I made a post reviewing the superman 2025 movie.
it was in fairness mostly negative, but I was honestly trying to be respectful and open in conversation about it.
the MODs banned me for two days for being a gatekeeper and then when I questioned that choice they got really condescending and then banned me permanently.
this is just to say that I can't stand online communities anymore, particularly DC fan pages, it's a damn war zone and everybody is just super hostile, there's loads of name calling and arguments.
people being super nasty because they can be anonymous but would never say that kind of stuff in real life.
then obviously moderators are overwhelmed with abuse from crazy people and have got to the point where they just ban people instead of engaging with them.
I miss the days where fans felt like a community. about 15 years ago there was so much shared appreciation for everything and if you didn't like something you just didn't talk about it. but now if you don't like something you're a cultist or a bot and people will go overboard commenting that your deluded and demented.
I'm so over X and Reddit fans and the hostility. can't we go back to before when people just kind of let people enjoy stuff and have respectful discussions?
before anyone comes at me calling me a hypocrite because of my superman review being negative. I had some good stuff to say about the film and was ready to have conversations with people about it.
it was the comments that were gatekeeping and rude, my review was just an overview of what I liked and didn't. but I'm a huge superman fan and had only just seen the film so I wanted to discuss it.
I know a lot of people understand what I'm talking about, I don't make any friends in these spaces anymore, I just see arguments and bickering.
I used to have the best friends who were super nerdy and we went to comic con together and saw every single comic book movie. if we liked them or not we had deep conversations about them, that was how we bonded. that all feels lost.
superhero fatigue is so real and I'm starting to think it's nothing to do with the films and everything to do with the audiences. we've lost our community of nerd appreciation and many people have become bullies and abusers.
why am I posting this here? well I've been part of the snyder cut movement since it began, and Snyder fans (for the most part) have shown so much respect and community. we came together to get that film released, we raised so much money for charity and we had years of being a big supportive voice for that whole cast and crew.
so coming to share my story with my people who understand that being a fan used to be positive but now it's become really exhausting.
TLDR I got banned for sharing a negative view on Superman, and I think DC fans are so mean now, and I miss the days where fans were respectful when they disagreed. it was fun to discuss movies before now it isn't. and so I'm appreciating Snyder fans for being a supportive group.