this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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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.
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- 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.
- Keep the comments in YPTB posts about the moderation action itself, not about the general topic in which the moderation took place.
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.
YPTB 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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He's literally using it now as ammo that he's violating the disengage rule, and said I'm losing because he doesn't follow the instance and community rules.
If he replies and downvotes this, that's also a violation.
He also said he doesn't have more than one account. Which is clearly shown to be wrong by the screenshot, of a community he helps to run.
I genuinely don't know what's going on with this guy to hate me this much. He's just annoying and insulting. Claims I'm obsessed with him when I only talk about him when I'm reminded of him.
Meanwhile as soon as I log in and make comments, he's there without me replying to him.
It's more sad and annoying than anything meaningful. Especially looking at his modlog.
Again, mods, he's violating it while accusing me of violating it.
More lying about me (breaking community rules), I literally never said that.
You said disengage, so disengage. Stop abusing the rule to get the last word.
i think he's entirely within his rights cause you were continuing to insult him while insulting an entirely different user.
the post got moderated for being disgusting, rightfully so
ableism + gross
as near as i can tell you got told to disengage 3 days ago and continued to openly insult the guy afterwards. he's allowed to tell you off in return at this point.
it's like you're operating by israeli/US 'ceasefire' logic when it comes to this
Guy’s got lastworditis to boot. He’s just a time-suck. Report and ignore.
Weird that you don't care about his ableism towards me, and that report went unactioned...
Nope. Look again. That's literally my whole point.
He said disengage, so I stopped responding to him. Then he started shit talking me, unprompted, throughout the thread, which is a clear violation of the rule.
If he wants to stop talking shit about me and disengage, I'm happy to. But if he can't help himself then he doesn't get to cry foul.
Disengage.