this post was submitted on 02 Sep 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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Lol, it would have been funny. But indeed a waste. I think my reaction would have been to immediately crumble under what I thought was responsibility to a community but clearly was projecting an obligation onto myself that's absent.
But who knows? Perhaps a gentle and docile soul like mine would immediately tarnish and grow reptiles of the mind when presented with the smallest amount of authority. I could be like any willful mortal if given the One Ring.
Exactly what happened to me. Yesterday at McDonalds drive-thru, employee told me I was gonna have to wait while fresh fries were made. I immediately replied with, "I mod a community on Lemmy! Don't you realize how important I am? Do you realize how many downvotes I get because I'm 'Lemmy-famous'? My name alone makes people angry! They don't even have to read my reply. I have Lemmy stalkers! That's how important I am! I shouldn't have to wait for fries!"
She then asked me what a mod was, what Lemmy was, then pointed to parking space #3 (by the trash can) where I had to wait for my fries.
Freshly made McD's fries are awesome tho, so it all ended well.
Also, just checked because I got curious. Some of the accounts following you around downvoting your comments are alts with the same name. You could probably reach out to their instance operator about that, since vote manipulation is bannable on the whole fediverse
Yeah, it's a stalker I've had for almost an entire year now. He's actually started several posts in this community and claims I am someone else.
He thinks he can bully me off of Lemmy. He can't.
I'll DM ya for some fun notes, and give you the reasoning why I mod the way I do. If we discuss here, it may be removed as off-topic. I won't bore you, but it's an interesting study about some of the more extreme personalities we have on Lemmy.
Oof, yeah there's some "eccentric" types I've started watching for too unfortunately. Was just on another thread where somebody was talking about how it's getting kind of bad. But sure, I like gossip.
Sent. It's boring, but you'll notice the pattern.
And in relation to OP's post, it is becoming a bigger pattern overall on Lemmy. I'm seeing a lot more bullying behavior, calls for violence for the simplest things, and just really ugly stuff. Lemmy has always had some extremists, but I have noticed it's increased lately. Gods help us all when it gets closer to US elections time!
And then as the regular types leave because of the toxicity, the extremists/eccentrics stick around and start to be more and more excessive.
I don't wanna go off topic, but even here in this YPTB comm, I'm noticing less and less civility and just open blatant bullying to people who disagree.
Luckily the mods and admin here are awesome and do a great job of removing the really bad stuff pretty quickly!
Iconic behavior! 🤣 Never let them stand between you and your bag (of fries), King. They're tripping, they should have known who you were.