this post was submitted on 08 Oct 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.
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- 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).
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- PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
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Oh what a shock, it's Goat, the known tolerator of Nazis until they get called out on it too often.
Wild but unsurprising goat only cares about clearing their good name over how shitty the only other mod is
goat loves to lie, it's like their primary method of engagement
And then say us documenting their actions (that they then go back and edit) are the real liars.
Screenshot Goat, they'll remove their posts to make you seem like you lied.
it's that or straight up gaslighting. When I called out the widespread use of 'degenerate' on meanwhile on grad being used to dehumanize whatever 'tankies' that they were sneering at, I provided 3 examples of different users doing that; one of those users in a direct reply to goat.
none of the posts in question got removed
goat has since said that 'oh it was only one user' - never mind that it was only the most egregious user out of all the examples I happened to provide (not an exhaustive list).
But he got banned for a week after months is dog whistles! That's totally being fair! Just accept months of insults and dehumanizing.
Also what dehumanizing language have we used on him? I'd love to see the full context.
I linked the post; according to goat 'a lot' of context is coming soon™
From the context that exists it sounds like the dehumanizing language is calling them fascists? I would love to have them elaborate so it can be addressed rather than vaguely gesturing.
no I don't like it when snark communities hold me responsible for anothers actions.
if you have a trouble with the moderation go and take it up with them, not me
Ohhhh I get it, you think this is a snark place. Or just want attention
I absoutely do think it's a snark place, yeah.
Like i'm being held responsible for actions that someone else did
Going with wanting attention
The other mod is as bad if not worse
No you don't understand he find extremism fascinating on both sides
But only criticises one, strangely enough
"I hate all extremism, I just only publicly declare my hatred for one and don't mind it when the others join me doing it."
I criticise all extremists
Extremism comes from everywhere, not from these both sides
Yeah for example you're an extreme centrist
lol whats that mean?
Well for example you're still "neutral" in the gazan genocide aren't ya?
nope. i don't approve of Israel's military actions in gaza and I don't approve of Hamas' actions either
Exactly. "Very fine people on both aide"
why do you think you need to be supportive of a military force?
Can't you be in support of the innocent?
Idealistic bullshit. When a guerilla defends people from a genocidal dictature you stand with the guerilla.
You want Palestinian to be defenseless. You want to spread the propaganda according to which the genocide was deserved because of hamas.
you don't need to defend hamas if you're for palestinian sovereignty.
Wasn't me fuckwit
your are still the second mod of that community , you are still responsible
I gave the community away, and I don't plan on moderating it. I'm remaining the head moderator in case of any potential drama or mod abuse from ikt.
I will wait for you to remove the other pro genocide mod for that community
Why should I entertain any of your demands when you call me a nazi even though I've asked people not to say that because it's hurtful?
Look, I don't know anything about you, and I'm not the person who said that, new to the thread, but you said you wanted to remain head moderator in case of mod abuse. We're seeing mod abuse. It's time to kick the other one out. Refusal after being made aware of this is approval if you want to remain head moderator to remove other mods for mod abuse.
Well, it's only mod abuse if it goes against the rules they've made. If they make a new rule stating no i/p content, then it wouldn't be mod abuse.
but yeah I've brought this to their attention and told them to rework their previous rules. If they don't, then I'll be resigning from the community, as I have no interest in moderating a worldnews community
Really though it's a minuscule community, with one post per day
i think i maybe don't understand your stance. you're remaining mod there to prevent mod abuse, have asked that this mod update the rules, and if they won't, you're going to let them run rampant? what does this accomplish? why not just resign either way since that's the path you most want to follow.
not trying to criticize, i just… am very confused
i can't leave the mod position, I don't have any option to do so
I am still confused on what your position is. So you were saying you were leaving this comm to the other mod, that you were staying to keep them accountable, that you would resign if they didn't respond to your response to hold them accountable, and now that you can't resign at all. I'm... I'm very confused. It seems like you should elevate this to the admins, I guess?
I'm equally as confused, as I haven't moderated or interacted with the community for two years. The only time I have is when I locked the community down and ikt asked to carry on moderation.
I don't care at all for the community and I also can't leave it.
i also struggle to see why i should care or why i should do anything, i gave up the community, i don't interact with it, haven't interacted with it for years.
Don't you mean eugenevdebs's called you a nazi?
If you want to not remove him fine , don't complain after that when people call you a zionist and anti Palestinian liberation person
I also never called him one, I said he tolerates Nazis on his instance. I've called him out on it, but he's not a Nazi. Some of the people there are, and are allowed in. That's my problem.
Oh, apologies, I got you mixed up with someone else
Yikes, sorry for thinking the community that you're still a mod of was possibly you, especially after you've previously shown simular situations of banning people for things you don't like.
I accept your apology, can you please edit a strikethrough of your previous comment?