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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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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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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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So.
As someone who knows more information about this, I feel like I should add this information before things go further.
Jordan has had access to that bot for nearly (if not more) 2 years. How do I know this? Because I had access to the same bot. Back in the day when I was very very active I had a dedicated stalker, DroneRights. They now go by the name DragonFucker or whatever. A lot of brand new accounts were being made just to harass me and all of them were pretty obviously alts of DroneRights. Like either self admitted or the same username but different instance. I used the bot as I was told and removed those accounts when it was made undeniable they were the same person. I did also use it once to remove CSAM that had been posted and reported but admins weren't around/awake. After 5ish minutes of no one responding to the callout in the Discord server, I used the bot myself to remove the CSAM. I feel every use of it was justified, at least by me.
Jordan?
I don't know why he was given access to the bot in the first place. Around that time in the server I do remember Jordan talking about being harassed and dealing with some personal stuff that the harassment was making more difficult. I didn't (and still largely don't) care about anything outside of my little meme areas so I wasn't really paying attention to anything Jordan said but I do remember seeing him use it and all of these memories are from a while ago. I haven't been in that server since like April. But I saw him use it for anything from CSAM to spam to harassment.
first using a.i tools to detect alts and now using discord bots to give admin privileges to anyone with the bot access
is .world too big for the mod team to handle?
Honestly, I'm just questioning why you're lying.
You said elsewhere that you got those screenshots months ago but that is a blatant lie.
I also just finished saying in a comment that I know about this situation and the users. So why you think I either wouldn't instantly refute your claim and call you a liar... I don't know.
That discord message was sent 4 days ago of this year.
Why are you lying?