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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.
- 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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Fun fact: I didn't remove your comments, it was db0. You noted those threads had gone off topic, and I agreed with you about it and disengaged. But I hope you got it off your chest.
Fun fact… yours weren’t removed.
Disengage rule
Riiiight. Amazing how convenient it was that when I said I’m not discussing it, you kept on- yet my comments were removed and yours weren’t.
Admit there’s a bias here. It’s no big deal. It’s just easier when everyone knows and there’s no confusion as to who can say what.
Please read this, and respect it in future: Disengage rule
Since you've broken the disengage rule I should really take some mod action, but no doubt it would just add to your victim complex, so let me spell it out for you:
The reason you've had comments removed for being off topic in the past is because the threads were off topic for the original post subject. The comments db0 removed on this post were also off topic. So let's put that to bed.
The comments removed for bad jacketing were doing exactly that. You accused someone of being MAGA because they disagreed with you about something. Twice. If you'd bothered to check their post history, it's clear they are nothing of the sort. It was reported as such and I took the appropriate mod action which was to remove the comments.
Re the accusation of bias, I can't speak to why db0 decided to leave some of my comments intact when removing the off topic content. You will have to ask him.
I actually agree with you that my comments were also off topic, because they were posted in response to your (and others) existing off-topic comments. I'd be perfectly happy to remove them myself if that'll satisfy your ego. I don't really care either way. Sometimes we remove off topic threads when they get too heated, but if they are mostly harmless then there's not much harm in leaving them alone. It's a judgment call, we don't always get it perfect.
Remember this is an anarchist instance full of pirates, leftists and neurodivergent folks. If you want "professional" reddit-style moderation, maybe stay on lemmy world, cause it ain't coming here. And our users mostly like the way we run the instance, and the fact admins get involved in communities, so your opinion on the matter carries little weight here. If you come visiting, you have to agree to play by our rules and our culture like everyone else. You can also expect your position to be challenged when you make a political comment on our instance that we find objectionable. If you don't want that to happen, then maybe pick another topic to discuss? Or use the disengage rule.
So, one can essentially say whatever they want, and the. use the disengage rule- and no one can respond to them or risk mod action? I had no clue that was a thing. Appreciate you allowing me a pass on it.
The problem I have here is my previous comments- the one in the other post, where very much ON topic as they lent credibility to the posts claim as a similar action by the same mod happened to me.
Yet it was deemed “off topic.” While in the same post, there were tons of comments that had nothing to do with the post, yet they were allowed.
Coincidentally, they happened to align with your bias. So I hope you’d undershot this for me curios if there was a trend. I saw this happen again here.
So I was simply making this known as a confusion and as a means of checking the content.
That you essentially claim to have anarchist rules of engagement certainly lends to this making more sense as by the nature of anarchy, they’re subject to change on a whim.
I’m understand now how and why this all happened. And there’s no need to beat this horse further.
Thanks.
No, as the rule clearly states, you can't reply and then use
disengage
to have the last word in. You have to disengage only and this is what unruffled did.Banned Rhoeri @lemmy.world from the community Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com reason: Wrong community to spread pro-capitalist rhetoric, bub. Take this short term ban as a warning and educate yourself.
You sure know a lot about anarchy
Man… you’re obsessed. Get help.
Yoh gonna help me? Maybe you should disengage.
I don't think we can see edit history. Was it saying something else instead of
disengage
before the edit?I edited to correct a mistake. I said disengage. So go fuck off, troll.
Comparing our modlogs, it seems every accusation of yours is an admission of guilt.
Disengage.
Please stop goading after disengages
Disengage.
Wait, let me get this straight. You're bitching about mod abuse in a thread in /c/yepowertrippingbastards
You understand this is an anarchist space. It's not lemm.ee or lemmy.world.
You're crying mod abuse in db0. I love it.
So you’re following me around now? I always wanted a pet troll!
Hey everyone, this person got WAY bent out of shape because I dared to post an opinion on PizzaCake. They got insulting and had their shit removed and now- I get to have a pet troll.
How fun!
Oh, and if you didn’t know, YPTB is the best place to call out mods. It’s kind of the point. Unless you’re here to validate the fact that the mods are above the rules of the community. In that case, no, it’s not anarchy-
That’s authoritarian.
You chose to follow me here. Let’s see how this becomes my fault.
Look elsewhere in the thread, I was already here before I commented on your post
Also check your modlog, your comments were removed as well. That's the nature of an internet slap fight.
My comments were removed for spamming a response to your nonsense. Not for being a troll, like you are doing here.
You really need to get a hobby. You’re bad at this one.
Admits to spamming, not a troll.
Sure, makes sense
It made you stop harassing me, didn’t it?
Did it? You got bored and went elsewhere to bother others.
Now I find you here. Bitching again.
You really like to tell people who they are and what they do. If only you’d do something with that gift instead of trolling people online.
Go away.
Yeah i understand that, the irony is you're calling out a mod, in a YTPB thread, for powertripping. That's what some would call a hat on a hat. I found it funny.
Neat!