this post was submitted on 10 Dec 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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the lack of effective blocking is what really kills Lemmy….
it’s like it was custom made for harassment and brigading.
Adding features to stop that is actually counter revolutionary, if you don't like spam you're actually a liberal.
If I block someone - I never see their content, posts, or messages to me again.
What aspect is ineffective?
In most cases, you’d want a block to go both directions. Imagine you’re being stalked by a user. In its current implementation, blocking that user won’t stop the stalking, because they can still see and interact with your posts. You simply won’t be able to see their interactions. If they comment on your post, you won’t see it because you have them blocked. But your block does not prevent them from seeing, voting on, or commenting on your post.
Essentially, lemmy’s current block function works more like a mute. When you “block” someone, you’re just muting their interactions so you don’t see the harassment. But it doesn’t actually stop them from harassing you. It just ensures you can’t see it to stay on top of it. To use the earlier stalker example, what if they’re amping up their stalking and have started doxxing you, and you’re completely oblivious because you’re not seeing their responses to your posts?
this someone can still follow you and downvote everything you post, and comment on everything you post, and all you’ve done is make it so you can’t tell.
So if you can’t tell, why does it matter? People that do that do it for the attention you give them. If you’re not giving them any attention because they’re blocked, they go away.
I mean.. I guess that's not ideal? On the other hand, they keep wasting their time, and I get on with my life. So I'm OK with it this way.
that’s fine if you assume it’s just one single person and you’re still on the 1997 internet
Well now I'm not sure what you're after. If it turns into brigading that's a separate issue, and blocking one or two users from seeing your post won't fix that, right?
most other fediverse softwares have blocks run two ways to reduce risk of harm via stalking, brigading, and dogpiling. there's a difference between muting someone and blocking them on things like mastodon. on lemmy blocks are equivalent to mutes on mastodon
I can see how that would be very helpful to some people. Thanks for explaining
If you can’t see someone’s posts then they’re blocked for all that matters. Anyone wanting more than that is being too precious.
Idk if it's even rage downvoting when op does vindictive stuff like this https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/58724904
Or doing exactly what they're complaining about here to that same user
i’m not offering an opinion on that, i’m talking only about the ineffectiveness of “blocking” on lemmy