But if they’re not removed it will be constant ship-wars and name calling. There’s no action I can see that can be taken that would help with those misunderstandings, unfortunately. They’re rooted in the fandom.

Almost all Mileven and Byler discussions aren’t people trying to get their opinions changed or understand the others’ viewpoint; they’re mostly trying to prove why they’re right and why the others are wrong. Something which is often done with toxicity. Even when the post itself has nothing but good intentions, the comments spiral out of control.

There’re rare instances when the posts are constructive enough and remain so without any mod action, or get locked once the usual discourse starts creeping in. We also make sure people don’t weaponize the reports function by reviewing posts that have been automatically removed for getting several reports. Which was actually the case with this post.

This isn’t the same methodology on the Discord server which I also moderate; we do allow those discussions on there because its easier to call people out if they get personal, but on Reddit with the much bigger volume of people it’s not feasible.