If you head over to the official Star Trek Facebook page it’s not hard to find more recent sexist, racist and homophobic comments than those we collected as examples to demonstrate why the page needs a comments policy and moderation. I’m thrilled that we’ve collected over 700 signatures on our petition in the first week. And just as …
For over a year I’ve been noticing and documenting the kinds of sexist, racist and homophobic comments that proliferate on the official Star Trek Facebook page (more examples of posts here). And I kept hearing from followers: this is a serious issue and it needs to be addressed in an organized campaign. Thanks to testimonials sent by many …
Over the past couple of weeks I and a couple other Tumblr users have shared some examples of the misogynist, racist, and homophobic comments being posted on the official StarTrek.com Facebook page Here’s a sampling of some of what’s happening on the page just today, with comments on yet another “Describe (character) in one word” post. In this case, my …
This is actually a few days old but I wanted to give you guys a couple days free of Trek Facebook trolls. So here was another fairly innocuous Startrek.com Facebook post. ANNND another horrible response from some. This was the fifth from top comment: This guy called her a slut (and a bitch) and then …
Trigger warning for this one Say it for me, Charlie Brown: I want to be able to do something more effective than raging at my screen and documenting this shit. Any ideas? Let me know. Transcript of comments above: Serge Charlebois: The worst part is, my bottom half is in Riker’s quarters… (215 likes) Benjamin …
After asking the same question about Sulu and having it go horribly awry, the StarTrek.com Facebook page decided to pull it again with Yar. And it wasn’t quite as shocking, but it was hugely depressing. The vast majority of commenters described her as “dead”, followed by references to her having sex with Data in “The Naked Now”, …
As soon as I saw this on the official Star Trek Facebook page this morning I cringed, knowing the page has a history of being a haven for bigoted commenters with extraordinarily lax moderation. TW for homophobic and racist comments But I still wasn’t quite prepared for the sheer volume of people who chose to answer the above …