For example, I’ve come across this:
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References
- Type: User Page. Name: “CanadaRocks” (“@CanadaRocks@piefed.ca”). Publisher: [“Lemmy”. “sh.itjust.works”]. Accessed: 2025-07-22T02:07Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/u/CanadaRocks@piefed.ca.
The user was instance banned from sh.itjust.works: https://sh.itjust.works/modlog?actionType=All&userId=22076002
Hrm, I have a suspicion that it was a false positive by the automod (maybe it didn’t like “kill this idea”?):
[1]Update (2025-07-22T02:37Z): The moderation action was a false positive, and has been reverted [2].
References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Modlog”. Publisher: [“Lemmy”. “sh.itjust.works”]. Accessed: 2025-07-22T02:31Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/modlog?actionType=All&userId=22076002.
- Type: Message. Author: “InEnduringGrowStrong” (@inenduringgrowstrong:matrix.org). Publisher: [“Matrix”. “sh.itjust.works”]. Published: 2025-07-22T02:36Z. Accessed: 2025-07-22T02:40Z. URI: https://matrix.to/#%2F!ftaqqnpOePvPwZBnaO%3Amatrix.org%2F%24_0eH5YCmsHjudEmbs4zUSds1JAj60XXSjqhZovnz-0U%3Fvia=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de&via=envs.net.
Does an instance ban block future posts by that user from being federated in?
Correct, future posts/comments. It’s like getting banned from every community on that instance. They also can’t send direct messages to users on that instance.
They also can’t send direct messages to users on that instance.
Can a user on the banning instance message the banned user? If so, can the banned user reply?
Can a user on the banning instance message the banned user?
I’ve never tried it so I’m not sure.
If so, can the banned user reply?
I’ve never tried this either, but I highly doubt it.
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?
[…] Due to a bug, currently the user can post & comment […]
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
[…] 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
- Type: Comment. Author: “Nutomic”. Publisher: [Type: Post. Title: “Open issues on popular lemmy apps to prepare for 1.0.0 release”. Author: “dessalines”. Publisher: [“GitHub”. “LemmyNet/Lemmy”]. Published: 2025-03-15T13:17:39.000Z. URI: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5508.]. Published: 2025-06-02T08:21:42.000Z. Accessed: 2025-07-22T06:26Z. URI: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5508#issuecomment-2929388226.
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.
