this post was submitted on 02 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.
Relevant comms
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seems bizarre to me. I've had no issue on .ml. Is this an instance issue or a com issue?
Personally, I have never had any issues either, although I have seen many people who have. People looking for an international decentralized community will have no problem with .ml, as with all other existing instances. Those looking for a reddit clone will have their own good reasons to detest .ml.
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Lemmy.ml is explicitly affirming of the idea that the moderators determine what is the "right" opinion and remove all the wrong opinions. Ask them about Tienanmen Square or the Uyghurs. It's a little unusual that it goes outside of the realm of geopolitics and into the realm of software projects, but it's completely in keeping with their overall philosophy about what the right way is to run an instance.
The person who is removing posts is, I believe, not a moderator of that community, they're an admin. So complaining to the admins is unlikely to get you anywhere.
"Don't go to lemmy.ml" is my advice. There are replacement communities for almost everything that's available there, for exactly this specific reason.
Holy shit don't you have anything better to post about? You people are like broken records.
Sure would be nice if you could just delete my comment, wouldn't it? Alas.
It's about one-third just my own sour grapes, and about two-thirds that I for real want to warn people who are not aware that lemmy.ml operates this way. I definitely remember being shocked and surprised myself that it worked that way, when I first encountered it and my stuff got deleted, and I would have appreciated someone coming in and saying "No, you're not crazy, that's just how their moderation operates there, but yes it is weird." So I try to turn around and do that for others. But I won't deny that the first one-third of it is there, also. Hope that's okay with you.
You mean you want people to know the moderators are active and have a very firm stance on what is acceptable in their comms?
Thanks!
What a strange comment.
I don't know, it's the first time that I see such a behavior.
You’ve never had an ML issue? I… don’t believe you. Even when you’re not talking politics, their constant attempt to ruin your mood is pretty annoying.
Are any of them able to have a full conversation without making unfounded personal attacks? I’ve never had that experience.
I’d probably be all-in for communism if it weren’t for them.