this post was submitted on 10 Dec 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.


Some acronyms you might see.


Relevant comms

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1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards

https://lemmy.ml/u/davel

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

Community Ban

3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).

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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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(I have not posted there)

Likewise the community has no rules listed, so I'm not sure how I've broken rule 4

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Davel is probably going to try to claim me downvoting a post or comment of his that popped up on my feed or something as me breaking the entire instances rule 4 (no spam?) - which is why I need to be banned only from one community I don't engage in.

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately, even going so far as to downvote me telling real legitimate antisemites to 'fuck off'.

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Even CowBee had the decency to admit they were in the wrong and change their ragevote to an upvote.

Davel however seems to especially thinskinned even for the typical .ML'er and would rather double down and engage in poorly disguised retaliation bans for criticisms of a political ideology.

This thought terminating behaviour on display by one of the admins of such a reputable and outstanding instance as Lemmy.ml was not at all warranted and I hereby call on the leadership at lemmy.ML to unban me so that I may continue to not post in their community.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh are we doing that shit now? banning someone from one community for activity in another is so Reddit.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's been going on for a while. Some of them legit (if you're on a known homophobic or fascist comm then a Queer one may do it to orotect its userbase) some of them agenda peddling (apparently i've been banned from a comm i never even knew exist and labelled "ableist" for posting on fuckAI)

Ahhh the rich tapestry of humanity

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

This was an extremely quick "we went a full circle" moment.

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Please don't let Lemmy turn into reddit where loser mods make this a site about pushing their personal opinions.

[–] CovfefeKills@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

That is typical .ml nonesense they a a bunch of jokers

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 60 points 2 days ago (26 children)

Getting banned from communities you don't even post on, Lemmy really is a full featured Reddit replacement.

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[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately

the lack of effective blocking is what really kills Lemmy….
it’s like it was custom made for harassment and brigading.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If I block someone - I never see their content, posts, or messages to me again.

What aspect is ineffective?

In most cases, you’d want a block to go both directions. Imagine you’re being stalked by a user. In its current implementation, blocking that user won’t stop the stalking, because they can still see and interact with your posts. You simply won’t be able to see their interactions. If they comment on your post, you won’t see it because you have them blocked. But your block does not prevent them from seeing, voting on, or commenting on your post.

Essentially, lemmy’s current block function works more like a mute. When you “block” someone, you’re just muting their interactions so you don’t see the harassment. But it doesn’t actually stop them from harassing you. It just ensures you can’t see it to stay on top of it. To use the earlier stalker example, what if they’re amping up their stalking and have started doxxing you, and you’re completely oblivious because you’re not seeing their responses to your posts?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

most other fediverse softwares have blocks run two ways to reduce risk of harm via stalking, brigading, and dogpiling. there's a difference between muting someone and blocking them on things like mastodon. on lemmy blocks are equivalent to mutes on mastodon

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I can see how that would be very helpful to some people. Thanks for explaining

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately

this someone can still follow you and downvote everything you post, and comment on everything you post, and all you’ve done is make it so you can’t tell.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (165 children)

PTB, it was probably because you keep triggering them in /c/leftymemes. Also lol at the hexbears in here calling YDI because their feelings are constantly being hurt.

EDIT: Omegalul at all the salt below.

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 31 points 2 days ago

YDI - Why do you care if you're banned in a comm you never post in? The only reason to care is because you want to start drama.

[–] Bob_Odenkirk@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago

You're an anti-communist and you got banned from a communist instance. Aren't you happy you're away from the tankies now? Proud you've proven their authoritarian nature?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

YDI.

You've equated communists to Nazis and said "tankie fucks deserve to get their heads bashed in." Extremely aggressive 100% of the time whenever you encounter a Marxist of any sort. With that context, it isn't unreasonable to ban you when it would already be a clear misfit for you to participate in a Marxist community, be it via voting or otherwise. It wasn't an instance ban, you're still free to comment on the socialist comm, anarchist comm, etc as far as I can tell, just not on the communist comm.

As for the bit on antisemitism, the comment was removed and all you said was "fuck off," so myself and presumably others made rash assumptions. This isn't ill-founded though, you had posted Nazi apologia for Nazi collaborators released from prison that went on to lynch Jewish people and communists on the very same thread simply because they opposed the soviets. This is well and truly beyond the standard left-punching the post was for. I feel that this context is necessary because your post directly calls my reputation into question in the post body.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

saying that you’re wrong and your grokepedia sources are bullshit is not nazi apologia.
people can disagree with the factual content of what you’re saying without being a nazi.
stupid tankie trolls.

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