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Are bans propagated to other sites? (lemmy.ninja)
submitted 1 year ago by RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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This morning I was forced to ban about 18 users for being obvious spambots. That deleted their content on my instance. Are they now banned on other instances, too? I'm just trying to figure out what the best process is for eliminating these spambots for good before they flood all of our feeds.

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[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh, I'm actually guessing it's because you purged it. I think purges are local, but deleting it is considered a moderation action and is therefore propagated out. I just checked the modlog and clicked on a random post that was removed on a different instance. When I went to the post, I could still see it, but there was a notification at the top that said "Removed by Moderator".

[–] RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Excellent! This is good to know! I bet other users who aren't admins/mods can't see the post at all when it's removed. I'll avoid purging from now on.

[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 1 points 1 year ago

I bet other users who aren't admins/mods can't see the post at all when it's removed.

Yup, I'm pretty sure that's how this works. I opened the post in an incognito window, but still on my instance, and got an error message instead of the post.