Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
Rimu
What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
Kicking from all Matrix PieFed rooms
Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.
Rimu has been manufacturing non-stop drama for weeks. He ignores multiple offers from multiple parties to de-escalate, and now he bans someone for trying to promote non-discriminatory language. He has also now cut off a PieFed admin from any and all support and ability to contribute to the software.
Oh and the real kicker ? Rimu did all this after his big grand post about how he is stepping back from drama and hiding away from users.
Seriously, that’s your takeaway? That Mia provoked the ban by asking politely for a simple wording change? It’s ptb all the way. I’ve never met a developer more hostile to the opinions of his own user base.
I know neither Mia nor Rimu, so I have little prejudice against either.
Rimu clearly went overboard in the snippet, there’s no reeling that in anymore. He does sound very tired, like he’s been slighted more than once, but that was a whack example to come swinging with out of context.
That said, I cannot label Mia’s first comment as purely good faith either. If this Rimu is a well known personality with well known peeves, and Mia was aware of this, then it would be more akin to trolling or rage-baiting. Otherwise it would simply be ignorant or unlucky.
Either way, I’ve known neither till before this post, so I’m not gonna pretend I know what’s going on in a broader sense, nor even be as audacious as to pretend to know what’s going on in their heads.
I can assure you that neither Mia nor anyone else thought Rimu would respond to a simple wording change to promote inclusivity as some sort of insult.