this post was submitted on 17 Aug 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.
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.
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- 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.
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Accusing a user of being a paid troll account is against the rules in most instances, even if you somehow have strong evidence for it.
It's an unfalsifiable claim and is frequently used as a way to harass another user over a disagreement.
YDI.
It is enough to look at this user commenting history to substantiate the claim.
If you see a nazi, say "nazi"
If you see a Russian troll, say "Russian troll".
Like I said, its not about having evidence or not. It's a disingenuous way of harassing someone for having an opinion you disagree with.
If the opinion is a rule-breaking one, then report it. If it isn't, find a more constructive way to deal with your disagreement.
Too many people (myself included) learned to focus on the person, instead of the idea.
That leads to sophist arguments ("you're a troll"), rather than searching for the truth that lies somewhere between different viewpoints.
It's not easy to keep in mind and to find ways to stay on the subject.
very well said
not to mention if you look at the comment history and you see nazi or troll or such then just block.
No, if you see a nazi or troll call it out so that administration can remove it and keep the community healthy. Do not turn a blind eye to a fucking nazi bar.
Im sorry but im not that nice. I want to block him till the administration deals with his account and he makes an alt I have to then block.
Blocking someone is far more 'nicer' than directly and publicly shaming someone and calling them out for their bad behaviour.
no im mean nice to the community.
Being a paid troll is one thing. If I see someone spreading pro fascist propaganda, I wouldn't call them paid, but I would absolutely call them out on promoting fascist propaganda
The issue is, you just broke rules too.
Next time.
Just report him or say something more civil. But honestly if you see a rule breaker just report him.
It's like kinda like real life you don't deal with criminals the justical system in this case mods and admins do.
That's interesting, because when I say "Nazi", you say "Russian troll". Maybe you have your favorite Nazis after all?
They might be a troll but how did you jump to the paid part?