I've read here that a suspension period can last at most one year. But I found an account which is obviously suspended for $\textbf{10 years}$ :
Have the rules been changed or has an error crept into the system?
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1$\begingroup$ Rules have changed but not recently as far as I'm aware. A pretty detailed account of historical and practical aspects can be gleaned from the Meta.SE post How long can a temporary suspension be? Your example mentions network-wide suspension, so necessarily that was done by staff moderation. $\endgroup$– hardmathJul 12 at 2:26
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$\begingroup$ I see. Thanks for the link. A 10-years suspension can happen, but it is very rare since a user has to violate strongly against the rules. $\endgroup$– callculus42Jul 12 at 5:20
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$\begingroup$ From what I remember it is mainly an incremental path to a long suspension, perhaps taking three previous suspensions to get to one longer than a year. Naturally the staff provide little information about specific cases, to guard the privacy of individual users, but occasionally the users themselves provide some details. $\endgroup$– hardmathJul 12 at 12:14
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2$\begingroup$ There are some bans network wide for 100 years like this example. It would be interesting to know why in this case. $\endgroup$– Тyma GaidashJul 20 at 22:44
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$\begingroup$ @TymaGaidash Cool Areally weird example. If it were a forum for giant tortoises, then maybe 100 years suspension period would make sense. $\endgroup$– callculus42Jul 21 at 2:50
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The limit of a one year suspension that you referenced is for that by diamond moderators on any one site. However, only Stack Exchange employees may issue network wide suspensions for longer than a year, as the network Meta FAQ My account has been temporarily suspended; what does that mean? post's answer states:
What is a network-wide suspension?
A network-wide suspension is applied to all network accounts of a user. It can only be issued by Stack Exchange employees and can be longer than 365 days. The most common reasons for a network-wide suspension are spamming, trolling, and to cool down.
