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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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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.
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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Hi, that was me. Some relevant context is that uninformed FUTO fans regularly overwhelm discussion threads in spaces dedicated to free/libre open source software, arguing about if FUTO's license (which prohibits distributing modified versions of apps) meets definitions which it clearly does not. As I wrote in a previous PTB thread about my removal of FUTO misinformation/advocacy from !opensource@lemmy.ml:
In this latest case, I did consider removing the whole thread, but since it is generally raising awareness about /e/ OS's privacy-hostile behavior (rather than promoting it) i decided to leave it.
edit/p.s.: re one of your deleted comments saying that the license at least meets the cambridge dictionary's definition of open source: actually, no, it does not meet that definition either.
This comment is articulate and respectful in a way that in my personal experience and posts seen on this sub is unconventional for a .ml mod
Genuine kudos, keep it up !
This might be the first time I’ve seen an actual mod from .ml take action. All this time, I was thinking you were all basically neutered by the admins and just figureheads to provide the illusion of fairness.
He is an admin.
Well, there goes that. lol… and look! A.ml admin here to to toss another under the bus! Go figure.