100% YDI. I’ve seen better trolls on desks in HR offices.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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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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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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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.
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.
YDI