this post was submitted on 07 Feb 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.
Posting Guidelines
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.
Rules
- Post only about bans or other sanctions that you have received from a mod or admin.
- 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.
- 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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I honestly think that most of us are so used to being monitored and told what to do/say/think that we prefer it.
Moderation is normal for any group. Sometimes there's explicit rules and active moderation. Sometimes, they're implied, as with a basic friend group.
Going into a community and expecting absolute free speech is not reasonable.
Anyone can create their own instance at any time if they want.
Or most instances allow the creation of a community, subject to the instance rules.
People can say whatever they like inside of their own homes, it's when they go into other people's homes that they need to play by the rules of the homeowner, or else gtfo.
I haven't clicked any links here or looked at the modlog, I was just responding to your comment in the general sense.
So you have no knowledge of the conversation but you see fit to offer accusations all the same.
It's this level of awareness and maturity that I've come to expect from lemmy.
Judging from all of your comments here, I'd highly suggest that if you keep smelling shit everywhere you go, maybe you should check your shoes.
I seriously can't fathom coming into a place, badmouthing everyone already there, and then being surprised when they react negatively.
Also, if you want a place without moderators overseeing everything with a fine toothed comb, there are countless *chan sites with minimal moderation (only removal of heinously illegal content). You might seriously have a better experience on one of them if you find lemmy stifling. There's even a number of them now that allow users to make their own boards for whatever niche topic they want.
But I didn't badmouth anybody. Not a one.
And it was a perfectly plausible hypothetical with lots of interesting ramifications to explore. Fascinating stuff.
But you people don't do that. Or rather, the dominant 99% of you don't do that.
And any sane person who spends any time here talking to you shallow clowns must be truly desperate. I speak from experience.