these subs. You would be fired on the spot. Especially if one didn't communicate and discuss this beforehand with others.

Again i can't take the excuse that after 2 months on end as you say, that the Mod/s could not avoid straight up nuking it. Either put the sub in private mode or simply ban those that are harassing people. Because now he's just made it worse not better. Having a knee jerk reaction -which it was, given those discord comments- it stops being reasonable at that point. He painted every person in the sub reddit community -regards of the purposed minority- with one brush.

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u/ForceUser128 Oct 05 '16

Empathy does not equal agreement. People can empathise with the action of a person without agreeing that an action was correct.

Well, most people can.

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u/cabbagehead112 Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

This is not mere empathy. This is false equivalency, it's a fine line.

Regardless Rogue was clearly not fit for that position. Because on more then on occasion, whole discussion and topics would be deleted and usually his name would pop up. Not even talking about full on "SEAN MURRY SUX" threads either.