I think its worth mentioning that the poster of the downvoted thread, and the mod who did the ban are the same person. Specifically banning someone to protect your own posts is abusive, malicious, and cowardly.
Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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:
- 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.
Rules
- 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.
- Don’t deobfuscate mod names from the modlog with admin powers.
- 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.
Relevant comms
I figured, thanks for checking.
its worth mentioning that the poster of the downvoted thread, and the mod who did the ban are the same person.
Was there ever any doubt?
No mod ever bans people for downvoting other people's posts. They only ban you for hurting their own personal feefees.
This is something we on Hexbear had a struggle session over a few years ago, only it was over a matter less trivial than this.
Technically, we had 2 struggle sessions over it, one that led to getting rid of downvotes (they're really not that useful), and one that led to an understanding of "upvotes are not steadfast endorsements".
I accidentally vote with gestures all the time, this seems like a terrible way to deal with people. At least have a conversation first?
Yes, I accidentally vote when scrolling sometimes, especially when fur baby bumps my hand or device. I've probably voted in ways that would horrify me.
Literally
"I think murder, torture and pedophilia are bad"
*accidental downvote*
Banning for a downvote?
What I like about this group is that it shows me communities and mods I can preemptively block to avoid the displeasure of interacting with them. Thanks.
What a fucking, thin skinned loser.
PTB.
Isn't that thread a violation of LW rule 1 anyways?
It's been removed now. Sorry it took a bit.
Looks like it's back up on another instance.
https://lemmy.today/post/59714476
Still no explanations.
I seemed like a violation of something, part of why I downvoted it.
My first ban! :)
Fuck the IOF, stop the genocide, Free Palestine!
Down voted out of principle
I understand, thank you.
Not even the mighty wren is immune from the tankie triad
Edit: Wait, it was on .world? Damn
Being called a zionist and/or a fascist on lemmy is basically a welcome greeting. I have genuinely never been anywhere online where there is this level of purity testing.
I've checked both boxes now, plus I got called a lib in this thread. I'm three for three.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted when it's true, I've never been called any of these things before lemmy.
I've never heard of this community before today
Same here, I saw this thread, checked out the post mentioned, downvoted the unsubstantiated claims, and am now waiting for my ban.
If the mod in question happens to read this, you should learn from this, don't just post random accusations of this nature, post evidence of your accusation, including sourcing the information you reference.
By not doing this, you reduce the impact of not just your own use of the accusation, but also everyone else's.
You should put the vote back, no one should get auto banned for a vote. It literally could have been a mistaken click. Say fuck those people and block them.