It should be easy to verify - open the public modlog (https://lemmy.world/modlog) and find a random user that has been banned recently, view their profile / comments and check if the icon shows up. If the icon really means that they are, in fact, banned, then it should show up every time.

....that being said, I've never seen that icon before. Are you using an app or the desktop version? Do you get a mini pop up when you hover the mouse pointer over the icon?

[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'm using jeboa on android

[-] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hm... the only related info I can find is that it is called a "no account(s)" icon here: https://fontawesomeicons.com/svg/icons/no_accounts#ex-tab3 ...but no explanation about what exactly it means in the context of jerboa/lemmy/android.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Frowning cyclops not allowed

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

No users allowed

[-] kuneho@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

fuck the sun over the hill

[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Would Smash

[-] alignedchaos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Pac-Man is about to hurl

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Some people put it as their profile icon so they look banned lol

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

No humans allowed.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

“That’s no moon”

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

most people here seem to be joking

[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Good for them they're having a laugh have at it

[-] dym_sh@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

well that's an obvious «ban user» icon, no?

[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I would spouse but I want to be 100% sure

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's the meaning of that symbol? Incredible!

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago

you're not funny

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It’s the old Atlanta Hawks logo.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My guess is it means you can’t log in or aren’t logged in. It could also be block user or blocked user. It’s just a crossed out person, so it could be a number of things.

this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023

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