this post was submitted on 20 May 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:

  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.

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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.

YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.


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I'm not OP, but from the timeline it seems legit.

Timeline:

  1. OP posts comment
  2. Mod removes comment with no reason
  3. Mod post the exact same comment that was removed
  4. OP complains and shows a screenshot.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/38365398/18703582

https://archive.is/l9kQN

Edit: User says there was a reason-

My comment was similar to Stupes.

The reason for it being deleted was the same as his reply to Stupe

That means the mod removed the post because it was similar to an entirely different user and then posts the same thing as the user's comment that was removed, 15 minutes later.

I don't understand the why of this? I've seen him be great, what is the point of all this.

EDIT 2: This seems to be my mistake or OP was fibbing. Regardless, still a little weird, but feel free to go after me if you feel necessary. I apologize for the drama.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I do think they're ran by a corporation of some kind, but I'd lean more towards a social media company like Meta or Reddit. They power moved themselves as controlling the front page pretty early on.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

They power moved themselves as controlling the front page pretty early on.

Its about banning from specific sublemmy like news, politics, political_memes, and world such that only a specific world view is allowed to filter through, and frankly, Jordon Lund isn't even close to the worst offender. By far, squid was an order of magnitude more editorial. Jordon's got issues like his completely ridiculous on what counts as a news source (he bases this on the technology stack a site is producing content under rather than if they have an editorial review board or not), but as a volunteer mod doing a thankless job, I've tried to give them some grace when it comes to their actions.

Its wearing thin though.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -3 points 13 hours ago

Lemmy.world big subs at regime front on fedi shilling regime favourable talking points while censoring criticism

Reddit.Org does similar for German Nazi nepo baby regime