Originally Posted by Janszoon

I'm curious how that would actually work though. It's easy to say "just infract everyone and problem solved", but on a practical level how would that be implemented? Modding is something people volunteer to do in their free time, not a full time job, so it's difficult make sure the entire site is patrolled thoroughly enough for the kind of consistent enforcement you're talking about. Also, a large chunk of the infracted will, of course, think that their posts weren't off-topic or needless so there will be the endless complaints and questioning that the mod team will have to contend with, and which more than likely will manifest itself as a whole lot of forum drama.