Discord Bwoinks
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:45 pm
So, I’m not sure how many people know about this, but recently I have found it more and more common to get “Discord bwoinks.” For those unaware: if you’re on the TG Discord and someone ahelps you while you’re off the game, admins can actually create a private thread and interrogate you on the Discord.
I find this very problematic. Discord should not be treated like a new venue to administrate for the spaceman game. People use Discord as a way to talk to friends or chat, and to force someone to engage in a potentially long argument with admins while they’re on a social platform like Discord, or risk being noted/banned, is kinda fucked. It’s admin overreach into a private sphere where players have absolutely zero obligation to talk to you, unlike the game servers where it’s presumed the player ought reply to bwoinks if they have a defense.
What admins used to do when the other party d/c’d was wait to bwoink them later in-game. If you ahelped something from several rounds ago, admins often just didn’t bother with it if the player left. But lately I have gotten Discord tickets opened asking me some specific thing about a round as long as a week ago. I don’t think this is at all reasonable, and it’s a shame leaving the Discord is the sole solution. I propose this practice either be taken out or players not be expected to reply to it as they would an in-game bwoink.
I find this very problematic. Discord should not be treated like a new venue to administrate for the spaceman game. People use Discord as a way to talk to friends or chat, and to force someone to engage in a potentially long argument with admins while they’re on a social platform like Discord, or risk being noted/banned, is kinda fucked. It’s admin overreach into a private sphere where players have absolutely zero obligation to talk to you, unlike the game servers where it’s presumed the player ought reply to bwoinks if they have a defense.
What admins used to do when the other party d/c’d was wait to bwoink them later in-game. If you ahelped something from several rounds ago, admins often just didn’t bother with it if the player left. But lately I have gotten Discord tickets opened asking me some specific thing about a round as long as a week ago. I don’t think this is at all reasonable, and it’s a shame leaving the Discord is the sole solution. I propose this practice either be taken out or players not be expected to reply to it as they would an in-game bwoink.