someonecompletelyrandom

I've personally not seen any "baiting" since I've been a mod, and am definitely opposed to such behavior. Adding a poll in the mod cave seems to only make the discussion and consensus that takes place a touch more formal, so it's not a bad idea.

A few of the moderators here are sarcastic, and frankly that's what keeps us from being walked all over and lets us deal with the insanity of other people with humor. I've never witnessed anyone trying to bait a member into a ban (although of course, we have joked about it occasionally when members do things to get on our nerves). Usually what will happen is a very friendly PM is sent, if they take no action and continue to break the rules an infraction is given, couple of infractions leads to a ban, after that permanent bans are considered. There are, of course, special cases, but we're relunctant to even hand out a temp ban without asking, let alone toss around permies.

So while a poll wouldnt hurt, the precedent for its creation is something I just can't really see. Although there have been instances where mods act alone in banning, these were times when consensus wasn't possible and I personally trust their discretion.

It does make me think that maybe every member under review for being permabanned should get a thread in the cave for discussion.

Thanks for the suggestion, tore!