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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.


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I was going to comment on a post today, and found out I'd been banned from mop@quokk.au. Apparently it happened awhile ago.

Not much of a reason, no real evidence given. The mod didn't include a screenshot, link, or even quoted text, so I'm not sure which specific interaction led to this. Basically this is just thought policing. Hilarious considering that the community claims to be:

free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.

Also, even if the accusation is true it doesn't break any community rules:

There is only one mod of mop@quokk.au, so this isn't just a vague/general example. @lumpenproletariat@quokk.au is a PTB.

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[–] karn@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

For what reason, exactly?

An accusation was made in the ban, but nothing was provided to substantiate it. What you seem to be saying is that the accusation itself is enough to justify the ban, which is akin to a witch hunt, where the accused is presumed to be guilty and is then punished for having been accused, with no evidence given and no recourse.

I was not given the basic courtesy of a warning, or even a message from the moderator, and a 73-year ban is effectively permanent, which is extreme when no actual rules were broken. Basically, I was banned for thought crime, because the mod didn't like what I said. The judgment was carried out summarily and with no consideration. This is kangeroo court nonsense.

The last time I experienced similar behavior was on lemmygrad.ml.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

you consistently post shitlib takes, and you are aggressively anti-anarchist. if you really want me to post proof, I can do that. your posting history is public, after all.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

I think you should probably go ahead and post the proof, especially since they are apparently the mod of an anarchist community on sjw lmao.