2y ago

Why do I have multiple banned users on my instance, when I never blocked anyone?

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.

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I was wondering the same thing. Also I show 11 comments here, but I can't see any of them.
- I can see 34, yet can't see them.
- great explanation by @NettoHikari@social.fossware.space bellow. And I also see much higher number of comments then I really have.
  
  Well I can't seem to find his comment. Look at his profile page and it's not showing up, I tried to reopen this thread and it shows 32 comments. But mine and yours are the only one showing up.
  
  Well, I'm not really sure about the comment numbers, etc. I saw a pull request solving negative comments in communities, though. So I guess it's still being worked on.
  You can tag other users with @username@instance.tld when using the official web UI. I don't know about 3rd party clients, though.
  
  💖
Did your instance suffer from yesterday's script kiddie hack?
- Not sure, but the users were being added immediately after I created the instance. Which is about a week ago.
  
  You mean in the admin interface? That's normal. User's banned on OTHER instances will appear there.
Bans made on a user’s home instance propagate across the Fediverse.

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