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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:

  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.

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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.

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  • Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?

A mod in !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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

Deleted comment comment on Healthy ruleationships in 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Reason: Rude and excessively confrontational
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  • Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entries (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).

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  • Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).

notice my jovial “⚡”🔗

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

Removal of a very cordial & jovial explanation of my anarchist stance regarding monogamy was misread as “rude and confrontational.” I ended conversations respectfully, not expecting backlashes of monogamists in what I thought was a very sarcastic post “Healthy ruleationships.” All I want is the comments returned. The thread can stay locked if the community wishes, and I will not engage in it anymore.

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[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I fail to see how a lightning emoji is supposed to signal jovial or cordial intent. Most of the time people use emojis to be obnoxious.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Widely used" is a hell of a stretch. I've never seen it used that way in my entire time using the internet. I don't take these emoji websites seriously.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t take these emoji websites seriously.

Is a lighting emoji not a signifier of jovial² intent?

then why read them as obnoxious when you don't see them on LINE, WhatsApp, Telegram, Asian twitter, etc. used contextually as defined??

[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because when I do see emojis used, it's usually something like

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 and similar emoji spam, or somebody using them for trolling, especially the 😂 . They're very rarely used for the definitions emoji websites say they're used for.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

emojipedia also has a section for emoji spam. They were being truthful if you visit more than the English🌐
in🌏, proper usage of “⚡” is done, as I did in 196, where I am comfortable sharing my Asian side.

[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would I browse a website in languages other than my own, especially an emoji website?

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 0 points 1 month ago

Great, question. 196 as a community enjoys emojis, so ig don't worry about it