diff --git a/app/workers/question_worker.rb b/app/workers/question_worker.rb
index 0416244a..8f7823a6 100644
--- a/app/workers/question_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/question_worker.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class QuestionWorker
     question = Question.find(question_id)
 
     user.followers.each do |f|
+      next if f.banned?
       next if MuteRule.where(user: f).any? { |rule| rule.applies_to? question }
 
       Inbox.create(user_id: f.id, question_id: question_id, new: true)
diff --git a/spec/workers/question_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/question_worker_spec.rb
index 94f45a50..cafbc455 100644
--- a/spec/workers/question_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/question_worker_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe QuestionWorker do
     it "places the question in the inbox of the user's followers" do
       expect { subject }
         .to(
-          change { Inbox.where(user_id: user.followers.ids, question_id: question_id, new: true).count }
+          change { Inbox.where(user_id: user.followers.ids, question_id:, new: true).count }
             .from(0)
             .to(5)
         )
@@ -35,7 +35,18 @@ describe QuestionWorker do
 
       expect { subject }
         .to(
-          change { Inbox.where(user_id: user.followers.ids, question_id: question_id, new: true).count }
+          change { Inbox.where(user_id: user.followers.ids, question_id:, new: true).count }
+            .from(0)
+            .to(4)
+        )
+    end
+
+    it "does not send questions to banned users" do
+      user.followers.first.ban
+
+      expect { subject }
+        .to(
+          change { Inbox.where(user_id: user.followers.ids, question_id:, new: true).count }
             .from(0)
             .to(4)
         )