this post was submitted on 13 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:

  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  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).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

Rules


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.


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Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
Rimu

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

Kicking from all Matrix PieFed rooms

Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

Rimu has been manufacturing non-stop drama for weeks. He ignores multiple offers from multiple parties to de-escalate, and now he bans someone for trying to promote non-discriminatory language. He has also now cut off a PieFed admin from any and all support and ability to contribute to the software.

Oh and the real kicker ? Rimu did all this after his big grand post about how he is stepping back from drama and hiding away from users.

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@piefed.zip 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, that is a weird jump in accusations. Like... completely non-sequitur. If some important context isn't missing, this is weird behavior. possibly a sign of pathological issues.

so, yeah, unless something important is missing, PTB

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Stamets wrote up an amazing summary of events so far if you can find it.

There’s a lot of previous drama Rimu has made that you can see across the few posts below this one and on the Fediverse comms. The latest thing was he shadowbanned quokk.au so their posts don’t show up in all or new users can find the instance to join.

He’s declared war on anarchists and all other leftists basically.

Edit: He has now provided his “justification” for the act

Mind you he hasn’t kicked anyone else on the same “side” as her.

Mind you he hasn’t kicked anyone else on the same “side” as her.

No one besides an "individual moderator" here on dbzer0 has made him upset enough to do so. I reckon that'll will change soon enough.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@piefed.zip 20 points 1 day ago

man, why are devs, so often, just sources of bullshit

she has to deal with the consequences of her actions (which I hand out)

catgirl-disgust

[–] taco_shale032@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Can you link to any of these messages? I can’t seem to find these conversations back.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Jiggle_Physics@piefed.zip 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

thank you, gonna switch instance

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well the reason is obvious after all

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

“Obvious reasons” was all Rimu said to explain why he shadowbanned them.

I’m making fun of his lack of communication.