this post was submitted on 06 Aug 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:

  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
  4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

Rules


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.


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I pointed out the correct terminology for comms here on Lemmy. This is somehow blaming a victim. Help me understand.

The irony of just getting banned, no warning, from a power tripping comm about mod abuse is just next level.

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[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Even the OP's complaint of the post you were responding do was BS. He says never heard of those communities, but looks like he was downvoting a bunch of posts in those communities, which seems to part of his schtick. He wrote "subreddits" on purpose to get people riled up. The whole thing is BS from the beginning that you got pulled into.

Sure, it's kinda dumb and goofy. But at least now you know it wasn't serious, and your ban is only temp. When your ban is up in a couple of days, you can go and participate and even post your ban from there in there. Then you'll get a bunch of "So sorry that happened to you" And "poop in jail" comments.

I personally think that Lemmy is too serious most of the time. Not that I'm a huge fan of that comm's humor, but it can be fun to roll with it sometimes.

Unfortunately part of the joke is laughing at the newbies who go in there say something, then get banned. So whether you like the performance art or not, you've become a part of it! lol

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If this is "joking", I'd rather just block the whole "sub" and move on. Seems pretty low effort, like covering a hole with a rug and laughing when someone falls in.

I don't disagree about Lemmy being serious, but this is certainly not the antidote.

I blocked it a while ago. I only unblocked it as a result of your post to see what goes on. It hasn't changed at all. lol