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Instance banned for a single vote (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by darkdemize@sh.itjust.works to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Apparently I was instance banned for a single downvote on a ~~comment~~ post I disagreed with. I've said before that mods who do this kinda thing are cowards, but I'm honestly not hugely upset about it as I'm not a furry, so whatever. But insulting me in the ban is too much. Grow a fucking spine you pussy, and at least message me if you're too going to insult me with your ban.

Edit: Changed comment to post, for clarity. I assumed it was a comment I downvoted as I tend to interact more in comments.

Edit 2: This got more traction than I expected and I'm glad to see most agree that moderating by voting behavior is childish. I don't condone the transphobia in the comments though. Don't judge people for how they view themselves, judge them for their actions, especially towards others.

Edit 3: Now apparently I'm inciting harassment by posting here. Go fuck yourself. I never even called you out by name.

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[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

Reddit mod energy

[-] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 1 points 4 weeks ago

Honestly I agree. Getting banned is one thing (is getting banned from furry content that much of a loss), but the literal trash talking in their comments (knowing you can't respond) is plain childish.

If you're gonna insult someone, grow a spine and do it where they can punch back.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

The post: https://pawb.social/post/40961254

Downvoting this post does imply that you're prejudiced against certain breeds

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

I hope you're not too upset about being instance banned from a furry instance. Not a huge loss IMO. 😅 But that is some extremely snow-flakey power tripping, I will agree! Very childish!

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm not. Like I said, it was the shitty comment to go along with the ban. People who talk shit about others behind their backs are pathetic.

[-] kingofras@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

This is honestly the true price we’re paying for the Fediverse.

Reddit: one very well known billionaire enemy. Type fuck u/spez and try and cope.

Here: many instances (lemmy.zip, shitdoesntreallyworks, .ml etc) owned by spez clones who have no life and find random comments of other-instance users on their instance and instance ban them. And now apparently also for voting. The worst thing is that modlog doesn’t even properly display why and how and by whom you’re banned from that community. Or if it was instance or community level. Every week I see people who make sensible contributions permanently banned on the instance level and losing access to a community I mod because trigger happy owners have far too much power.

The Fediverse is not an improvement in this regard. And the worst part is this behaviour is often defended by an army of “just make another account” apologists.

Also notice that despite many reddit exoduses we’re still struggling to gain any meaningful monthly active users growth.

We need a system where admins can’t have sweeping powers, but saying that on here is not cool.

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

We need a system where admins can’t have sweeping powers, but saying that on here is not cool.

It's also just not possible to do that?

The comparison with /u/spez is off to me. He is more in a position of CEO than an instance admin. He doesn't get involved in the drudgery. Instance-level admins are more akin to reddit powermods, honestly. Spez is more akin to the devs, except in this case the devs don't control the instances.

[-] hesh@quokk.au 1 points 4 weeks ago

The point of federation isnt for each instance to be perfect. It's that you have options.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

Modlog intentionally hides the name of the admin responsible for mod actions to users.

This is by design of the Lemmy creators, but I feel like this intentionally inherits one of the worst things about Reddit: mod unaccountability to the community.

[-] remon@ani.social -1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

They banned me for suggesting to block their instance in another PTB thread. I see it as a badge of honour and nothing of value was lost.

[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de -1 points 4 weeks ago

Grow a fucking spine you pussy

Yeah, they won't. You're beating a dead horse.

[-] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 weeks ago

Typical from Draconic NEO.

PTB

this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2026

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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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