this post was submitted on 14 May 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.


Posting Guidelines

All posts should follow this basic structure:

  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
  4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

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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.

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


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Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?

@rimu@piefed.social

What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?

Mass instance bans

Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).

Done

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.

He has abused the modlog to claim 'harassment', which I have never engaged in. I have not even interacted with Rimu in any way for days prior to getting kicked from the PieFed developer Matrix channels.

He has decided to mass ban 20 users because they have spoken out against his erratic and hostile behaviour as of late.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Based on the whole vibe of Piefed loudly announcing itself by coming on the scene and saying "We are like Lemmy but without all those shitty TANKIES so you can feel safe" as if that was a primary issue makes me Zero percent surprised by this development.

I am not saying you have to agree with the politics of the Lemmy devs, rather it is the shallowness of the Piefed brand as "the fediverse but more centrist/rightwing and without those SUPER ANNOYING TANKIES" that should have given everyone more pause before they jumped on the bandwagon even if you have had bad experiences in authoritarian "left" spaces and were legitimately seeking that experience.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

as if that was a primary issue

For some it is.

[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 3 points 11 hours ago

One of the piefed mods says they totally want to help resolve that. Wait no sorry they want to resolve why everyone is upset without changing anything