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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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  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).
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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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Edit: you would have to be a complete fucking moron to think that that was a serious comment.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Just saw that the mods at !news@lemmy.sdf.org had banned all commenters for a variety of flimsy reasons:

This is the most eggregious one I saw. The ban I received was for "unattributed quote" when literally I just read an article and posted my thoughts on it. There was nothing in the rules about commenting your own thoughts on articles. I think OP, @marsza@marsza@lemmy.cafe is right to call this out.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 1 points 16 hours ago
[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

are you unable to process the concept that a mod of one community is not the same entity as the entire instance where that community is hosted?

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe -3 points 1 week ago

Ok then. That community.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

This mod keeps coming back in posts here. They are just trolling users and banning them for nonsensical reasons. See https://old.lemmy.ca/post/39330589

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To answer your question, yes. Hacking isn't simply cracking, it's any unauthorized or alternative use.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mate, if you have to explain it was a joke 14 times I think your sense of humor needs a tune up

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think people know it’s a joke, but they like to be pedantic assholes.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, we knew it was a joke, it just wasn't funny

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe -2 points 1 week ago

Not to a certain kind of voter.

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Yes I know, but I was giving an actual answer to the question as I suspect most people don't know the difference.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

bullshit

sdf is just a bunch of tech nerds. idk marsza if it's misinformation in the news community, you should expect to be moderated if you're posting shitposts.

as for Russian and MAGA, you are acting more like that then the proof you provide

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Which was painfully obvious for anyone with at least half of a brain.

[–] misk@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I probably wouldn’t make that kind of judgment about moderator based on post/comment history. I would definitely not make that kind of judgment about the entire instance. That mod should have listed it in the rules if unsubstantiated speculation is forbidden but there are no rules listed so I lean toward CLM. Liberals are easily triggered these days.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe -2 points 1 week ago

It’s a bloody joke.

[–] ChadMcTruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

definitely BPR

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago
[–] _cryptagion@quokk.au 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I know there was some claims that DOGE sent information to some servers in Russia, but that's also unsubstantiated, if I remember correctly. So technically, the mod is correct. And since it's a news community, it makes sense they wouldn't allow gossip, in order to combat misinformation.

That being said, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was true.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Brrrooooooo…. It’s a joke.

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

The joke is on you on this occasion, because the mod of that community is an absurdist who bans people for nonsensical reasons all the time. So maybe have a laugh about it and move on, since you met a fellow comedian. I mean technically it's a PTB situation but it's also quite funny once you stop expecting the community to be serious.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

You would thing since news@ is a pretty important community name, the admins would discourage that behavior. I guess that instance is to be avoided.

[–] _cryptagion@quokk.au 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That doesn't really have anything to do with whether or not it's misinformation tho, does it?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

PTB. I don't know the full story, but I think it's a decent joke and I don't know why you were banned for it.

On the other hand... I don't know why this makes the mod into a simp for russia/maga. The joke doesn't seem like a strong attack on russia/maga. More like making fun of the security of the federal injustice system.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe -1 points 1 week ago

MAGAs don’t like it when you blame trumps America