this post was submitted on 22 May 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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- Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.
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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.
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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Lol he just showed his true colors and that he deserved it all along.
Yes.
I am not convinced. I prefer debate to bans unless someone explicitly call for genocide or dehumanise people.
I get that but also people who post in europe are getting tired of debating with every idiot who accuses them of being an antisemite, or hypocrite for following Greta Thunberg, or be asked stupid gotcha strawmans like claiming being against Israel is a call for genocide. These types of spaces are great for that kind of debate. But right now the sheer volume of Zionist trolls makes it risky to open Europe up for debate with them which is why they are blanket banned currently.
As I said before, it is up to you but my preference would be to talk to them.
Cretinous behaviour of halfwit Europe@feddit.org mods killed the debate over there, it would be nice to have a place to discuss and even fight them (with words) openly.
I am with you... Modding should not be pre emptive and it should be used as last resort. With that being said, we have some serious bad faith actors trolling here with fresh accounts.
If these bitches can't use their regular account to speak their opinion, I don't think they deserve a platform IMHO
Somebody got triggered by the good work done here recently, good 🐸
Yeah, trolls are the entire different matter.