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What is the exact meaning of the "Banned" label next to a user?
(sh.itjust.works)
For example, I've come across this:
^[1]^
References
- Type: User Page. Name: "CanadaRocks" ("@[email protected]"). Publisher: ["Lemmy". "sh.itjust.works"]. Accessed: 2025-07-22T02:07Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/u/[email protected].
That's an instance ban. Community bans are explicitly stated.
So the user is banned from the instance where that label is seen (eg my instance)? Does an instance banning a user not block that user and their content from that instance? If not, what's the point of the ban?
The user cannot vote, post or comment on that instance[^1]. If a user’s own instance bans them, then they can’t even log in.
[^1]: Due to a bug, currently the user can post & comment, but those posts & comments won’t federate beyond their own home instance.
Do you have a link to the bug?
A hacky, incomplete solution has been running for a while: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3399
A full solution has been merged, but I don’t think it’s been released yet: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5515
It looks like it's coming with Lemmy 1.0 ^[1]^.
References
Yes. It "blocks" the user. Afaik it should prevent the banned user from interacting with communities from the instance they were banned from and also the instance will no longer accept any new interactions from the user (local users cant see new content of that user, like PMs, comments, etc.)
Additionally, their content can also be removed, but that is optional.