Possible moderation loophole: hidden profile history + blocking moderators
Apologies if this has already been asked before, but I could not find a clear answer.
I have a question about a possible moderation gap involving hidden profile history and users blocking moderators.
As we all know, for some time now users can hide their public post and comment history. However, when they post or comment in a subreddit, moderators of that subreddit can still review their recent public activity for moderation purposes, for a limited period after their latest interaction with the community.
The issue is that if such a user also blocks a moderator, that moderator no longer seems able to review the user’s recent activity outside the subreddit, even though the user has recently interacted with a community they moderate.
This feels like a significant loophole. A bad-faith user could hide their profile history, block the moderators of a subreddit, then post or comment there while preventing those moderators from checking recent public activity that would normally be moderation-relevant.
My questions are:
- Is this intended and documented behavior?
- Is it a bug or an unintended interaction between hidden profile history and blocking?
- Is there any recommended workflow for moderators dealing with this?
- Are there any plans to address it?
To be clear, I am not asking for access to private user data, only to the recent public activity that moderators would normally be able to review when a user participates in their community.