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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).
- Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
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YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.
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- 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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Subscribed! Though it would be nice if that space ends up being more heavily focussed on Aussie policing, as !thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world definitely has a heavily US focus.
Considering I'm probably going to be 99.99% of the content posted, I'm sure it'll have a strong aus slant!
What sort of content should be posted there, links to news, video of incidents, memes, all of the above?
Well, !thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world absolutely feels like a more serious space with a centrist lean and I think the name reflects that. However, with a name like !acab@quokk.au I'd assume that it's going to be a touch less serious and a lot more left-leaning. In that case, I think all of the above might be good? I would've loved a space to post news and videos related to the cops in Melbourne protecting alt-right counter-protestors and pepper-spraying the original protestors a few weeks back. I might still go post about that to help add some content since it's brand new.
Additionally, as mentioned in another comment, I don't have a tonne of spare energy because of my disability, but I'd love to contribute to moderation if that's something you need. I mainly didn't feel like I'd be doing a space justice if I were to create it, nor have the spoons to find moderators to contribute either.