I started to notice that I have multiple banned users on my instance, even though I have never banned anyone. And that number is increasing.

  • JD Squared@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I was wondering the same thing. Also I show 11 comments here, but I can’t see any of them.

          • Netto Hikari@social.fossware.space
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            1 year ago

            No, they aren’t, because accounts aren’t federated. They’re effectively banned from the fediverse, though, since once an account is banned, that very account can’t be used to access the fediverse any more. Nothing hinders them to recreate the same accounts on other instaces.

            I think, this is really misleading and also UI / UX wise pretty bad, as it clogs up the entire admin panel.

            • HangingFruit@czech-lemmy.euOP
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              1 year ago

              I see, since they’re banned on their instance, that means they cannot access their account and then even the fediverse. Alright, thank you for the explanation. Helped me a lot.

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              Wait, isn’t a ban just for one instance? You say it’s not federated, so…?

              I mean, if any ban was network-wide, it means a malicious instance can start banning anyone for no reason, and prevent those users from interacting at all?

              Also aren’t instances supposed to have their own rules?

              • Netto Hikari@social.fossware.space
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                1 year ago

                No. What I’m talking about is:

                • You register an account “WhoRoger” on “lemmy.world”
                • You’re banned from lemmy.world
                • Ban appears everywhere (don’t really know why)
                • You can’t use WhoRoger@lemmy.world anywhere any more
                • But you can register “WhoRoger” on any other instance and use that again
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                  1 year ago

                  Ok but what if I get a ban on lemmy.xyz, will that affect other instances?

                  Cause I think that’s what OP is talking about, that their users got banned on other instances, not their home one.