this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2025
342 points (97.5% liked)
Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
1644 readers
9 users here now
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.
Relevant comms
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
No, these are entirely different things. You're essentially saying that it is useless to take public opinion polling on whether they prefer socialism or capitalism because some people would say they prefer colonialism over neocolonialism or imperialism. Citing the fact that Russia has increasing support for socialism as proof of Russians having increased support for socialism is perfectly valid.
Taking your logic at face value, if someone said "I like chocolate," your equivalent counter would be asserting that that's the same as saying "I like fascism." It doesn't logically follow, the point is about Russians supporting socialism, which is increasingly true.
Citing the fact that Nigeria has increasing support for colonialism as proof of Nigerians having increased support for colonialism is perfectly valid.
This is your argument but for colonialism.
It's quite impressive the mental gymnastics you're using to avoid debating my actual claim which is clear as day to understand. The point is Nigerians supporting colonialism which is increasingly true
I'm not arguing for colonialism, I'm arguing for socialism, and the stat I gave was in the context of other points. Secondly, you gave no source on Nigerians wishing to return to colonialism, you made that up for your Mad Libs argument. You're caught up in trying to point out hypocricy and false rhetoric that doesn't exist.
I don't need a source. Go to any African country and ask them whether they wish to return to colonialism.
I'm telling you using nostalgia as evidence to return to a system is faulty due to those that revere harmful systems as well. Hence my citing of Nigerians who revere colonialism.
Don't know why it's this difficult for you to grasp this point
So you made it up, just to argue rhetorically using a hypothetical you lied about? No, Nigerians do not want a return to colonialism, you lied about them wanting it back increasingly over time to paint me as a hypocrite.
Yes they do. Go speak to some Nigerians
I'm sure you can find at least one Nigerian that wishes to return to colonialism, but no such polls exist indicating there is rising support for colonialism in Nigeria. You made that up to prove a point. You lied.
Mate i AM a Nigerian who has spoken to many such Nigerians. It's a very common sentiment. Again, go speak to some Nigerians
i know a bunch of nigerians who disagree with you and say it isn't common.
now that we've cancelled eachother out in order to continue this you'll need to find a poll.
Here's one of South Africans revering the apartheid regime
I’m sure you can find at least one Nigerian that wishes to return to colonialism, but no such polls exist indicating there is rising support for colonialism in Nigeria. You made that up to prove a point. You lied.
Oh noo! You repeated your point again; now I've run out of refutations and am forced to do nothing else but agree with you
It is hard to defend that you made up a point to attack a completely valid one, correct.
Wrong. You're just not interested in engaging even though you understand the underlying logic of my claim
I understand the fundamental errors in your logic that defeat itself, yes.
Great!