# Auto ban feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-ban-feature/256388
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-ban-feature/256388 "2023-02-27T14:11:29Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-ban-feature/256388/6 "2023-02-27T17:46:16Z")

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I didn’t mention Silence which seemed a good option at first because of “ **First posts** of users containing these words will require approval by staff” (emphasize by me).

As for the API, I thought about it (I did a somehow similar thing: [Automatically delete users flagged by system?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-delete-users-flagged-by-system/249765)) but didn’t mention it as well since it was really a stretch, coming from a #Contribute > Feature topic. 🙂

That said, an auto-ban is **always** a dangerous feature. I highly doubt such a thing would be officially added to Discourse.

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