this post was submitted on 07 Apr 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.
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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.
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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The posts break our instance rules. Our users signed up to MULTIVERSE because of our anarcho-antireal moderation policies that protect users from authoritarian propaganda. Nobody subscribed to Memes of Production because they want to avoid hearing debate between leftists about proper praxis. Deceptichum is very welcome to make a PTB post, as I have, if they disagree with our instances moderation policies. For My part, I made a PTB post to point out Deceptichum's moderation without policy. Anarchists in a position as community leaders and facilitators don't just do whatever we want, we follow a code of ethics and principles. What you're advocating for is a lack of accountability from community facilitators.
And to answer your question, our perceptions are influenced by our beliefs. Or beliefs, by our culture and communications media. So if the billionaires buy control of mass media (which they have), they can essentially rewrite reality for those susceptible to propaganda (which is everyone). A left realist believes we should still believe in an objective universe, but invest control of our subjective perceptions in the institutions of science. A left antirealist believes that the power is too dangerous for anyone to use wisely, and we should instead wholly do away with the concept of an objective reality, because it's too easy for Capital to use to control us. In other words, realists seek to put authority in people who can be trusted, antirealists seek to destroy the authority structures themselves.
Obviously, you can see the applicability of anarchism to all of this.
you're harassing and trolling the comm, and you have the audacity to complain about self defense in the face of your antagonistic behavior? now you're adding badjacketing to your list of offensive actions.
Openly disagreeing with a post's ethics is not any kind of violent act. That's a duplicitous act of manipulation you're engaging in. I'd appreciate it if we could have a conversation in which you speak honestly.
i'd appreciate it if you stopped being a bootlicking piece of shit. but I don't think either one of us are going to get what we want, because you're a lying little shitlib pretending to be a leftist.
It's unfortunate, I used to have a lot of respect for Grail, but Their recent behavior has been more than concerning lately. It's sad but not surprising, a lot of people who are shitlibs pretend to be leftists and you only find out when they crash out like this.
Grail has always been like this, not a big shock. Always had the weirdest opinions for a leftist.
I don't deny that They've had some weird opinions, although I hadn't seen them acting like this much of a shitlib until very recently.
They defended Biden in 2024, they are a classic shitlib.