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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?","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-22T02:21:26.588787Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://sh.itjust.works/comment/19896841","local":false,"path":"0.16991094.16991155","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":3215200,"name":"Kalcifer","display_name":"Kalcifer","avatar":"https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/75f90336-f369-44a4-9aa4-d8154702c0a0.png","banned":false,"published":"2023-10-20T05:56:35.603510Z","actor_id":"https://sh.itjust.works/u/Kalcifer","bio":"All of this user's content is licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":3},"post":{"id":30628347,"name":"What is the exact meaning of the \"Banned\" label next to a user?","body":"For example, I've come across this:\n\n![](https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsh.itjust.works%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F8bb7bed2-eab5-469e-9158-5b205a4e1cd1.png) ^[1]^\n\n::: spoiler References\n1. 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If a user’s *own* instance bans them, then they can’t even log in.\n\n[^1]: Due to a bug, currently the user can post & comment, but those posts & comments won’t federate beyond their own home instance.","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-22T02:36:05.850506Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.ml/comment/19995214","local":false,"path":"0.16991094.16991155.16991306","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":165710,"name":"davel","display_name":"davel [he/him]","avatar":"https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/a6f7fe29-6f9a-46df-a4b8-ca4390741012.jpeg","banned":false,"published":"2023-07-08T15:31:23.821976Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.ml/u/davel","bio":"All text lovingly hand-crafted with 100% organic em dashes.\n\n|||\n|---|---|\n| Pronouns | he/him |\n| Datetime Format | [RFC 3339](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3339) |","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":19},"post":{"id":30628347,"name":"What is the exact meaning of the \"Banned\" label next to a user?","body":"For example, I've come across this:\n\n![](https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsh.itjust.works%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F8bb7bed2-eab5-469e-9158-5b205a4e1cd1.png) ^[1]^\n\n::: spoiler References\n1. 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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.)\n\nAdditionally, their content can also be removed, but that is optional.","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-22T02:40:07.333028Z","updated":"2025-07-22T02:42:39.767957Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.asudox.dev/comment/1190016","local":false,"path":"0.16991094.16991155.16991354","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":13593807,"name":"asudox","display_name":"asudox","avatar":"https://lemmy.asudox.dev/pictrs/image/eba5f008-692d-410e-a876-0a48f64f1dd5.jpeg","banned":false,"published":"2025-01-18T19:25:04.105393Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.asudox.dev/u/asudox","bio":"![tux spinning](https://lemmy.asudox.dev/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcodeberg.org%2Fasudox%2F.profile%2Fmedia%2Fbranch%2Fmain%2Ftux_spinning_3d.gif)\n\ncodeberg: https://codeberg.org/asudox\n\naspe:keyoxide.org:D63IYCGSU4XXB5JSCBBHXXFEHQ","local":false,"banner":"https://lemmy.asudox.dev/pictrs/image/b128bc85-ba72-4529-aeaa-0ac21640c176.jpeg","deleted":false,"matrix_user_id":"@asudox:tchncs.de","bot_account":false,"instance_id":4885},"post":{"id":30628347,"name":"What is the exact meaning of the \"Banned\" label next to a user?","body":"For example, I've come across this:\n\n![](https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsh.itjust.works%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F8bb7bed2-eab5-469e-9158-5b205a4e1cd1.png) ^[1]^\n\n::: spoiler References\n1. Type: User Page. Name: \"CanadaRocks\" (\"@CanadaRocks@piefed.ca\"). Publisher: [\"Lemmy\". \"sh.itjust.works\"]. Accessed: 2025-07-22T02:07Z. 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