05-25-2024, 02:38 PM
March 3rd, 2015
I made the decision to increase the length of time that warning points will remain in effect. Two years was an absolute eternity when I implemented the system when I was 15. Since the final two ban lengths are six months and one year, it's rare for anyone to actually get banned by warnings alone since old warnings are likely to end up expiring during the ban period. I considered extending it to four or five years with this in mind, but I simply don't think that it's fair to permanently ban someone over incidents that happened that long ago if they've mostly been on good behavior since then.
A lot of our permanent bans came down to moderator discretion, which is valid for users who show unwillingness to contribute to the forum.
I made the decision to increase the length of time that warning points will remain in effect. Two years was an absolute eternity when I implemented the system when I was 15. Since the final two ban lengths are six months and one year, it's rare for anyone to actually get banned by warnings alone since old warnings are likely to end up expiring during the ban period. I considered extending it to four or five years with this in mind, but I simply don't think that it's fair to permanently ban someone over incidents that happened that long ago if they've mostly been on good behavior since then.
A lot of our permanent bans came down to moderator discretion, which is valid for users who show unwillingness to contribute to the forum.