FreedomAdvocate

FreedomAdvocate

The irony could not be any more delicious. Over on asklemmy@lemmy.world there is a topic called “What can people say on Lemmy, but not on Reddit?” (https://lemmy.net.au/post/238728). I log in today to Lemmy and see that all of my comments in that thread have been removed by a mod, and I was instantly permanently banned from it for “ban evasion”.

I’ve never been banned from this community or instance before, so not really sure how this would be justified. Not only this, but a comment in a completely different topic on there, titled “What’s the most ridiculous reason why someone sent you death threats?”, was also deleted by the same mod at the same time. He also hid all of his removing my comments from the Mod Log for the community. I still have other comments in that community available, so it cannot have been an automatic “remove all my comments and delete from mod logs” either.

Looking at the mod who did it - candyman337@lemmy.world - I already had him tagged in Voyager as “loves censoring”. 1 month ago he deleted a comment of mine in another topic about why people dislike Pedro Pascal, with the reason of “transphobia” out of nowhere, which doesn’t make sense given the comment.

What is going on with Lemmy.World and their ridiculous power abusing mods?

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.

YDM new - You Deserved More: The commenter thinks you got off too lightly.

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.

Relevant comms

Banned for "ban evasion" from a place I've never been banned from

Banned for "ban evasion" from a place I've never been banned from