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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.
- CLM - Clueless Mod: The mod probably just doesn't understand how their software works.
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I'm not really familiar with the difference between rss.ponder.cat and ponder.cat. I was not even aware that they were different communities. I'm not a developer for this.
I'm not disputing that it looks like it could be retaliation, like someone with access just making the change because you were annoying, but I still don't understand why they wouldn't just ban your account like everyone else.
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I'll routinely run into misogynist and ablest insults whenever I voice my opinion in those spaces. The egregious stuff gets cleaned up, but it is still there. I have run into some perfectly nice people who happen to post there, but if you're someone who doesn't 100% tow the line it's fair game for shitty behavior. It's ironic because that's what you've been pointing out as the issue with my/our behavior, but you're not willing to see it the other direction. I'm replying to a local on this very thread whose position is apparently that all who 'support authoritarianism' are roaches, which he goes on to identify as ethnic russians and 'tankies'. I'm an anarchist, I organize with anarchists, but apparently holding wrongthink is enough to be a roach
This kind of behavior lying just below the surface tends to have me put my guard up when I'm in a space.
Update: They've now banned me again. This time with an explicit user ban instead of the behind-the-scenes defederation.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/36467434
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I'll take a look.
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