this post was submitted on 29 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.
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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.
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- 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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The tankies have been working on db0 for a while but I think it isn't taking as well as they would like. The vote (a year ago) was overwhelmingly against refederation, and I've seen a reasonable amount of pushback to their bullshit recently as well.
The one and only difference is that we aren't constantly at each other's throats nowadays. I'd say everyone just grew up a bit. Shame it's not happening over the aisles in centristville.
The community rejected it but if you look at the votes db0 and flatworm voted for it which was my point.
People can vote to federate for a variety of reasons. I chose my instance because I like seeing everything that's going on, not because I agree with authoritarians or maga. Some of us want to choose our experience for ourselves.
The instance's decisions are still community-driven through votes, so even if that were the case it's still up to dbzer0's community whether or not refederation would happen. If either of the two were to suddenly make a unilateral decision without anyone else's input, I'd imagine the community would be upset about it as that goes against the instance's principles.
This is the claim I was disproving against the admin not the community.
I consistently vote to stay federated with lw, so I guess that makes me a liberal sympathiser too huh?
I don't know about you being a liberal collaborator or a sympathizer but I'd say that would make you not against liberals.