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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 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.
- 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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Already pinged the admin. Been seeing a lot of really shitty takes from that instance lately so not really hopeful. I appreciate you though.
Speaking of shitty takes, that @iii@mander.xyz person below that seemed to agree with them also got banned from hexbear for transphobia. Called HRT "self destructive".
Fascist birds of a feather etc.
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I don't have the time or moderation capacity to make a community as cool or comrade filled as HB, but if you see any really shitty takes, report them. We're a really small instance though
Sorry didn't mean it as a dig personally at you. I do know it's rough being a solo admin. We've had 5 years dealing with this shit so I appreciate the follow up and sorry for the friendly fire. I'll be sure to let you know if anyone else from your instance represents yall in an ill light. Usually I just mock people and move on, ban them from whatever communities I mod and inform our admins but this guy was literally just posting Nazi shit.
Not sure what your registration process is but it may be a good idea to set up a simple questionnaire to filter out the obvious ones like that. I know that is more workload for you in the short term but may pay off in the long term though.