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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)?
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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).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

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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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[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You mean fud?
Go for it, im rather into cryptography.
Tell me about how giving my credit card to a corporation that says "trust me bro" is more trustworthy than Tor... Go ahead

[–] texture@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

you dont need to use a cc to pay for a vpn and tor is slow as fuck. maybe using tor is part of why you got banned even, like "suspicious" ips as htey do with vpn ips sometimes.

edit - why am i being downvoted?

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the fbi uses the same servers they use for their tor nodes to mass downvote all the people who dont use tor

[–] texture@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i never even said i dont use it, i was just trying to help the OP that seemed to not understand how or why the mass ban thing happened to them. many sites and services do not allow vpn or tor ips, and that sucks, but it could have something to do with OP's experience.

edit - clarity

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

or you could know get a free vpn or a crypto one that isnt owned by a corporation?

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

if the vpn is free then you are the product they’re selling to other people

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

only if its created by a corporation

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

why do you assume that a vpn MUST be owned by a capitalist corporation?

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

im sorry you are unable to do ANY research on the vpns you use

that is just a generalization fallacy

if you are using corposlop, you are the problem

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

how much does the NSA pay you?

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 0 points 1 month ago

stop trying to cry "troll" everytime you are faced with logic