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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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- 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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Not taking any sides here. You’re both faceless entities who post stuff I enjoy from time to time. Now thats out of the way: Let me get this straight.
You called him a whiny bitch. He got petty and banned you from his meme community for being a hypocrite. You called him a loser who gets worked up about stuff way too much. After which you got worked up so much you started this thread and insulted him for 8 and a half minutes straight. You acted in a way that I first hesitated writing this, because no one wants to deal with this kind of shit.
All this just days after you called out Jordan Lund for being a toxic and bad influence on the Fediverse.
Did I miss something?
It is possible for both sides of a disagreement to wake up and choose
Yep. You're missing a bunch, making assumptions and then simplifying the issue. Not meant to be read in a bitchy tone but it may come off that way. Genuine apologies.
I called him a whiny bitch off of lemmy after he had been spending most of his time on Lemmy trying to start shit between instances.
Yep. I called him a whiny bitch because he actively spawns constant non-stop threads generating drama about specific issues. I made 3. He's made so many he's been banned from shit non-stop for inciting hostility and hatred towards people.
Nope. That's where you're just making assumptions. If I was "worked up" I would have been paying attention to this thread constantly, I would have dug into the shit about him, I would have taken screenshots. Jordan? Yeah. That was me worked up and If you've seen the Jordan posts then you know I'm not exactly one to shy away from effort in that regard. However... I used to be a stand up comedian and roasting the fuck out of audience members was kind of my forte. This wasn't me being worked up, this was me being bored. Moreover, I decided to troll the troll. He gets so prissy and upset about his ego that he's sitting in a matrix channel with a keyword set up for his own name. I went off for 8 and a half minutes because I knew that him being that self absorbed would mean he couldn't not listen to it.
And there's the simplification. I called out Jordans behavior as a moderator and dealing with criticism as a moderator being a bad influence on the Fediverse. Him constantly rolling up in particular threads to try and defend himself by lying, spreading misinformation and generally being a menace. PugJesus did the same type of shit so severely he was banned from this community. Both of them were called out as harming the fediverse by acting like petty reddit mods. Am I a moderator? Yep. Did I do anything on my communities to these dudes in response to them doing anything? Nope. Because I'm not willing to do the same thing they are. But this dude has been going around and being a toxic troll to literally everyone and not every fire you use water for. Some fires you fight with more fire. Other ones? You just laugh because the fire can barely threaten itself.
Edit: My mistake. PJ was banned from the whole ass instance for that behavior.