Questions tagged [ban]
There are various ways users can get banned on Stack Exchange. You should use a more specific tag such as [account-suspension], [post-ban], [review-ban], [edit-ban], [flag-ban] or [chat-ban]. Use this tag only when talking about multiple ban types or about ban types that have no tag yet.
77
questions
-14
votes
2
answers
233
views
Is the Stack Exchange community going to fight against AI use with anti-cheating systems? [closed]
Some sites have started to tell moderators to ban users using AI to generate content and reputation.
Will the community begin a machine-learning battle against the use of AI in Stack Exchange to help ...
user1242306
25
votes
2
answers
521
views
Should ChatGPT be banned on MSE itself?
I’m NOT suggesting a network wide ban - that already has a separate post.
I recently noticed that a user posted a ChatGPT generated answer that totally failed to answer the question that was asked (...
- 14.3k
-7
votes
1
answer
3k
views
How long am I going to be rate-limited for "too many requests"?
From Update on the ongoing DDoS attacks and blocking Tor exit nodes
My IP address was banned on March 13. But I wasn't using Tor (and I'm not a Tor node.)...
Of course, my first reaction was to sent ...
-33
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Is SE going to limit Russia-based individuals and companies' access to its resources? [duplicate]
Is SE going to limit Russia based individuals and companies access to its resources considering the current situation?
I do believe that Russian businesses (and individuals) should not benefit from ...
- 387
8
votes
1
answer
137
views
Is it possible to find out if/when my account has received a (review) ban before?
I'm wondering if there's a way for a user to find out if (and when) their account has ever received a review ban (or any other kind of ban for that matter) on a given site.
Can this information be ...
- 15.2k
7
votes
1
answer
252
views
Does Stack Exchange or its subsidiaries keep any records on how often a user has been banned or warned by a moderator?
About 5 years ago I was banned once from Stack Overflow for trolling in the comments of a question. I can remember that my ban was automatically lifted after some of my own questions had received some ...
- 411
8
votes
1
answer
276
views
I'm missing 15k from my chat reputation - possibly related to a prior suspension?
I got a 7-day ban in April from Web Applications, and my rep count on my Chat profile I see that my rep from WebApps, which temporarily went down to 1 during the ban, hasn't come back.
My chat ...
- 41.3k
-24
votes
1
answer
181
views
Is banning a user's answering/asking privilege because of a "negative reaction" correct? [duplicate]
A negative reaction can easily start on a post with a few mistakes that are usually grammatical mistakes which can lead to confusion, people can downvote the question, then the asker's reputation ...
- 146
-4
votes
1
answer
136
views
What should I do about a flag ban? [closed]
I was banned from flagging because "too many of my flags have been declined". What should I do about this? Will it be automatically lifted, or am I banned forever?
My flag history:
anon
-19
votes
2
answers
295
views
Can I hit on someone? [closed]
I know you must think I am very weird, but I once met a user I liked on Stack Overflow that answered one of my questions. If I asked them for their number (through the comments), would I get banned or ...
- 107
10
votes
2
answers
298
views
Is there a "statute of limitations" on misbehavior?
Background: A "statute of limitations" is a law that provides that certain very old transgressions are no longer punishable today - the idea that e.g. it's a waste of everyone's time to ...
- 33.1k
-17
votes
1
answer
113
views
Who are aware of the question ban formula?
I know that the question ban formula of stack exchange is very secret and it's not revealed in public. But since stack exchange is run by the community, someone must know it. So who is the formula ...
- 101
5
votes
1
answer
453
views
Why can't they just delete the account instead of suspending a user network-wide for more than a century? [duplicate]
On this question, a user is mentioned who is "suspended" till 2292, which means the suspension period expires on the 23rd century (2201-2300).
This question mentions another user who is suspended ...
user447378
-7
votes
1
answer
259
views
Question ban algorithm formula [duplicate]
Recently we received new question about question ban: Не разблокируется возможность задавать вопросы
Member can't ask new questions, the system shows the message:
We are no longer accepting ...
3
votes
0
answers
66
views
Penalty for deleting question because answers have been submitted, even if only your own answer has been submitted
I posted a question which was given downvotes because as it was, was found to be more appropriate for Code Review rather than Stack Overflow. I've tried to edit the format for it to be appropriate for ...
