this post was submitted on 11 Jun 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:
- 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.
- Keep the comments in YPTB posts about the moderation action itself, not about the general topic in which the moderation took place.
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.
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 know what you mean. After a protest (I did not attend, I was just nearby) I once walked up to a street medic covered in bruises saying absolutely terrible things about the police. I told them to remember that cops are people too and they just screamed at me and pointed at a lump on someone's head. Those shrill wokes will just not communicate with civility. We should exterminate them, for a comfier world🥰.
Cool story bro. How did you get the bruises?
Oh. Not mine. I was fine. Some tummy hurt later, I think maybe the chef wasn't 100% contamination-free on the gluten free pizza I was there for. Weird screamy jerk was covered in bruises and abrasions. So unreasonable and freaky looking. I had the same question actually, what do you even so to get so many bruises? Must've been something pretty bad. It looked like everybody had been messy-crying. Those people are all hysterical.
Im being hostile on a post where I said we should have compassion and understanding. I still want people to embrace the trans community and a handful of Lemmy users and a few mods won't change that
You asked a story doubting injuries you thought I had (you misread, they were not my injuries, but dude, dick move if they had been). I clarified and added detail to the story to clarify why I told it.
And I'm the rude one?