this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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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:
- Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
- What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
- Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
- Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
- Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.
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- Don’t use private communications to prove your point. We can’t verify them and they can be faked easily.
- Don’t deobfuscate mod names from the modlog with admin powers.
- Don’t harass mods or brigade comms. Don’t word your posts in a way that would trigger such harassment and brigades.
- Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.
- You can post about power trippin’ in any social media, not just lemmy. Feel free to post about reddit or a forum etc.
- If you are the accused PTB, while you are welcome to respond, please do so within the relevant post.
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.
Some acronyms you might see.
- PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
- YDI - You Deserved It: The commenter thinks you deserved that mod action.
- YDM new - You Deserved More: The commenter thinks you got off too lightly.
- BPR - Bait-Provoked Reaction: That mod probably overreacted in charged situation, or due to being baited.
- CLM - Clueless Mod: The mod probably just doesn't understand how their software works.
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Setting aside the question of your true ideology, I don’t think people should be banned for their ideology. Bans should be based on behavior.
Ironically I hate tankies as much as anyone and I’m having a big fight with one right now but I still think they should be allowed to participate on the same footing as everyone as long as they follow the rules.
Edit: after reading further this is even worse because the rules are actually pretty much in line with my position. Tankies are explicitly allowed to participate as long as they follow the rules. So this isn’t even supported by anything other than impotent mod rage.
Yeah, I absolutely agree with you. [email protected] allows Tankies to comment and engage, some of them do, but only if they follow the rules.
Most of the time they don't bother with the community though because their views and extremism don't hold up to scrutiny.
I'm sure it's not because of the mods' behavior.
The modlog is open, and the majority of bans are temporary, you can verify it yourself
I've interacted with your fellow mod plenty in the past to know everything he's about.
He shrieks "tankie" at everyone who disagrees with him, particularly at anyone who disagrees with his support for netanyahu's genocide. And you made sure he got to keep his banhammer to use as a disagree button.
Don't forget screaming fascist for wanting Democrats to win against Trump like he did to @[email protected]
And I've since reversed those bans and reminded him of the rules. if you have something with him, take it up with him.
He's not going to stop banning people for disliking genocide.
I have. Got me banned from most of startrek.website. He got super pissed off when I said that centrists hate communists so much because they're still salty about the fall of berlin.
Well we'll just have to wait and see then