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Goat just banned me for... misinterpreting my words and accusing me of a lie?
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this post was submitted on 12 May 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)?
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I did read the whole thing, and this is PTB.
Only because, as a mod, you don't just ban someone because they keep arguing with you. On dbzer0, we have the disengage rule- if mods want to ban someone for arguing, they should implement that.
Multiple users made reports on him, and he also made reports on them. Most of which are 'arguing in bad faith' -- Both of them. What would you do when a user doesn't understand stop or move on?
I'm glad you asked!
You stop replying.
It's that simple. If they're arguing in bad faith, if they're a troll, if they're a person who's unstable who's fighting because they get a kick out of it, all these things have the exact same result.
A fire starves without oxygen. Stop feeding the person by replying to them, and they'll often fade right out. I do it constantly. (Though I've been known to engage when my ADHD is acting up. Or when I hyperfocus on providing data in my replies.)
It's so insane to me that people have forgotten this, or they just choose to ignore it. Tell the person you're arguing with that you clearly don't see eye-to-eye, and you're not enjoying the discussion, so "feel free to reply, but I won't be answering." Done. The argument ends. If the other person replies lots of times, acts up, starts fighting other people, it proves they're a problem person. If they let it die, as most people tend to, then who cares? No further action needed.
I did stop replying, but then Communist started DMing me. There were also the reports on him, and by him.
You mentioned that already. If you are arguing with someone, you can stop.
Other people reporting them for being rude, while they're arguing with you, doesn't actually support your action. I know it feels like it's not fair that a regular user can argue with you, and you're supposed to take it, but that comes with the territory of being a mod.
If someone is tilting you, or annoying you, or arguing and you are making no progress, you need to learn to disengage and move on. You don't need to reply to someone just because you believe they're wrong. People will always be wrong on the internet.