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.

Posting Guidelines

All posts should follow this basic structure:

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.

Rules

Post only about bans or other sanctions that you have received from a mod or admin.
Don’t use private communications to prove your point. We can’t verify them and they can be faked easily.
Don’t deobfuscate mod names from the modlog with admin powers.
Don’t harass mods or brigade comms. Don’t word your posts in a way that would trigger such harassment and brigades.
Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.
You can post about power trippin’ in any social media, not just lemmy. Feel free to post about reddit or a forum etc.
If you are the accused PTB, while you are welcome to respond, please do so within the relevant post.

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.

YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.

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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Banned from comms I haven't posted to in months because I said "Dragonfucker isn't a gender" on another instance (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Snowpix 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

YDI

You were banned by Ada because you keep dying on the hill of whether Drag's pronouns should be respected or not based on dragons being fictional creatures that don't exist in real life. This is the thread that got you banned: https://lemmy.world/comment/15410416

Drag was very obviously a troll and deserved to be called out for constant shit-stirring, but it's not up to you or anyone else to decide whether their pronouns should be respected or not regardless if it's a troll. Especially in an instance designed to provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ folk. Making such a big deal out of Drag's neopronouns not only distracted people from the very real problems Drag was causing with their shitty behaviour, but also made people rush to Drag's defense because it made them look like a victim rather than the instigator of drama and harassment they really were. You can call someone out for being shitty without resorting to bigotry, whether you recognize it as such or not.

Of course, Drag's gone now (well, until they make yet another alt) so this doesn't really matter anymore, but your continued gatekeeping of their pronouns is what ultimately led to your ban. This wasn't just a random ban, you brought it on yourself. Pick better battles next time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 19 hours ago

Drag was very obviously a troll and deserved to be called out for constant shit-stirring, but it’s not up to you or anyone else to decide whether their pronouns should be respected or not regardless if it’s a troll.

As explicitly mentioned, at no point did I intentionally fail to use Drag's preferred pronouns.

Making such a big deal out of Drag’s neopronouns not only distracted people from the very real problems Drag was causing with their shitty behaviour, but also made people rush to Drag’s defense because it made them look like a victim rather than the instigator of drama and harassment they really were.

Yes, yes, everyone else forced you to run to Drag's defense. It's like being in a US church again. Anything unwise the in-group does, they were forced to by the out-group ~~tempting~~ ~~luring~~ ~~manipulating~~ provoking them into doing it.

Of course, Drag’s gone now so this doesn’t really matter anymore, but your continued gatekeeping of their pronouns is what ultimately led to your ban. This wasn’t just a random ban, you brought it on yourself. Pick better battles next time.

You mean "continued gatekeeping of Drag's pronouns"