Yikes. I didn't know about this. What exactly is the cap? It seems like someone could make a conflicting or provoking post or comment, spark an argument and get filtered by some people, and then get shadowbanned without ever getting a chance to correct themselves.
Is this the first non-self-moderating feature on Hubski? Of course, I understand its rational use of a bot or spammer or general asshole getting easily booted from everyone's feed. thenewgreen?Once they have a lot of filters, they will be globally filtered, meaning they won't show up in global.
It's forgiving, and doesn't just take filtering into account. For a brand new account, there might be some risk, but is low. I keep an eye on it just in case. Here's a rare example of a user that tripped that switch:
Shit, all that putlocker porn for naught. And that's great then, I didn't know it'd been around for a while.
mk knows the recipe for couch things, but your concerns are addressed in the formula. Worth noting. Nobody, to my knowledge, that wasn't an HTML spammer has ever had this distinction.