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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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Account banned on lemmy.ml/c/communism for 'rule 4' - in a community with no rules, that I've never posted in. (quokk.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards

https://lemmy.ml/u/davel

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

Community Ban

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).

(I have not posted there)

Likewise the community has no rules listed, so I'm not sure how I've broken rule 4

Davel is probably going to try to claim me downvoting a post or comment of his that popped up on my feed or something as me breaking the entire instances rule 4 (no spam?) - which is why I need to be banned only from one community I don't engage in.

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately, even going so far as to downvote me telling real legitimate antisemites to 'fuck off'.

Even CowBee had the decency to admit they were in the wrong and change their ragevote to an upvote.

Davel however seems to especially thinskinned even for the typical .ML'er and would rather double down and engage in poorly disguised retaliation bans for criticisms of a political ideology.

This thought terminating behaviour on display by one of the admins of such a reputable and outstanding instance as Lemmy.ml was not at all warranted and I hereby call on the leadership at lemmy.ML to unban me so that I may continue to not post in their community.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 59 points 2 weeks ago (23 children)

Getting banned from communities you don't even post on, Lemmy really is a full featured Reddit replacement.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Aha, but does Reddit have a YPTB to call out the PTBs? I thought not! Checkmate!

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (104 children)

PTB, it was probably because you keep triggering them in /c/leftymemes. Also lol at the hexbears in here calling YDI because their feelings are constantly being hurt.

EDIT: Omegalul at all the salt below.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (20 children)

There is no shame in having hurt feelings.

I gladly admit my feeling were hurt last year while me and my wife were receiving messages from her friend in the middle east, saying that one had no more parents, that one was now a window, that friends were dying.

And at the same time, I was reading the very same assholes whining 24/7 about tankies explaining everybody that the genocide was both unavoidable and a fatality anyway.

Funnily, the main mod of these anti-tankies is the guy that spread genocidal fake news during the mass killings.

Yes, that hurt my feelings.

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (31 children)

Hexbear lives rent free in your head don't we

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[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

hexbears

literally just Alaskaball when you posted this comment, I'm commenting because of semantics lol

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 36 points 2 weeks ago

such a reputable and outstanding instance as Lemmy.ml

unban me so that I may continue to not post in their community

Wheeze... More! Do you do standup?

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Look ma i'm in the picture!

I think by rule 4 they meant lemmy.ml's one, i.e. 'No Ads / Spamming.'? But it's very odd they'd ban you in that one specific community.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

External users downvoting is considered "vote spamming". You can check my moderation history, they used that justification for me. I just downvote low-value content as I see it.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Are you serious? They consider downvotes originating from outside the instance, spam?

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can I please get your autograph?

Yeah I assumed it was that, but it was so poorly worded and completely unwarranted by anything as I've never posted so cannot spam or 'ads'.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spamming dissent, their most unforgivable sin.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

Spamming dissent by saying nothing, a new low for Devel.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago

YDI - Why do you care if you're banned in a comm you never post in? The only reason to care is because you want to start drama.

[–] Bob_Odenkirk@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

You're an anti-communist and you got banned from a communist instance. Aren't you happy you're away from the tankies now? Proud you've proven their authoritarian nature?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

YDI.

You've equated communists to Nazis and said "tankie fucks deserve to get their heads bashed in." Extremely aggressive 100% of the time whenever you encounter a Marxist of any sort. With that context, it isn't unreasonable to ban you when it would already be a clear misfit for you to participate in a Marxist community, be it via voting or otherwise. It wasn't an instance ban, you're still free to comment on the socialist comm, anarchist comm, etc as far as I can tell, just not on the communist comm.

As for the bit on antisemitism, the comment was removed and all you said was "fuck off," so myself and presumably others made rash assumptions. This isn't ill-founded though, you had posted Nazi apologia for Nazi collaborators released from prison that went on to lynch Jewish people and communists on the very same thread simply because they opposed the soviets. This is well and truly beyond the standard left-punching the post was for. I feel that this context is necessary because your post directly calls my reputation into question in the post body.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

saying that you’re wrong and your grokepedia sources are bullshit is not nazi apologia.
people can disagree with the factual content of what you’re saying without being a nazi.
stupid tankie trolls.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Clear PTB from .ml here. Jesus Christ.

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[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

PTB.

I am so sorry you've had to go through this awful experience. It is entirely unsurprising for that mod in particular. Extremely defensive 100% of the time whenever they encounter an Anarchist.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 15 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Thank you for your continued support, I am considering legal action to recover the monetary damages for how distressed I am by this unprovoked rageban.

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 19 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

That rule 4 probably refers to the instance wide rule 4, which seems to be "No Ads / Spamming."

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Which is still weird because I've never made no posts or ads in the community.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

lemmy.ml is operated by emotionally stunted clowns.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 19 points 2 weeks ago

Be fair to clowns, they contribute meaningful social commentary.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh are we doing that shit now? banning someone from one community for activity in another is so Reddit.

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[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Lemmy.ml admin Davel has been rage downvoting my posts a lot lately

the lack of effective blocking is what really kills Lemmy….
it’s like it was custom made for harassment and brigading.

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