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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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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).
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PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
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YDM new - You Deserved More: The commenter thinks you got off too lightly.
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Account banned on lemmy.ml/c/communism for 'rule 4' - in a community with no rules, that I've never posted in. (quokk.au)

submitted 1 month ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards

https://lemmy.ml/u/davel

2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?

Community Ban

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).

(I have not posted there)

Likewise the community has no rules listed, so I'm not sure how I've broken rule 4

Davel is probably going to try to claim me downvoting a post or comment of his that popped up on my feed or something as me breaking the entire instances rule 4 (no spam?) - which is why I need to be banned only from one community I don't engage in.

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately, even going so far as to downvote me telling real legitimate antisemites to 'fuck off'.

Even CowBee had the decency to admit they were in the wrong and change their ragevote to an upvote.

Davel however seems to especially thinskinned even for the typical .ML'er and would rather double down and engage in poorly disguised retaliation bans for criticisms of a political ideology.

This thought terminating behaviour on display by one of the admins of such a reputable and outstanding instance as Lemmy.ml was not at all warranted and I hereby call on the leadership at lemmy.ML to unban me so that I may continue to not post in their community.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Getting banned from communities you don't even post on, Lemmy really is a full featured Reddit replacement.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aha, but does Reddit have a YPTB to call out the PTBs? I thought not! Checkmate!

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[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

perhaps lemmy.ml is, but no one is forced go on that instance

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 21 points 1 month ago

.ml is there and available on the fediverse in the same way that warm and somewhat leaky packs of discount meat are there and available on the shelf.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Problem is the tankies aren't staying there. One of them has even managed to infiltrate the db0 leftymemes mod team... despite it's claims of being "free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad."

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

Except lacking notification that your content was removed. And a mod mail to ask questions about why. Together that makes lemmy.ml even more authoritarian than Reddit! (For an instance owner Lemmy offers freedom, but for an end-user not so much.)

Also it's missing polls. And user and post flairs. And multi-communities. And... well, need I go on? (PieFed has all of these already btw.)

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

PTB, it was probably because you keep triggering them in /c/leftymemes. Also lol at the hexbears in here calling YDI because their feelings are constantly being hurt.

EDIT: Omegalul at all the salt below.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Weird how they came in here suddenly.

B-but it was on all of our front pages! Ignore when we post it, link it, screenshot everyone, on our Slop community! Then talk about how much we hate them but don't do anything to stop getting angry about it on the same community!

Edit: it keeps happening, wow I'm so shocked.

Edit 2: on the front page of Slop, users from Hexbear commented and then went to the post being discussed https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/59235577?scrollToComments=true

"But we don't do that! Lemme just prove we do!"

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 9 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I don't mean to rock the boat so often in your house, it's just where all the good comms are. Let me know if it's ever too much and I'll stop.

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[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Look ma i'm in the picture!

I think by rule 4 they meant lemmy.ml's one, i.e. 'No Ads / Spamming.'? But it's very odd they'd ban you in that one specific community.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

External users downvoting is considered "vote spamming". You can check my moderation history, they used that justification for me. I just downvote low-value content as I see it.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Are you serious? They consider downvotes originating from outside the instance, spam?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

Apparently.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

They'll find any excuse to ban you if you say something the admins don't like.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can I please get your autograph?

Yeah I assumed it was that, but it was so poorly worded and completely unwarranted by anything as I've never posted so cannot spam or 'ads'.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Spamming dissent, their most unforgivable sin.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

Spamming dissent by saying nothing, a new low for Devel.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 30 points 1 month ago

such a reputable and outstanding instance as Lemmy.ml

unban me so that I may continue to not post in their community

Wheeze... More! Do you do standup?

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

PTB.

I am so sorry you've had to go through this awful experience. It is entirely unsurprising for that mod in particular. Extremely defensive 100% of the time whenever they encounter an Anarchist.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 18 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Thank you for your continued support, I am considering legal action to recover the monetary damages for how distressed I am by this unprovoked rageban.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago

Clear PTB from .ml here. Jesus Christ.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

lemmy.ml is operated by emotionally stunted clowns.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 21 points 1 month ago

Be fair to clowns, they contribute meaningful social commentary.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh are we doing that shit now? banning someone from one community for activity in another is so Reddit.

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That rule 4 probably refers to the instance wide rule 4, which seems to be "No Ads / Spamming."

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Which is still weird because I've never made no posts or ads in the community.

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[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately

the lack of effective blocking is what really kills Lemmy….
it’s like it was custom made for harassment and brigading.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

Amazing display of left unity today by Hexbear.

We can't call out bad faith actions and active spamming to tire people out, but they will gladly jump down your throat.

They can ban people for asking too many questions but if we ban them we aren't leftists.

You call them out it's a tirade and a rant. You give them links to show they have a bias, you're the bad guy.

Rules for thee not for me is what Stalin wanted after all, it's just praxis for them. Can't wait to see how many are angry at us for not obeying their rules on another instance.

Blah blah "but muh all" blah blah "post hog" blah blah "you just hate us for causing a mess and cleaning it up". Hope you guys have jobs and interact with real humans and stop LARPing as the revolutionaries Stalin would have shot when they stopped being useful.

Amazing how to some we're the Tankies when we didn't say Stalin wasnt Christ reborn and we get spammed with it. I come back from work and I have more messages than when I upset someone with a bot farm.

Left unity my ass. We can't criticize you but you'll kill Makhno and say you did us a favor. Can't wait until Hexbear circlejerks about this and swear this time for real they'll defed from us.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

This is the tankie malding I live for. 😂

Cue another post in c/Slop about this time they’re 💯 gonna defed from us for sure

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