this post was submitted on 17 Jul 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.
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.
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Howdy everyone. I have politics for my own knowledge. Here are the things I do if you want to go ahead and block me now:
I don't care about upvotes/downvotes because again, it's for my own knowledge and I can go back to check on things. Have a great day.
Why are you the only one allowed to post? Why not have at least a group of 'approved contributors'?
edit: also please help me understand, you ban people for serial downvoting but "don't care" about downvotes? If you don't care, and the votes are for your reference, why ban them? Genuinely curious.
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We're all super impressed that you were able to take over such a base subject as "politics" for your own personal... Whatever...
But maybe the base subjects (like "politics") should be for the public, and maybe you can make your personal community literally anything else.
Or is it more about you getting a good feeling by exerting undue control? Because, again, we're all super impressed.
Thanks for making the fediverse a worse place for people lmao
Sounds like you set up your comm poorly and you really don't want people to interact with you on it. That's fine — you should learn how to set up your comm properly so you're not butting heads with people who disagree with you. And maybe, if you don't run the instance, discuss with those who run the instance if they're fine with you squatting on the name 'politics' and not letting others interact with it. They might be fine with it, they might want you to call it something else so politics can be actively discussed in that comm.
Voting is kinda dumb on Lemmy and I think it's only there because it was on Reddit. Voting doesn't give future posts weight, and if you run the comm, downvotes shouldn't affect your ability to post there anyway, and I don't think it would on Reddit, either. But on Reddit, a lot of downvotes can hinder your posting. Lemmy doesn't do that. So personally I hide them, and only upvote helpful/kind posts, and only downvote exceptionally rude ones. And I don't care how others vote on mine or on anyone else's. I sort by chronological. You could have 50,000 downvotes and I'd still see your post in order by time. (I doubt you have that many.)
Trolls are an inevitability. But how they affect you is largely your choice. Stoicism goes a long way online. I'm not saying don't care, I'm just saying give the words (and votes) of others the emotional weight it deserves: next to none. Don't let it affect your day.
If you don't care about upvotes/downvotes then why do you act on them? It's not like they matter even as much as they do on reddit.
You need to calm down.
That's got nothing to do with being a bad mod
Change your sidebar to reflect this stance then! This is the height of stupidity! I would even put a sticky post up apologising and confirming the nature of the community for a few weeks.
You are inviting confusion and anger by not being specific about the community posting and downvoting rules. This is the kind of behaviour that gives all mods a bad name.
The great thing about Lemmy is there is definitely room for a community like this here, but people need to informed about its unique characteristics and policies.
I hope you reflect on your mistakes in regards this community and take swift action to make the community's intent clearer going forward.
Maybe you'd be better off making a mastodon account.
Well shit, I always wondered why that community never really got much engagement. Now I know.
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