this post was submitted on 28 Mar 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.
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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No, creating a new community is not the way to solve this sort of thing. Removing and banning the power tripping mod is the solution.
There is also a power tripping mod on !pics!pics@lemmy.world. See this post: https://slrpnk.net/post/34743977?scrollToComments=true
So there should be an authority above moderators that determines which moderators are fit to moderate? I don't see that being abused, ever.
You're probably right, though. We don't need gatekeepers keeping good people out. We need gatekeepers keeping things on topic and keeping bad people out. And by good and bad, I don't even mean morals, I mean, those who contribute and those who are a detriment. The problem is figuring out who's who. If I get a pretty nasty reply, I like to look at the user's post history. I know that's considered rude, but it can be enlightening. If the person generally helps someone, and then there's their comment to me, maybe another rude one, I think, I don't know this person's life, maybe they're going through something, maybe it's just a bad day. And I can forgive that. But if all they do is spew vitriol... that's an easy block.
But do I ever think everyone should be like me, or make decisions like I do? No, never. I recognise that too often, people who make bad decisions, or who decide poorly about things, do think everyone should think like them, and that is a fundamental problem even if you have better intentions. No, we should all be free to be ourselves, and to make mistakes. I don't know what kind of person should be a moderator. I tried it once, years ago. I was tested, and I do not think I did very well. My solution was "I'm not going to do this again."
The authority should be the people. A community is for the people, by the people. All a moderator needs to do is keep the community happy, by removing obvious spam. If a post is having engagement, even if it slightly breaks the rules, you let it be.
Again, a moderator is not a king. He is there to serve the will of the people. A community is made by the people/community, not by the moderator.
Agreed