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  • wonder if system somehow keeps the record of attempts to ask that trigger block (as far as I know, something like this happens to spam attempts) Commented Apr 3, 2015 at 9:45
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    Yes, it does @gnat. Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 7:30
  • interesting, thanks. Does that mean that it's technically possible to get stats on how many questions do Programmers get from users recently blocked at SO and how many of these are closed / deleted? And... it's technically possible to perform automatic checks for question block at SO when post enters close queue at Programmers, not only at attempt to migrate? Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 9:20
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    Is there a grace period for new users / how strict we are with those who might not know how the community works?. Follow-up; Once you know the cat is dead, can you determine when it might come back to life? I've seen a question from someone who's answer-banned and wants to know if they've even got a chance of answering before actually spending time on writing an answer, which seems like a reasonable request. Say the threshold "ban score" to post is x and the user is on x-100, can you say for certain that no answer would be good enough? Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 4:02
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    Answer-bans are extremely weak, @Basic - they're meant to stop folks who are completely unable / unwilling to do ANYTHING constructive on a site. A nominal amount of positive participation is all it takes to get out of them. And yes, all bans have a grace period of some sort, and warnings. Commented Mar 7, 2016 at 22:39
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    Part serious, part joke: is there an emergency procedure in place if a disgruntled former employee publicly leaks the exact ban algorithm? Commented Feb 15, 2019 at 6:52
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    It does, @Asadefa. Unless you're using the mobile app. Or the score of your posts change while you're writing the question. Commented Feb 15, 2019 at 19:01
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    The UI for "ask a question" and "answer" is rather different, @Asadefa. Commented Feb 17, 2019 at 20:11