this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
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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)?
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- PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
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It's funny that he didn't DDoS the Nazi instances he sprinkled in his blocklist.
Always the critics of fascism that get the short end of dark triads. ╮(︶▽︶)╭
That's why all this noise about being illegal is noise. Unless he's done something to upset their faction, the only ones getting prosecuted are the ones who retaliated. Maybe he would get prosecuted, off chance. It's wild to me how they think dissenters wouldn't also be prosecuted.
Considering many nations are unmasking their fascist tendencies, he’s got plenty of boots he can kiss for a good dismissal.
As anarchists, we are well aware how laws oppress the have-nots. So he absolutely knew DDoSing db0 was the least possible retaliatory target.
I think he might be focused on dbzer0 in particular because they're the ones who first exposed his secret censorship.
Probably not a political choice, but a personal grudge. If a nazi instance had been the first one to expose him, he probably would have targeted them.
It's totally revenge. Db0 is the one who exposed him and from his perspective, ruined his reputation.
It's all his fault of course but he's not going to take responsibility for his own actions. We wouldn't be here in this thread now if he was.