this post was submitted on 05 Jan 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.


Posting Guidelines

All posts should follow this basic structure:

  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
  4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

Rules


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.

YPTB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.


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geteilt von: https://lemmy.world/post/41163572

Both mods are also moderators of announcements@discuss.online; they are admins, this is their instance, and they are engaging in vote tampering to boost their instance and its communities over the rest of the fediverse.

jgrim@discuss.online m_f@discuss.online

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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I found the platform pretty streamlined. I've had to learn so many different programs by this age of the internet, I'm willing to take the time to get used to anything.

I use Lemmy for managing my communities, conversations, rare debates, and I browse by subscribed. I have like two bots blocked and that's it, so Lemmy.Today suits my ideal experience, after trying a few instances — the policy is *not to defederate from anyone until they make problems. The core tenants are simple: be civil, no bigotry. Mr. Manager is a helpful, approachable admin.

For piefed, I don't like the flagging of low karma accounts or the automatic instance blocks for .ml, .grad and hexbear(even if you can undo it right away.) I'm not a big fan of subscribing by categories either, and didn't stay long enough to sort that part out. For me, the sign-up wizard was too much like other social media onboarding I'm not a fan of. That kind of sums up my opinion of it: it's more public friendly-feeling and that irks me as a little trashy bitch goblin. I prefer to be thrown in blind where I can hit buttons until I figure it out.

There were things I liked. As an avid decentralist I'm glad there is a Piefed out there, but I prefer my instance for now.

Either way, thanks for taking the time to add some information. I'm sure it'll help folks figure out where they want to be even if it didn't change my mind.

Edit: a word

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

That's a great description of your experiences, thanks for sharing it, I hope it helps me refine my evangelism, like to know when not to push if someone is not likely to enjoy using PieFed.