this post was submitted on 27 Jul 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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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 46 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

tbf the prime directive clearly states 'open source devs have the right to embed obfuscated arbitary blocklists in their software without notyifying users, and DDOS anyone who points it out'

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I want to let you know, this is my current favorite comment 🤘

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[–] OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Punishing the victims? really?

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[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 51 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

So when do instances start defederating startrek.website since they clearly want to be alone?

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 45 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

lemy.lol has announced to defederate 30 minutes ago and is currently defederated.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 29 points 10 hours ago

And much respect to them for how they handled this/themselves.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 23 points 9 hours ago
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 46 points 10 hours ago

I guessed I'd be seeing something here with the bans and removals that started cropping up in that thread...

100% PTB. Just removing anyone who is pointing out that its related to tesseract, a total lie, etc.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 40 points 10 hours ago

I'm not surprised. They were shit mods back on reddit and continue their shitty ways here in the fedi

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 39 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (4 children)

Out of curiosity what app do you use? For whatever reason I've never been able to get .gifs to upload (work in comments) using Jerboa.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

I've noticed that when you copy-paste a gif it ends up with only the first frame as a still image, but if you actually save it as a .gif file and then upload it, it works.

This is with either the default web UI or Voyager, BTW.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago
[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 hours ago

Boost.

GIFs often fail to upload due to size restrictions of the instances we use. When that happens, I upload to imgur or catbox and embed the link instead.

[–] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

You can just link to a GIPHY image using the !(link) markdown syntax.

Ex: Terminator

[–] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I guess someone needs to create the Star.trek lemmey instance

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

Man I don't even know what instance I'm on. Is there a good instance?

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Glad I already deleted my account there. And blocked the instance.

Shame, but I'd rather not be around members of a fandom that actively support shitty and shady practices like that, and I sure as FUCK don't want an admin that's complicit

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 hours ago
[–] OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

What is the suggested star trek community to use?

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 26 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I saw that one, but the posts are from 6 months ago.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Scroll down, those are pinned.

Last post is from ~2hrs ago.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Get on the good foot and do the bad thing! (by bad thing, I mean steal all their content and repost it on Risa!)

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Tenfoward is my usual go to but i gotta find an alt since it's on .world

Risa had some batshit drama of their own

[–] OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You know, I'm just realising that maybe AdmiralPatrick might have a bit more in common with his name sake than I originally considered. It doesn't make what he did okay. -Like the augments trying to give classified war plans to the enemy- but it does reframe it a little bit. pure speculation on my part but curious. Tenforward was my fav too but I'm settling into this account before I start making another alt.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

My big fat autistic arse with regulation issues is looking at him going "what a wretched cunt"

[–] OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 hours ago

yeah, he was def playing a bit more like Jack than Patrick

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

!risa@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

!tenforward@piefed.world

That one also hasn't had anything posted in a while though.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Is this the same Star Trek instance that had some huge drama with The Picard Manuever (? Maybe it was someone else?) that led to a user exodus? Or a different one?

[–] cm0002@lemy.lol 34 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Idk probably, the admins and mods over there are always power tripping about something.

There was also the whole Stamets writeup last year about their bs to

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 23 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

God, Stamets must be sitting there giggling into their icecream rn. Canary in the coal mine

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I always knew Stamets was a good egg.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 19 points 8 hours ago

We all knew Stamets was right just not HOW right

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 hours ago

Stamets! That’s who I was thinking of.

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 22 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

And now the whole thread is deleted.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 17 points 10 hours ago

Looks like its just locked to me

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 11 points 9 hours ago

Ok this is getting beyond "i h8 j00" territory and starting to sound like a spurned suitor boiling bunnies. Patrick. Patrick. You will find love. But not like this

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