this post was submitted on 11 Feb 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).
- 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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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.
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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.
- 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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Y'know, I'm someone who gets unreasonably annoyed when encountering an unfamiliar acronym, but even I think banning someone for using one is going too far.
That said, none of these acronyms are without enough context to figure out what they are. Everyone knows what LOL means. USAID is an acronym where the acronym describes what the organization does. CJR is present in a thread about Columbia Journalism Review.
As a general rule, if you define your Three Letter Acronyms (TLA), then they're no longer a barrier to understanding. And then you can use whatever TLA you like. See how easy that is?
Where they banned LOL and a reaction gif, if I had to guess the rule being violated would be about low-effort discussion. And again, I kind of sympathise with the desire to have meaningful discussion and I see where getting a message that just says "lol" could take the wind out of your sails. Banning is still overkill and alienating to your users though.
There's a certain amount of irony if you consider a rule against low-effort discussion in a community that was made with such low-effort that they didn't define and publish their rules
Also, the moderation action itself is low-effort. Apply critical thinking to clean up spam and enforce community rules while also encouraging discussion and user participation? No, just delete and banhammer anything even slightly nuanced...
People use lol to express discomfort lol not just to laugh
One rule for thee, while a different one...
...for acronyms?
Y E.S.
I cannot express how disturbing that semi-acronym is to my brain.
But you could... T.R.Y.? 🤪
D.O.D.N, T.I.N.T
I was gonna go with I.C.E.H.D.T.S.A.I.T.M.B.
Or maybe like D.O.N.T. D.E.A.D. O.P.E.N. I.N.S.I.D.E.:-)
That CJR story is a weird one. They locked the post and it only has one comment…
@[email protected] can you explain what your reasoning behind these actions are?
Incorrect on USAID. The acronym is meant to imply it’s primarily focused on aid, but that’s an intentional mislead to deflect from their actual mission of espionage and regime change operations.