this post was submitted on 22 Aug 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.
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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.
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- 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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In the context of that specific community the question sure looks like bait about something regressives have turned into a charged political topic. It isn't really a stupid question, more of an observation phrased as a question. The rule is clearly based on the mods opinion of intent, not mind reading, and the tongue in cheek phrasing of the rule conveys that they just don't want those kinds of discussions in that specific community.
A news community would be a better setting to discuss the topic.
All they did was remove the post because it didn't fit. YDI I guess?
i could see what you mean if OP asked "Is New York Times transphobic" and leave at that, but OP seems to have elaborated on why the question and seemed pretty specific and not "baiting" unless now the whole topic becomes bait just for being mentioned? then maybe you are using the wrong word but bait doesnt seem like it
a question that could be misunderstood as bait with elaboration under it doesnt mean its an observation phrased as question but you seem to contradict with what you said previously (maybe you didnt notice or overthinking it?)
i dont think news communities usually allow posts like this, do they? people only share articles and the posts usually not doing it comes from a mod
OP doesnt seem to be throwing the fit over their post being removed or trying to make it seem bigger than it is and actually being very specific and elaborating, your phrasing for someone judging others way to paraphrase their thoughts sure looks to attempt to minimize
i find it suspiciously weird how OP posted this quickly but that doesn't invalidate everything else (nor change whether YDI or PTB), it looks PTB to me (curious if OP got a private message from mods since this rule mentions they might get which could help understanding the decision, its not specified on the post)
No stupid questions is for asking questions that the poster thinks might be stupid to ask. Like if eating cheese in the bath is normal.
Elaboration shows they have really thought about it and it is a topic for a serious discussion, not finding out that the question they thought might be stupid is just something people don't talk about much.
They posted it in a community called ye power tripping bastard to ask if their bait post being deleted made the mod a power tripping bastard. They also assume it is the promoting an agenda part and not the bait part. The bait part just fits better in my opinion.
They are making it bigger than it is.