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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.

Rules


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.


Relevant comms

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The community’s sidebar doesn’t list a single rule so I don’t know how they expect to get users to fall in line if it’s completely unspoken.

Anyway this is a rare case of a very tiny community where no one is getting hurt so it’s not a huge deal. But if you plan on discussing news using any kind of acronym I guess don’t go there lmao.

Thoughts welcome! Am I missing something?

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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Y'know, I'm someone who gets unreasonably annoyed when encountering an unfamiliar acronym, but even I think banning someone for using one is going too far.

That said, none of these acronyms are without enough context to figure out what they are. Everyone knows what LOL means. USAID is an acronym where the acronym describes what the organization does. CJR is present in a thread about Columbia Journalism Review.

As a general rule, if you define your Three Letter Acronyms (TLA), then they're no longer a barrier to understanding. And then you can use whatever TLA you like. See how easy that is?

Where they banned LOL and a reaction gif, if I had to guess the rule being violated would be about low-effort discussion. And again, I kind of sympathise with the desire to have meaningful discussion and I see where getting a message that just says "lol" could take the wind out of your sails. Banning is still overkill and alienating to your users though.

There's a certain amount of irony if you consider a rule against low-effort discussion in a community that was made with such low-effort that they didn't define and publish their rules

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One rule for thee, while a different one...

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 3 weeks ago

There's a certain amount of irony if you consider a rule against low-effort discussion in a community that was made with such low-effort that they didn't define and publish their rules

Also, the moderation action itself is low-effort. Apply critical thinking to clean up spam and enforce community rules while also encouraging discussion and user participation? No, just delete and banhammer anything even slightly nuanced...

[–] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 6 points 3 weeks ago

People use lol to express discomfort lol not just to laugh

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Another day, another SDF story

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 53 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Another day, another Super Dimensional Fortress story

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Malicious compliance time. Define every acronym, regardless of whether or is in common usage or not. For recursive acronyms, just keep it going until you hit the comment character limit.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be painful for GNU (GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNU's Not Unix, where the first part stands for...

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

You didn't hit the character limit...

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

Define every acronym, but define them wrong (lmao is an abbreviation for Little Mao, indicating a person with an overdeveloped sense of power over a little, inconsequential item.)

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Or just never use acronyms. That could get very opaque.

Imagine a story about USAID that never used the acronym and always spelled it out in full

Or one about how ITER, being a TOKAMAK plasma power generation research system is completely different to the LASER based plasma research system

Link a picture and describe it as duck.graphical interchange format

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 18 points 3 weeks ago

What the fuck. I have a bone to pick against most usage of lol/lmao and yet not even I would ban people for using them.

PTB all the way, FFS. [USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST]

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 weeks ago

Wtf? PTB! Fr.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They also banned someone for a reaction gif. An automod that they gave banning powers to, maybe?

Otherwise, seems to be PTB.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] don@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lol …

wait, ah fuck

[Banned]

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago

There are some stories that "fuck" is an abbreviation, one that says it's short for "file under carnal knowledge", a marking for crimes involving sex, and "fornication under consent of the king", from a time when reproduction was controlled by the crown.

Neither one is likely to be true, but it sounds possible. Either way, double banned.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago

I like that the only ban reason in the list I noticed which wasn't for an acronym was for "reaction GIF"

They ought to have banned them for "reaction graphical image format"

[–] cavemeat 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a very strange rule ngl

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“ngl” is an abbreviation, any last words before the firing squad?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

NGL? Banned for abbreviation...

...wait a second.... shit.

[–] diplodocus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I got a two week ban from it yesterday for abbreviating Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) the day before 🤷 I was commenting on the posted CJR article.

[–] ADKSilence@kbin.earth 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, if in the context those posts were low-effort and didn't contribute to the thread in any meaningful way, I could understand. Like sharing nothing but a reaction gif in a discussion heavy community could be seen as "low effort".

But common acronyms? Yeah, that's definitely a strange thing.

Also, isn't GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also, isn't GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?

It is! Jraphics Interchange Format.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I see what you did there.

Also, you're pronouncing it wrong!

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

No, you're holding it wrong!

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Lemmy one is made out of jeans, so it applies.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

tbh i didn’t mean to leave in the reaction gif modlog entry that was a mistake on my end

[–] ADKSilence@kbin.earth 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I just mentioned it as a point of interest when discussing banning "acronyms". Wasn't meant to call you, the OP, out or anything. Just found it funny that mods would ban for acronyms, yet in the messages, use an acronym.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

That made it especially fun, as the mod used the acronym "GIF" (graphical interchange format)

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

wonder if they'd ban you for saying "laser"

They'll ban you for saying ACAB

All Cats Are Beautiful

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What about LIGO? Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory? Wrong.

LIght Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

PTB. AFAIK, RTFM N/A. NGL, NIMBY! YMMV, TTYL.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

stop trying to make comm not a thing it's already a thing

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 points 3 weeks ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What is comm?

Defence rests its case.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

I can already tell your coworkers find you insufferable.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Define 'comms'. I'll stand by on the radio.

Subverting the meaning of words for some in-clique signaling is tangential, at best.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 9 points 3 weeks ago

girl i put zero thought into using the word comm, i have no clue where i picked it up. your demand for an explanation is the real tangent if we’re being really honest. go make your own post.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Radio abbreviates communications to comms.

Lemmy abbreviates community to comm.

There's no conflict, no danger of confusion