I think it brings up an important question about ban evasion in a fediverse context. How exactly can we ban someone from a community if they can just create an account on a different instance? IP banning isn’t really an option. You could say that you would defederate from instances that let them in, but that’s a very “throw the baby out with the bathwater” type solution.
It might be better to NOT ban them. If I read a post and decide that this is not someone I want to interact with EVER again, I can block them and move on. But, if they get banned and come back with a new name, they pop right back in my feed.
I’ll give them some credit, not EVERY question is terrible, but damn they sure are depressing. It’s like talking to Eeyore.
I think it brings up an important question about ban evasion in a fediverse context. How exactly can we ban someone from a community if they can just create an account on a different instance? IP banning isn’t really an option. You could say that you would defederate from instances that let them in, but that’s a very “throw the baby out with the bathwater” type solution.
It might be better to NOT ban them. If I read a post and decide that this is not someone I want to interact with EVER again, I can block them and move on. But, if they get banned and come back with a new name, they pop right back in my feed.