this post was submitted on 10 Dec 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.
Posting Guidelines
All posts should follow this basic structure:
- 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).
- Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.
Rules
- Post only about bans or other sanctions that you have received from a mod or admin.
- Don’t use private communications to prove your point. We can’t verify them and they can be faked easily.
- Don’t deobfuscate mod names from the modlog with admin powers.
- Don’t harass mods or brigade comms. Don’t word your posts in a way that would trigger such harassment and brigades.
- Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.
- You can post about power trippin’ in any social media, not just lemmy. Feel free to post about reddit or a forum etc.
- If you are the accused PTB, while you are welcome to respond, please do so within the relevant post.
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.
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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I know. They just can't keep themselves away from a good pile-on because in their mind bullying works.
"Heh, engaging with items at the top of your feed? Typical toxic Hexbear behavior."
Damn Tankies using this website as it was designed!
Nooooo stop bullying smol bean db0, two people from the same instance saying true things is authoritarian, actually.
As opposed to an entire instance starting a fight for no reason, that's normal.
Yeah, how dare they engage with posts that show up on their feed, those bullies. They should let us slander them in our bullying com in peace!.
You really are a wretched hypocrite, willing to abandon all your claimed principles so long as you can punch left
Oh look, it’s the fucking idiot who called somebody a “Hitler loving pedophile” because they said something mean about communism.
Idk whose brain it is you have in a box, but you need to start using it for once.
Oh look, it's the fucking idiots who said Soviets deserved to die because they didn't surrender to the Nazis.
Holy shit, we found the least witty loser on earth
all imperialist soldiers deserve to die, shitstain, even "communist" Nazi-collaborating ones. stay mad about it tho.
I don't get why they're upset, they won't ever leave their basement. They won't get in a fight.
You sound really mad, maybe you shouldn't be in places you don't like for your blood pressure.
This coming from the guy who's so angry they're posting frothing screeds
This coming from the guy who has two accounts to spam the same talking points.