this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2026
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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.
- Keep the comments in YPTB posts about the moderation action itself, not about the general topic in which the moderation took place.
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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Well, usually, you'll message the mods if that community, then post a meta post in that community. No point in doing so elsewhere.
I disagree.
I guess I really have to create a c/appeals
What do you think c/appeals would do?
If it isn't run by the admins and mods that you would appeal to, it's useless. An appeal that isn't made to a person that can change the thing being appealed is just whining with extra steps. This community already serves tat purpose, and it at least has enough of a user base that it might get attention from a mod that's being PTB accused.
So, I guess you can feel free to disagree with the fact that the established method for making appeals, or seeking changes in policy goes through the mods of a community, but that's just delusion.
You can also feel free to start any community you want that the instance admins where it's hosted are okay with. Hell, even though it's pointless for the thing you're here complaining about, it would at least be more productive than this post was lol.
For real here, you don't have to like the responses to a PTB post. It's pretty damn common that if the consensus verdict isn't PTB that some degree of butthurt will occur. But if you don't at least recognize that you're being told in a very direct manner that what you wanted to hear is just not a reflection of reality.