@simsa03 @gnusocialjp yep I certainly had similar experiences with their admin, particularly that I didn't even realized I had been banned multiple times and thought it was a bug. That being said I really do like how https://gnusocial.jp/url/27104 has their sandboxing set up. It allows for open sign up, a lot of people get turned off to platforms that request that you "beg for an account", so people can get started right away, but still provides a good prevention mechanism against spam bots and the like. The first GNU Social instance I joined, since shut down, had a lot of spambots and I just thought that's how the Fediverse was and I personally would have to take a lot of action to get others to join so that we could drown it out.