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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Do you need me to quote it for you? She said she assumes the reason is that Rimu is anti-left and transphobic.
Because you’re a lying piece of shit, I’ll quote it for you
Does that say Rimu is transphobic or that quokka.au is pro-trans? Go on tell me champ.
Quote where she said that.
Because as my quote clearly shows, she said quokk.au is pro-trans.
Show the words “Rimu is transphobic”
If someone silences you because of your pro-trans views, any reasonable person would recognize that as being "anti-pro-trans", or more simply "anti-trans". Another way to say that is transphobic.
You disagree with that?
I disagree with your biased interpretation.
Rimu has not made his reasoning known, as such we can only assume it’s ideological and therefore listing the ideological stance of the instance he shadowbanned matters.
Rimu is more than welcome to come and talk to explain why he did what he did, instead he has only tripled down on ignoring people.
That's a huuuuuge dodge.
Which part of my interpretation do you disagree with:
Ehh, not super-explicitly, sure.
No, you choose to assume it's ideological. But it's telling that it's the first thing the FAF crew always leaps to.
Because what else would he silence an entire instance for?
I’m already instance banned, so it’s not like it’s for my content and everyone else isn’t as radical as me.
The only other reason to hide our instance must be because the way we lean in general.