http://www.reddit.com/user/manboobz/ <--- it 404s

/u/manboobz <--- RES users will be able to hovor over this link and see his details, but clicking on it 404s. so his userdetails exist in the api, but not on his userpage.

he is shadow banned. he still has an account, and the api can see it, but his userpage is blocked.

what does this mean?

He can still post and comment, but they will hit spam filter with a pink background to indicate the post/comment is coming from a banned user. mods can choose to approve it, but most won't.

He can still vote, but the system will counter every vote with one in the other direction.

He can still pm, but the other person wont get it.

He could create a new account, but the admins are free to decide to shadow ban that as well, its really up to them and how they decide to play it.