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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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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.

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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.

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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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Well, I guess that clears that up. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

YDI. It does not sound like an earnest question (Rule 1 of that community), and it reads like bait (Rule 5 of that community).

If it was an earnest question, it does not sound like you did anything to clarify why you were asking, and you later repeated the same question with some extra snark aimed at the mods. If I was a mod there, those would all be red flags for reactionary ragebaiting.

[+] [email protected] -19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It was an honest question and no one asked me to clarify. The person I asked to elaborate was making a counter argument that authoritarianism isn't inherently bad.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, then you did nothing to rectify it by following up with a snarky meta post.

This isn't Reddit. The mods here don't have to play by the rules of some overarching central authority or supermods, and that freedom gives them the ability to have actual human conversations. Lemmy doesn't have to be the shithole Reddit is, and it starts by thinking of each other as people, not nefarious agents out to ruin everyone's day.

If you feel the post was unjustly removed and you are in earnest, you should contact the mods next time, rather than trying to passive aggressively swipe at them.

[+] [email protected] -15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why? Other people in the thread were being hostile toward me then they removed my post? Why would I want to interact with them, they are obviously poor at their jobs.

The community is about asking questions which you might be afraid to ask elsewhere. This removal goes directly against their mission statement and it shows.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, you can be personally offended by that community if you choose, but you will likely run into trouble again elsewhere if you don't advocate for yourself nicely.

Just remember, this isn't a reboot of Reddit, and it's not trying to be Reddit. Lemmy is run and maintained by average people like us, imperfect as we are; people can be earnestly mistaken, just like questions can be in earnest but appear to be trolling.

As we work to overcome these inherent communication barriers, let's do our best to cultivate a culture of kindness and respect, yeah?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It's like asking "Why are you stupid?" and saying its a honest question. If it was honest question you would've asked "Is authoritarianism bad?" or somethin

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Definitely YDI

all that happened was a removal, with rules cited. Those rules were accurately applied. Then, when you made a second post while being a jerk, they still just removed the post with a clear and easy to understand explanation of why. Not even a temporary ban.

There's no overreach, no arbitrary decisions, no misuse or overuse of rules, not even snark or snideness in the reasons given.

And, the screen shots in the comments that you gave don't show what you think they show.

Those questions were being made to guide you to the answer you were wanting, not sealioning. It's a common and useful rhetorical tool, you just didn't catch it (which is fine, they didn't bother to tell you what they were doing, and it's easy to miss context online).

Plus, the rules cited for the removals are in place for a reason; even if you disagree with them, they're explained well enough that you can't claim to have misunderstood.

[+] [email protected] -18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They were the very definition of sealioning. What does "why is nervous bad?" have to do with answering the question "why is authoritarianism bad?"

The rules they sited just aren't true. I wanted nothing but discussion on the topic and I did not bait anyone.

Edit: sorry, maybe you do get baited with such controversial topics like, "authoritarianism is bad"

Edit2: is this bait?

Edit3:

Bait?

Edit4:

Let me guess, not bait, right?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You don't understand what sealioning is if you think that's what it is.

That's socratic dialogue, not sealioning.

When someone asks questions to illuminate a path of thinking that leads the questioner to the answer they were looking for, that's a totally different thing than trying to mislead the questioner and the onlookers by asking misleading questions.

You got a discussion on the topic. You got someone that took the time to show you the answer to your question by taking you on a tour of your own thinking.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/modlog/4230

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

YDI

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

100% YDI. I’ve seen better trolls on desks in HR offices.