this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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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:

  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.

Rules


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.

YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.


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Relevant comms

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I cannot repost what Flying Squid was posting here, because it involved highly disturbing and dangerous content, including:

Content WarningGraphic content, harassment, self-harm, and suicidal ideation, which I reported immediately.

While this behavior is shocking, it’s not completely out of left field, as members of this community and platform will already be familiar with their behavior. Flying Squid has long been regarded as one of the least productive and most problematic mods on all of Lemmy, often picking fights and abusing their mod privileges. I view this change as a positive step for Squid, .world, and Lemmy as a whole.

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looked up the modlogs. What the actual fuck.

That said, this whole episode and the comment deletions with the "we can't share this" reasons kinda show how Lemmy is better than Reddit in that modlogs are public.

I find it great that mods can't outright delete stuff, only hide it. It lets them do the job of cleaning up convos of spam and trolls without the unchecked power aspect to it.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Am I crazy or is the modlog missing heaps?

I control-f for the 'I to complain?' part of the post above and don't see anything. Just trying to follow the argument is confusing as hell? It sounds like someone doxxed FS, and he got suicidal over it? I hope gets some help if he's seriously feeling like that.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yeah, admins can purge stuff from the mod log. That comment seems to be completely gone.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that comment specifically was a link to a graphic image, so yes the admins certainly purged that. cc @Deceptichum@quokk.au

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah interesting, I’m curious as to what it was now.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i saw it XD here let me telepathy it to you bzzzzzt

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Wow that's fucked up, was the zebra consenting?

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago

It's not really a black or white issue.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 5 points 1 month ago

The modlog, as far as I can tell, gets sorted in the same order as user profiles do, by default. Which is to say "here's some recent stuff okay let's skip over some stuff hey here's some random stuff from two months ago that's pretty good right? I have been drinking FYI."

I could be wrong about this. I definitely feel like I have seen it be missing stuff even without mod purges though. Searching for the specific community or specific user / moderator you're looking for is usually pretty reliable, as long as there aren't pages and pages of results, then the same issue seems like it might occur.

[–] Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Both of them are fucking insane. To devote this much energy to weirdos on the internet is deranged. They both need to devote their energy to better things, as evidenced by the fact that I had to press "show context" on their comment thread so many times I lost patience. I thought everyone on Lemmy was better than this. I dont care what the original cause of the disagreement was at this rate because EVERY step of the way, one of them couldve turned on do not disturb or gone to an alt account or SOMETHING. If either of you are seeing this, you can do better. Flying Squid specifically? Threatening suicide is the number one way to look immature (of every kind), especially over a stranger on the internet. Do. Better.

Edit: If someone could give a kind description of what the drama was even all about, I'd appreciate it. I can't bear to dig through either of their histories.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 19 points 1 month ago (30 children)

And the sick thing is we have been CALLING THIS GUY OUT FOREVER. The .world admins are ABSOLUTELY partially at fault for this for letting this user have the power they have had for so fucking long. Sorry for shouting I’m upsetti. 🙃

+1 to your edit though. The content was so vile and triggering, I was not up to the task. So, fair warning to anyone who wants to further investigate a case where every party is so obviously in the wrong. Tread carefully.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm fine with looking at this stuff. It seems FS is having a mental health episode, and this is the result. It's not drama.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not celebrating, the guy is threatening suicide, and posting pictures of it. He needs to get off the Internet and seek help immediately.

I've messaged @lwreport@lemmy.world about it, I suggest you all do the same.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 month ago

Yes (Content Warning)
Unfortunately, this type of behavior, including threats of self-harm, is not uncommon on the internet and can sometimes be used as an emotional manipulation tactic. However, discussions of suicidal ideation are very sensitive and can be harmful if not handled carefully. Let’s focus on reporting this to the moderators while remaining careful and sensitive in how we address this topic.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What is the point of this post, when there's no actual details as to what was posted? The key images seem to have been deleted off server, and without that it's extremely difficult to pick up the context.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because of the content of the offending material it’s really hard to put the full info in a post without breaking terms of service. You are welcome to make your own post if you feel you can do better! :)

No, I have no idea what the context is. Hence my comment, because this is all drama without any info.

The modlog shows the conversation. The person in question seems to have a breakdown and offers to commit suicide on stream for someone who they claim want them dead.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

BPR

But they didn’t act in moderation but as a user so the only actual mod action here is Jordan and it’s justified to remove that comment chain.

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[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If this post was about Flying Squid banning you then I'd get the relevance to this community. Otherwise it's just drama imo.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There are enough posts complaining about FlyingSquid moderation here for this one to be relevant

Edit: actually, couldn't find any actual report about power tripping from FlyingSquid, so if anyone has anything, feel free to share

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i disagree personally i think this post certainly falls under “bans or other sanctions from mods” as outlined in the sidebar

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who was power tripping in this example?

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[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

why is it not there anymore?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah that's a bit concerning, the modlog has been tampered with so much.

This is certainly mod/admin overreach. I'd say it could almost be its own post.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 month ago
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