this post was submitted on 11 Jan 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.
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- 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).
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Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.
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- 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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Cheezus Crust. Just because of one removed comment you got so fucking mald. Get some perspective. YDI. Don't make every post in PTB about drag and neopronouns.
it’s not about drag and neopronouns, it’s about concern trolling…
And yet, that discussion immediately devolved into a drag & neopronouns argument. See how that works? Use other comparisons and less trolly phrasing.
i have zero control over what other people talk about, i certainly wasn’t goading them into….
maybe, just maaaaybe, it’s relevant to mods banning real vegans for “not being a real vegan”.
talking about concern trolling in a post about concern trolling isn’t “trolly” just because you personally don’t like it.
just let people talk about what people want to talk about… it’s not going to hurt anything
Unfortunately I have to look the big picture, and some topics, like drag, tend to dominate posts and unnecessarily heat up discussions in PTB into flamewars. You don't have control, but I do have responsibility to curate this community to be positive and not have every goddamn topic discussing neopronouns. You got one (1) comment removed, ffs. Just use a different comparison.
well you’re treating me as if i’m every other person that brought it up.
sorry but not sorry, it’s a pretty glaring example of concern trolling.
I literally just removed one (1) comment because it's causing this drama yet again. Not everything is meant to a personal affront to you! You really need to get some perpective and chill the fuck out.
I already explained the reasoning so I don't think there's anything left to say here.
But if this thread starts the neopronouns discussion once more, I'm locking it like the rest.
And you shouldn't have done and he is well within his rights to raise your power trip. While his comment don't make much sense, he is definitely not breaking any rules and therefore should not have been removed.
No, it is you who should get some perpective. You are not some infallible human being. You made a mistake. Apologise to him for removing his comment.
Lol. Lmao
How adult from so-called mod when exposed in his gross lack of ability to moderate based on clear rules.
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yeah we should be able to talk about that pronouns arent real and those who use them dont deserve respect it doesnt hurt anything
edit you said you wouldnt engage me but then did it anyway
also sorry db0 but tbf they started it
oh look, another concern troll.
nice try, pretending like im saying something completely divorced from what i said.
its exactly what you said and im on your side here
fuck off, troll
no u
As long as his comment shouldn't have been removed, your reply is utterly stupid.
You could reply with "just because one innocent had to spend time in prison...".
Do you see how it works?
No comment should be removed on stupid suspicion of trolling (which in practice means mods don't like the views expressed by a user) and mods who do that shouldn't be mods.
Weak. You should have gone straight for the Hitler comparison.
Are you a little bit slow?
You told the guy that it doesn't matter if you were right or wrong removing his comment because it was just one comment. This is a ridiculous reply.
If the comment shouldn't have been removed, than it shouldn't have been removed. If you admit you shouldn't have removed it, than apologise to him rather than trying to ridicule his reaction.
That comment should absolutely be removed. I'm pointing out that even if they disagree with me, it's just one goddamn comment
Quote the rule under it should have been removed, I dare you. Just not ridiculous arbitrary "trolling" as so far I see your comments as trolling more than his - in this thread anyway.
I'm not the kind of person who maintains a 300 page rules document for most to ignore and for a few dedicated others to dig for loopholes. Use your brain, common sense, and If you don't like how the comm is run, feel free to open another. I don't care.
No, you are definitely a kind of person who makes them up when you go along. In this case you even didn't bother to make it up I see, you just blatantly removed his comment because you didn't like it. You should have never became a mod.
Do a decent thing and apologise to him.
You realize I started this comm and this instance ye? Lol.
And?
it's their hardware.
actively disrespecting a user's identity def seems to fit under that
Are you taking the piss? He was referring to a user with identity "dragonfucker". Plus he wasn't disrespecting it. Plus there is absolutely nothing in rule you quoted about disrespect, try to understand what you are reading next time.
Disrespecting a trans user's identity isn't along the lines of hate speech and bigotry in your opinion? I disagree with that.
You don't have to 'get it' to respect it, and assuming that it's concern trolling does more harm than good
Respect or lack of thereof is not in the rule you quoted sweetie. Try to understand what you are reading.
I perceive your comments more as trolling than his.
Lol, blocked
Jesus piglets how many sockpuppets do you have??
Just your wife but she prefers more dirty names than that.
That's gonna be a surprise to my husband
Don't tell him, let's keep it between us.
Keep it to yourself and your alts, i want no part of your incestuous clusterfuck
I still don't have a clue what you are talking about btw.
i dont normally downvote but wow you get an exception
Of course you don't, sweetie. I have seen your other ridiculous comments in this thread.
listen here sweaty i dont know what avoiding downvoting has to do with my other ridiculous comments in this thread but nothing justifies ableism except if youre being ableist toward a liberal but maybe not even then im not sure actually i need to reflect on my values a bit thanks for being a sounding rod for me