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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).
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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.
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submitted 5 months ago by ozymandias@sh.itjust.works to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[+] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works [S] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

Last I remember there was some dude spinning up a bunch of transphobic bot accounts just to troll the real Draconic_neo

Which may be related to why you were banned if they mistook you for one of those accounts or maybe theyre just sensitive to it because theyre being targeted

They also are very pro ai though so that was probably what got you banned

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[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works [S] 8 points 5 months ago

I thought it felt like bot based spam...

I'm actually pro ai and using it at this very moment... I'm against a lot of things related to it, like data centers with massive pollution and people using ai to impersonate art and stuff... But I do enjoy it.

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[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago*

That's not the real draconic neo. I feel that should be obvious enough

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[–] TheObviousSolution@thebrainbin.org 5 points 5 months ago

They are definitely doing a lot of smoke screening against the actual complaints. Still doesn't stop OP from looking good when they call them out. I don't know about your claims, but I've definitely seen users be as manipulative as that long before even reddit was a thing.

I'd stick to calling the trolls out instead of implicating the powermod, though (even if it's just because they are using an impostor nick and you are citing it correctly). They seem to have done that to themselves through their actions.

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