# User blocked for no apparent reason

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-blocked-for-no-apparent-reason/41251
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 18, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-blocked-for-no-apparent-reason/41251 "2016-03-18T04:12:45Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-blocked-for-no-apparent-reason/41251/5 "2016-03-18T11:16:56Z")

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> [@jomaxro](#):
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> Can you check why the user was blocked please?

I checked and what @codinghorror described is what happened. User was automatically blocked because they were identified as a fast typer (_ie. they copied and pasted something_).

It was unfortunately not logged, so I fixed it 😉

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f15d463eb8a73edd180ec0d6f3eff15187eded51](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f15d463eb8a73edd180ec0d6f3eff15187eded51)

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