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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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  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
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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.

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cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/20667086

This is a screenshot of comment getting removed from https://lemmy.world/post/36538255

They reference rule 2. There is no bigotry or harassment in this comment.

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[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

After reading all your comments here, YDI.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

YDI. You're not actually criticising from "both sides." You're attacking "woke" while praising some shitty gamers.

You're criticizing from the right because you're a reactionary right-winger (aka """libertarian"""). Reasonable people don't want to hear any more of that trash. It's already shoved down our throats from the capitalist media.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

YDI. Be normal.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

same cancel culture energy as the woke crowd jumping on games with sexy beautiful women

Yeah, that's not a thing.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Rule 2 also calls on civility, which I think is important here, because your comment (in context) comes off as a troll looking to start something.

I probably would have removed it too, but would have explained why it was inappropriate (in several ways).

YDI.

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

This was my mod action. Rule 2 is also about hard-line stances. This is the first time I've ever moderated for that reason, but it fit.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I question your reading of that rule:

No bigotry or harassment, be civilNo bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

It seemed civil enough.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It seemed civil enough.

It read like ragebait to me.

Further reading of OPs comments showcase a hatred of "the left", including assigning "the left" to right wing religious groups.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It read like ragebait to me.

Maybe your trigger is sensitive: in objective, dispassionate terms, can you articulate or point out the incivility: the harassment, bigotry, abusive language, antipathy?

Further reading of OPs comments

I guess I don't go reading through user histories looking to evaluate users. I evaluate the comment in front of me.

hatred of “the left”

Even the left "hates the left": we're a disagreeable bunch. Seems your judgement is based on bias. Unless you can define troll, I could imagine anything you object to qualifying: I partly left reddit to get away from such moderation lacking integrity.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

So do you think the OP here, using ablesism, insulting everyone who disagrees with them, and being blatantly incorrect about things easily proven wrong, was being kind?

If that's being nice and civil, then I hate to see what you consider rude.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe your trigger is sensitive

With zero reason to do so, they brought up a hardline stance against "the left" in a thread about racists and a game about Africans.

Harassment, bigotry, and abusive language don't come into play.

I guess I don't go reading through user histories looking to evaluate users. I evaluate the comment in front of me.

I evaluate context. A well meaning user can often be misinterpreted. I generally don't act on any community I mod without evaluating context for the comment as well. It could be poor phrasing due to English being a second language or a variety of other issues.

Context is always important.

Even the left "hates the left": we're a disagreeable bunch. Seems your judgement is based on bias. Unless you can define troll, I could imagine anything you object to qualifying: I partly left reddit to get away from such moderation lacking integrity.

It seems youre trying to decide how I evaluate things for me, as well as then trying to paint me (not the mod in this case) as lacking integrity.

I'm not interested.

For the record, I would consider that sort of commentary in line with ragebait, as you have phrased things in a way to get a rise out of someone. Alone, not worthy of removal, but perhaps a comment to point out the antagonistic nature of your comment does not lend itself to constructive discussion.

Edit: Wrong part of paste cut out on the first section.

[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 8 points 3 days ago

While I think that community is quite quick to delete stuff, I also think you intentionally write like an attention seeking troll. Totally deserved.