# Automatic Unsilence?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008 "2024-04-29T20:39:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@justanotherperson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justanotherperson)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/1 "2024-04-29T20:39:36Z")
So, one of my friends recently got silenced on the forums we’re on. Then, about a day or two ago, he suddenly got unsilenced even though the mods weren’t on at that time. While this is good (…because transmitting messages through a literal Padlet isn’t the best thing), it did leave me wondering: How?
(Also, somebody said that Discourse might run on autopilot, but I don’t think it’s really like that…)
I’m not sure if this is a bug or an anomaly like the last time I posted.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/2 "2024-04-29T21:33:16Z")
If you’re silenced for a set amount of time then that will automatically expire when the timer runs down.
For this to be a #Contribute > Bug report, we’d need much more detail about how they were silenced and how long for, as well as any steps you could give so we can reproduce the issue.
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### Author:  [@THEHACKER120](https://meta.discourse.org/u/THEHACKER120)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/3 "2024-04-29T21:33:36Z")
Pretty sure its the system.
On the GKC forums the system unsilenced a person.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/4 "2024-04-29T21:37:48Z")
> [@THEHACKER120](#):
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> Pretty sure its the system.
> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> If you’re silenced for a set amount of time then that will automatically expire when the timer runs down.
> [@THEHACKER120](#):
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> On the GKC forums the system unsilenced a person.
That’s how the feature works.
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### Author:  [@justanotherperson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justanotherperson)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/5 "2024-04-29T22:41:11Z")
Yeaaaaaaaah I’m just stupid at this point. Would be better if this got fixed:
> [@Isn't the silence message a bit misleading?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/isnt-the-silence-message-a-bit-misleading/267854):
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> I love Discourse, and using it in production for more than a year now. But there’s one thing in the back of mine which is kind of like a pet peeve for me. The silence functionality. For starters, it doesn’t say how long you are silenced for or the reason for the silence (or I think the reason might be emailed to a user). I think these are important information which the user should know. We’ve had a lot of users make alt accounts just because the silence is not clear enough. Also, for users co…
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/6 "2024-04-29T22:53:49Z")
That other topic looks wrong - he’s looking at the “Temporarily on hold” message.
This is the current default text template:
```plaintext
You have been silenced from the forum until %{silenced_till}.
Reason - %{reason}
```
and this is the email you get when silenced:
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### Author:  [@justanotherperson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justanotherperson)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/7 "2024-04-29T23:39:36Z")
Turns out, that guy never checked his email, so this whole topic was just from that confusion that started because of that (and me not using my brain)… sorry for wasting your time.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-unsilence/306008/8 "2024-05-29T23:40:17Z")
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