this post was submitted on 23 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.
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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Ima break both a personal rule and a community rule in hopes of making a point. I might fail, but please do understand nothing I'm saying is trolling.
You ever hear the term "you're not wrong, you're just as asshole"?
Well, if not, then welcome to knowledge of both the saying and the fact that you're not wrong, you're just as asshole.
Yes, I just called you an asshole, which is uncivil, and not directly on topic. This means that a mod of this community might well remove this comment. They might decide that my history in this community is such that I deserve other action, such as a temp ban, a public warning, a private warning, or even a permaban.
All of those have merit in response to me calling you a technically correct asshole. I would call a permanent ban PTB in this case, considering that I did lead off saying that it wasn't a random insult. But, if would have merit and be defensible because doing so wasn't absolutely necessary in order to partake in the conversation in this community.
I could have just said YDI/baiting and pointed out that you made entirely off topic insult to a user that had not previously insulted you. I could have just dropped the YDI and said nothing else. I had choices in how to approach this.
So, why did I take such a semi aggressive choice?
Well, I think it was the sheer arrogance of the comment you made in a travel community, and the fact that you took an off topic comment being removed as something out of line.
You know, us left wingers are not excused from a minimum level of manners just because we believe we're in the right. You know those assholes that show up to family reunions and holidays and won't shut the fuck up about politics? You just did that. You walked into a community unrelated to left wing philosophy and action, and let loose a proverbial shart.
It was inappropriate, rude, and did absolutely nothing to advance the cause of economic and social reform.
Now, I tend to believe in the freedom of speech, even rude speech. You had a right to be a dick. You also have to understand and accept that when you're a dick, there may be consequences.
All that mod did was the equivalent of you're grandmother pulling you aside and saying to be nice in her house. It was a completely acceptable and even handed action to take.
Now, again I'm going to break my personal rule of staying on the topic of mod actions rather than the original subject of a comment or post.
But, being real, if you expect anyone at all in the capitalist hellscape we live in to be swayed by your rolling up and doing the text equivalent of spitting in their face like a drunk uncle ranting about the brown people, you need to sit down and stop making the cause look bad. The left is already outnumbered in the capitalist world, and people being raving assholes does NOTHING to help.
There, that's my equivalent of spitting in your face at the Christmas party during a drunken rant. I accept any mod actions deemed necessary.
It's rich to claim "participate in the exploitation of the working class" through a euphemism, is not political. To continue your bbq analogy, it's like seeing your rich aunt discuss strategies about union busting in her factory during the party, and when you say "hey, maybe unions are actually good" you get called an "asshole" by her spoiled shitlib kid who want to think themselves a lefty.
The fact of the matter is that the post was inherently political and particularly that statement. Me calling it out doesn't make me an asshole, (and fuck you too btw), nor do we "advance the cause of economic and social reform" by hiding in niche political comms to talk about exploitation, because we might otherwise trigger the libs who moderate us away. We agitate wherever there's injustice, especially when it makes people uncomfortable and if you don't get that, well, "then welcome to knowledge".
PS: Writing this wall of text is just hobbyless behaviour.
Eh, that's all as may be, but none of that invalidates it being an acceptable mod action to only remove the comment.
Edit: also, lemmy is a hobby. I mean, c'mon, you run this branch of it, right? That's a hobby that supports the hobby of others scrolling and shooting the shit. Which, as an aside to that, I'm glad you do! I enjoy my hobby on your hobby sometimes :)
As far as hobbies go, punching left on the internet, is not exactly healthy behavior. I enjoy the creativity of the technical implementation, we are not the same. :P
No worries, I only punch taint, and only with consent lol.
Legit, I have no clue how anyone can maintain anything like this as long as you have. I would burn the hell out in a year. I assume an unhealthy streak of masochism has to be involved, what with the teeny tiny glimpse of understanding I have if implementing a lemmy instance. I seriously thought at one point of trying to set one up as a learning experience and noped the hell out fast.
Shit, I wouldn't even mod a significantly active community at this point. Just don't have the energy for it. Kudos to you!
TMI. Wait until you learn I also run and develop the AI Horde and Fediseer. My profession is in IT infrastructure automation and this is my way of doing mutual aid, so I'm more or less uniquely positioned to do this, but I do admit that I'm a freak.