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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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- PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
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Yes.. no response in the sub 1 hour timeframe since you messaged me.
I consider editorialised headlines to break global rule 0 of AZ, especially when being deliberately antagonistic in attempting to provoke a fight from those with differing opinions to you. ie don't be a dick. If you want to pick a fight, do it elsewhere.
In this case, I agree with the broad strokes of your opinion on the topic of the article you linked. Repost it with the original published title and it will stay. Add your own commentary to the post, not the headline.
can you amend the rules to clarify this stance please?
No. AZ isn't run by rules lawyers, no interest in posting every single possible action that contravenes "don't be a dick".
I am not trying to be antagonistic, why is submitting a news article with an edited headline being a "dick"?
this was not my intention, I don't want to trigger a fight, just plainly state how the actions relate to IL and the RBO to highlight the horror.
Re-read my previous comment, I won't be commenting further.
This seem distinctly power tripping, you wont explain your reasoning as to how the rules cover it. Meanwhile you project intentions onto me I do not have.
I am sorry to have annoyed you, but with the rules as they are I feel like you are behaving unreasonably. If you ammend them to cover submissions of news articles not copying their headlines (and whether there is a difference if the article is posted in the body or not) I will be entirely satisfied with the removal.
I know running coms can be stressful, but it can't be arbitrary.
Oh no. You were definitely given an answer, and an explanation. You just don't like them.
They owe you nothing at this point, you're a timewaster throwing a tantrum