I don't have any particular attachment to anyone who was banned, but I'm interested to see what will happen when the max server pop is thirty.
No, you didn't ban thirty people, but the incoming "ONLY SIX PEOPLE WERE BANNED STOP OVERREACTING" is a straw man argument. Those six people - four of whom were faction leaders - were people who motivated others to log. They were people that myself and my faction interacted with on a daily basis.
No, the admins shouldn't cave to people stamping their feet because "MUH INJUSTICE", but I'm honestly not sure that Discovery can recover from a blow like this. We'll see.