Every contest has its own rules. Breaking one gets you a card, and the colour follows how bad the break was.
Blue card — Standard infraction
Clears after 2 months
A light break of the contest rules. Slips and repeated carelessness land here.
Yellow card — Serious infraction
Clears after 1 month
Copying another creator's work, or acting against other participants. Two active blue cards also add up to one of these.
Never clears
Bots, bought engagement, or stealing content outright. Payouts stop.
Cards belong to the person, not the contest. Whoever issued one can revoke it — a curation mistake should not be permanent.