The developer, who previously created an Emacs client for the platform, posted about a modern BBS project using a workaround following earlier domain restrictions. Although the post reached the front page, users flagged it as spam and cited an external detection tool claiming a response was entirely machine-written. Moderators removed the thread for breaching rules requiring self-promotional posts to remain below 25 percent of an author's yearly activity. The account was permanently barred despite the contributor reaching out to offer submission adjustments.
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Suspicions of artificial intelligence usage can trigger rapid community flagging and thre…: Suspicions of artificial intelligence usage can trigger rapid community flagging and thread removal on the platform.
Platform moderators strictly penalize accounts that exceed self-promotion limits or use w…: Platform moderators strictly penalize accounts that exceed self-promotion limits or use workarounds to bypass domain blocks.
Direct appeals and offers to modify submission ratios did not prevent the final ban from…: Direct appeals and offers to modify submission ratios did not prevent the final ban from taking effect.
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I've been banned from Lobsters. If you're bored, you can read about my experience.
If you don't know it, Lobsters is a news aggregator focused on technology and computing, although other topics of general interest also come up. The most interesting part is the comments on each thread or link, where the topics are discussed. As alternatives, there are Hacker News, Lemmy and, to some extent, Reddit.
To give you some background, I've been a Lobsters user for a few years. I've contributed comments and links, and I'm also the author of the Emacs client. On top of that, the IRC channel I hang out in the most is #lobsters on Libera.Chat.
Chapter 1: Your domain has been blocked
A year ago, around Christmas 2025, I tried to share an article on Lobsters. My usual style, educational but fun. When I did, I ran into a warning telling me that my website's domain was blocked for self-promotion. My domain?
This surprised me, since I hadn't shared content from my website on Lobsters before, and I had read the odd unhappy…
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