this post was submitted on 14 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.
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.
- 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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I'm asking you both now to drop this. Stop shit talking blahaj and engaging in slap-fights. This is not in-scope in this comm.
I'm fine to not engage in slap fights, and I'm not trying to shit-talk blahaj. If the other user indeed drops it, or is given a timeout if they continue, then I will stop. For clarity, I detest the transphobes that shit on Blahaj for respecting neopronouns and have no problems with them on that basis. I know the anti-Blahaj crowd is usually like that and I want no association with them, and I don't even consider myself anti-blahaj, I only mentioned them with respect to the possibility that Rimu is trying to propagate these blocklists with other instance admins.
well, the actions of someone else don't have anything to do with your personal responsibility, and I think you know that. this comm isn't for rehashing drama, especially drama that is only tangentially related to the OP. besides, if you want to stop an argument at any time, you can still make use of the Disengage rule and it ends there, no questions asked.
I can't speak for why you got banned, and I can't speak for the blahaj admins themselves, but I can say from the admin/mod chat we share with blahaj that they don't appear to have a very high regard for Rimu. that's just my personal perspective judged from the things that have been said, so take it with however many grains of salt that you wish.
I understand that this isn't the space to rehash drama, I thought it was relevant that Rimu is clearly sharing this list of mass banned users. I was not intending on starting anything, but I also wasn't going to just let someone slander me undefended. That's why I'm happy db0 stepped in and put a stop to it, and think that's the best course.