this post was submitted on 20 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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I don't like sports content. Therefore I blocked all sports communities.
I don't live in the UK, or in Australia, or Canada, etc. Therefore I blocked all communities for individual specific places within those countries - London, Ontario, etc.
The difference is - and remember you asked us, we didn't just start DMing you out of nowhere - that I do not begrudge the very existence of those communities. If someone ELSE wants to discuss sports, then I believe that they should be free to do so. If someone ELSE lives in London, then same.
Maybe I misunderstood and you were trying to state that the content that you downvoted was not merely irrelevant to you personally, but objectively bad? If so, it might have helped to have included links to some good examples, if you want help from this community to obtain an external judgement check on that determination. The vast majority of people here cannot see what content you recently downvoted - and even you might not fully recall, since 5-12 is quite a range that leaves a lot in doubt.
But even if all that content was objectively bad, why be salty about being banned from a community that you claim to have no interest in seeing?
What it LOOKS like - and I could be wrong but again, I am not DMing you out of nowhere, you ASKED for people's opinions in this post - is that you would prefer that you be allowed to continue to shit on other people's content, and in a manner that overrides the consent of the members of that community (proffered via the mod acting on their behalf) to be so shit upon. Think about it. If I am not entirely correct then what I am saying still has a point to it nonetheless. Or if you would rather, block me. You do have all the power here, decide how you want to wield it.
silence troll, you are wrong again
Once again, no receipts, just "wrong"? Perhaps you could do us both a favor and simply block me, to avoid your having to be exposed to such facts that you seem to deem unpleasant?
Because you are a troll and I'm not engaging. You are clearly a very sad person desperate for interaction judging by how you are up and down this thread replying to people with debatebro nonsense. You are not worth the receipts.
Sorry that my allowing myself to get triggered and snarky got in the way.
You literally asked for our help though... and many people in this post have explained why you got banned. We're fine - you are the one feeling put upon, where your actions are causing consequences that you did not foresee. I hope that you feel more empowered now, you CAN ban people, and block whole entire communities, that you do not want to see content from - YOU are totally in control there!
I think you can be much happier, if you take ownership of your choices in life... and their projected outcomes.
Back again with the nonsense, begone troll.
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