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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.


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All posts should follow this basic structure:

  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
  4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

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Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.

Make sure you follow this instance's code of conduct. In other words we won't allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.

YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.


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Edit: Even MBFC rates dropsitenews as a reliable source https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/drop-site-news-bias-and-credibility/

MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

There is no rule about 'blog sites' on worldnews. Jordanlund has made this up and proceeds to classify anything he does not like as a 'blog '.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So Dropsite writes personal commentary and is not an organisation employing multiple journalists. Correct?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dropsite is hosted on a blogging platform that fails to differentiate personal commentary from anything else and as such, yes, we block that entire blogging platform.

If they aren't going to differentiate, then we aren't either.

"But, but, real journalists on Twitter..."

Don't care. Twitter isn't a source either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Comparing a news organisation with a domain name which solely uses Substack for layout and a subscription model to Twitter is complete nonsense. Are there Twitter accounts with their own "MBFC rating"?

Your arguments are akin to claiming that wordpress websites are not real websites. It is pure gatekeeping and the fact that you even have to go against your own MBFC standards to enfore rules pulled out of thin air really shows you are grasping at straws here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wordpress sites are obviously real websites, but they aren't news articles.

If you don't like it, feel free to fire up your own community and enjoy all the blogspam that gets posted. (There's a lot!)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

News sites publish their content using WordPress. Similar to how news sites now host their content using SubStack. It allows journalists to do journalism instead of webdevelopment.

This used to be a big gatekeeping thing back in the day, with people claiming that WordPress websites are not real websites.

I will take up your suggestion about creating an alternative community as you are only doubling down on your nonexistent rules.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The rules are simple, no social media bullshit. Blogsites are a subsection of social media.

No Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/Reddit, but also no Substack/Blogger/Wordpress/Blogspot.

Similarly, no self posts, no videos, no image posts, no shit posts, no memes.

All of this is clearly stated. Don't like it? Door is over there... ->

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Is Time a blog because it runs on Wordpress?

What rule even says "no news articles whose software stack is based on web content management systems"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

When I search "Youtube" or "Twitter" on MBFC, the website does not show up on MBFC. When I search "dropsite" I am told it is a news website with high credibility. MBFC must not understand what news is.

But interesting to know WordPress is not allowed. I do not believe anyone was aware of this rule before. Nor has it been enforced.

Also, I am still waiting on a response to your other claim. You cited accusations deeming anti-Zionist Latuff comics antisemitic. I have provided several examples of these accusations. Are you sticking to your original position?