On October 8, a Douyin user posted a video of stepping on a metal flush valve in a restroom with the caption "Toilet flush valves are all made of metal parts brake pedal". Afterwards, the user's avatar and username were suspected of having been wiped by the platform, with netizens joking, "Flushed the toilet and the avatar got flushed away."[Netizen Comments][Social Media Account Bans][Douyin]