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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.
Rules
- 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.
YPTB 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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If anyone has any doubts why I ban people, look no further than this. And this is tame compared to some of the abuse I experienced.
I've had people target me for alcoholism and cancer. There are real pieces of shit on Lemmy, and because of that to protect myself and my communities people will be banned at the first sign of trouble. Do I make mistakes? Sure. Although considering responses to bans like these or worse, I don't make very many.
You can dislike someone without slurring them.
You can?? Lol
I don't think you understand what "ally" means with that take.
It's a bold strategy Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.
Yuck transphobia 🤢
You can just use they/them
I would prefer people didn't when addressing me casually. I know for some people Ze/Zir is hard to remember, and it doesn't bother me much when I know people are trying and don't have malicious intent. But if someone openly refuses to use Ze/Zir pronouns because they feel like I "don't deserve it" that's different, and it does bother me that they are looking for ways or reasons not to respect my identity. They aren't actually trying.
Thats fair, I thought it would better to use they/them than directly slurring you.