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| Why was my account limited for inactivity? | 2026-06-18 | yttrx limits accounts that have been inactive for a long time. Here's what that means and how to get yours back. |
If you've landed here, your yttrx account was automatically limited because it looked inactive — no logins, app activity, or posts for well over a year. This is routine housekeeping, not a punishment, and nothing has been deleted. Getting it back takes one short email.
What "limited" means
A limited (also called silenced) account is not deleted and not banned. Your posts, follows, and data are all still there. While the limit is in place, your account is just held back from public and federated timelines so a parked, forgotten account can't quietly be used for spam. It's fully reversible.
Why it happens
yttrx is a small, human-run community. Over the years a lot of accounts sign up and then go quiet for good. To keep the instance tidy and to shrink the surface that spammers can hijack, we periodically limit accounts that show no sign of life for well over a year — meaning all of:
- no web login,
- no activity from a mobile app or API client, and
- no posts.
If you were active by any of those, you would not have been caught. If you were, it just means you've been away for a while — welcome back.
How to get your account back
The reliable way: email admin@yttrx.com from, or mentioning, the address on your account. Include:
- Your full handle (e.g.
@you@yttrx.com). - A line letting us know you're back and want the limit lifted.
A real person reads that inbox and will restore you, usually quickly.
In-app appeal. When you log back in, your account settings list this as a moderation strike with an Appeal option — submitting it sends your request straight to our moderators and works just as well.
A note on DMs. You can still log in and post while limited, but because a
limited account's mentions are held back from people who don't already follow
you, a direct message to @waffles may not reach
them reliably until the limit is lifted. Email is the dependable route —
once you're un-limited, messaging @waffles works normally again.
Thanks for being part of yttrx. We kept your account safe for you. 💜