This seems like a situation where you could just message zir to point out the mistake and get unbanned. Have you tried that yet?
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
No, i didnt. i think the ban is intentional because how else ze would find me to perma ban me when i have never interracted with ze nor posted any of zir comms?
So you rather cone here complaining instead of trying to resolve what could have been a mistake? Not having interacted is a sign for me that it is not intentional.
I think they were hoping to cause more shitty treatment towards me as punishment for banning them? Maybe they were hoping I would cave to pressure and unban them? I don't understand this logic.
Either way that's a mob mentality approach and I won't cater to those. I would've been happy to appeal it since the logs of my script don't go that far back, and I would be willing to forgive and forget over what might've been a few downvotes. Now though? Not a chance.
Would you really ban someone for a few down votes?
Im just showing classic reddit like power tripping behavior. Your tone sounds like its my fault to get perma banned... Also why dont you use your main account?
Risk Mitigation Protocol
This was an automated ban fella, try messaging zir first?? If they were an admin they probably still wouldn't completely ban your account...
If this was an automated ban, ALL users who havent interracted with zir comms would be banned.
If they were an admin they probably still wouldn’t completely ban your account…
im literally perma banned!?
Just talk to zir, could be a mistake. Some frontends and apps allow mods to ban people who have never interacted with their communities by typing in the name. It can auto-select the closest match. It's possible ze were trying to ban someone else and accidentally got you.
You might be right. It happened out of nowhere so i expected that it was intentional. But still i find this reddit like behavior detestable. Thanks for your comment.
It's a universal ban based on some perceived offense, real or not. No context, so no judgement.
As i said i have never interracted with ze nor zir comms. There is no cause.