this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2026
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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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Just happened to check the modlog right after it happened. Weirded me out to see my username at the top.

Because I so rarely downvote posts, I remembered the one: https://lemmy.today/post/59636388

I downvoted it because there was no context, just a list of names. No evidence. No nothing. It looks like harassment or trying to inspire a brigade.

I'd take it up with the mod but the strange callout list without context + OP's extended modlog makes them someone I don't want to DM.

In case it wasn't obvious from my post history, no I'm not a zionist and I don't defend zionists.

I even upvoted one of their recent posts! I'm gonna go take that vote back right now.

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[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 80 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 25 points 12 hours ago

I figured, thanks for checking.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 18 points 13 hours ago

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.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago

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".

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 71 points 15 hours ago (13 children)

I accidentally vote with gestures all the time, this seems like a terrible way to deal with people. At least have a conversation first?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 42 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 hours ago

Literally

"I think murder, torture and pedophilia are bad"

*accidental downvote*

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[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

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.

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 12 hours ago

What a fucking, thin skinned loser.

PTB.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Isn't that thread a violation of LW rule 1 anyways?

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's been removed now. Sorry it took a bit.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 1 minute ago

Looks like it's back up on another instance.

https://lemmy.today/post/59714476

Still no explanations.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

I seemed like a violation of something, part of why I downvoted it.

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

My first ban! :)

Fuck the IOF, stop the genocide, Free Palestine!

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Down voted out of principle

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

I understand, thank you.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Not even the mighty wren is immune from the tankie triad

Edit: Wait, it was on .world? Damn

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I've never heard of this community before today

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 9 hours ago

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.

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[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 36 points 15 hours ago

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.

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