this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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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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Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.
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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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Yeah. That's how talking points work. They pick some type of accusation or claim that serves the purpose they want to accomplish, and they just keep hammering. It doesn't need to be true. It needs to be emotionally resonant in some way, and it needs to just be repeated with a lot of force and conviction behind it, from a lot of different sources. Eventually, it'll take hold, because the internet is a wild and mostly fact-free place.
I think it's why they got so excited when this original post got removed, and why they are still here making noise about it. They're going to milk this for as much as they can, to try to paint as much of the picture as they can while the opportunity is available. I realize I sound like some kind of conspiracy theorist but at this point I'm pretty solidly convinced of it.
Most conspiracy theorists are.
I'm going to give them slightly more credit than you do... I don't really see it as a conspiracy theory.
YPTB us made up, largely, of angsty kids who are of the opinion "fuck your rules". They are anarchists who don't feel communities should have any moderation AT ALL.
They aren't upset at MY moderation, they chafe at ANY moderation.
It's generally not personal for them, it's a reaction to being told by the adult in the room "No, we don't allow that here."
9 times out of 10? I just dismiss their complaints with a subtle jerking off motion, which is all they deserve.
Yeah, we're angsty anarchists for sure. Which is why leftists fight in the streets, while liberals stay in the tweets. You finally said something that wasn't bullshit!