this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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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.
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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.
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.
YTPB 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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Doesn't work, if you source anything they don't agree with they'll do mental gymnastics to find a way to discredit it in their mind and for their audience.
It's part of what you mentioned but it's deeper. Even evidence is viewed through the lens of my side or their side. They will only every engage with the evidence that agrees with them. People who push this point get ad hominemed, then the communist commentator (there has to be a shorter word for that) will play victim when this person inevitably does it back.
It's the same playbook every time, and it's clearly a community thing.
That's the path to victory though. As soon as you draw out the ad hominem, you've forced them to pivot off of the main topic, withdrawing from an untenable position.
You can't actually expect a zealot to admit they're wrong (edit: on an issue of core belief), that's not realistic. You need to be comfortable accepting something else as the conclusion of the argument, by necessity.
I understand, but I'm not so sure that's a viable long-term strategy in the modern, digital world. Perhaps you could argue it's the best we've got, but I think the jury is still out on that.