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What does "ban" mean if I'm posting to another instance? (I'm using photon) (redlemmy.com)

submitted 1 day ago by stinky@redlemmy.com to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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As the owner of Redlemmy.com, I create a post in a community on Lemmy.world.
Bob responds to my post
In that post I see mod actions, "ban from community (instance only)" - does that mean he's banned from a community on redlemmy.com, or lemmy.world?

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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You would ban bob's post from being shown on your instance's copy of the federated community.

This happened recently, where a prolific user on !noncredibledefence was instance banned on blahaj.zone. if you visited !noncredibledefence@shit.just.works from blahaj.zone, none of his posts would be shown, but they were otherwise visible on other instances. I suspect in the case you're talking about, it would only apply to the community on question and bob's posts in other communities would be unaffected.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I ban bob, I can still see his comment. I'm logged into my instance with my mod account, and I'm viewing the discussion.. he has a banned icon next to his name, but I can still see it

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes, because removing the comment and banning the user are independent mod actions

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good answer, thanks. I was asking themoonisacheese about what they said because they mentioned that the comment wouldn't be visible anymore, that's why I needed more information. But I appreciate you supplying it for them.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It might also be because you're an admin, and thus have local moderator powers everywhere.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Think of it this way. All bans and content removals are local only, and don't federate to other instances, with a few exceptions

The most notable of these exceptions are

i) a community moderator removing content or banning a user from their community. This federates. An instance admin doing the same thing does not federate, unless the community was created on their instance.

ii) an instance admin banning a user based on their instance, and choosing to remove all of their content. This will federate the ban and the content removal to other instances.