[–] 12 points 1 month ago

You and I may see it that way, but Reddit does not consider it a different situation. And by Reddit I mean not only the algorithms that determine spam, but a non-insignificant amount of users at large that consistently reported small publications as spam.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    As a former mod of a large community I hated that small writers and creators bloggers were lumped in with the spammers. You want to know why Reddit became generic and boring? Why the internet doesn't feel boundless and weird anymore? Because over time only large established websites were permitted to be linked to without getting immediately IP banned.

    When /r/StarTrek was small and I was trying to grow it, I invited several Trek bloggers I liked to post their writings. These weren't "blogspam", they were just people who just loved writing. They would always engage with the community in the comments under their posts. Over time they all were banned and their domains were blocked from being shared by any account on Reddit.

    I agree with you that the system is working "as intended" but the intent sure feels a lot like forcing anyone making OC to be platform-locked to Reddit or risk having their entire domains be labeled as "spam".

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I was mod of /r/StarTrek for a decade and I have yet to see a single situation where a vague "bad writing" complaint wasn't serving as cover for a (let's just say) less socially acceptable criticism.

    If you're being honest about your feelings then my advice to you is be significantly more concrete with exactly what it is you are criticizing about Kurtzman, or people are going to assume you're obfuscating your true feelings.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Let me get this straight, Paramount was recently purchased by the Ellisons yet you feel the greatest threat to Star Trek is... Alex Kurtzman? Wait wait, let me guess, you don't like how political Star Trek suddenly became this past decade?

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    Not much to chew on here but the fact that he is optimistic is a good sign for me (I will take any hope I can get).

    I will say that everyone I’ve interacted with in the — I’ll call it the new Paramount — understands what Star Trek is in the sense that they don’t want to mess it up. They understand how important it is. This isn’t just a cash cow to them. This isn’t something where they just need to put laser guns and a spaceship together and get it out there. They understand that this is something special, and so they’re working very hard to make sure that what they do next lives up to that.

    [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    I always liked this one. It's probably a top three Chakotay episode for me, not that that's saying a lot. I always love the trope of "not sure if this is the top level of reality" like TNG's Frame of Mind.

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    I was lucky enough to see The Search for Spock on the last day and the remaster frankly blew me away, the surround sound was fun but what really stood out was the matte painting backgrounds. I'm not sure what magic they did, but every single one was truly breathtaking. It made me sad I didn't get to see all of them in theaters now.

     

    I highly recommend it, short and sweet and action packed. It felt very much like something from the Twilight Zone. I would have never guessed it was the same person who wrote the sensitive teenage Klingon episode (which is also maybe my favorite from Academy).

    [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    I tried out Bazzite with an Nvidia 40-series card last year and performance was the same as Windows for everything I tested

    All things being equal I would go with AMD too, but if I was OP I certainly wouldn't turn down a good deal on an Nvidia card if one presented itself.

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    I was reading this list and after I calmed my rage (Because real fans would have a top 47...) I became curious to hear what other episodes might make a personal list.

    You don't need to give a detailed rationale, I'm curious to know what episodes NOT on the linked list do you just kinda... Think Are Neat 🫴🥔?

    I'll start with some of mine:

    • TOS - The Cloud Minders
    • TNG - Timescape
    • DS9 - The Magnificent Ferengi (how this one is not on the list I have no idea)

    They're just neat!

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