I’ve never been zotted, so I don’t know how that works. I think it’s more of a “time out” in most cases. You can still ping “the comedian” or “pissant” for that matter. I just tried and the pings went through. So it would seem that either (1) the zots were not permanent, or (2) the zot works differently than I think it does or (3) the posters in question elected to stop posting.
There is no there there.