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View submission: Improved ban evasion detection and mitigation
As we mentioned in the previous post, only around 10% of ban evaders are reported by mods
I kinda want to touch on this specific, since no one else has so far.
I know I largely gave up on reporting ban evasion after the reports at least two separate users who are very clearly ban evading (one guy tells his life story on each account and uses the same catchphrases, for example), having been told “no connection exists” and being asked to report each new account ... it became fruitless & we stopped banning on sight and started automodding the new accounts instead.
Especially in the prior example case, they deleted old accounts once banned or at too low a negative karma. Keeping track of old accounts well enough to report persistent evasion felt like it required admin overhead *so* in excess of “volunteer mod” commitments that it’s general lack of results soured the whole process.
I have not noticed substantial change in our experience, but we may well be considered a non-reporting community. In the longer run, could mods perhaps be notified of evasion-related actions taken regarding our communities? Not specifics, that’s not safe to share, but overall numbers?
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