Guybrush

A poll wouldn't necessarily require all moderators to join in, perhaps only enough for a majority vote if that's the chosen way to do it. Say there are 11 mods, any permban decision could require 6 votes. I realize presence could still be an issue.

When it comes to infractions, at least for tempbans/permbans they are good as it does, as you say, go down in a member's record so that other moderators can see that in the future as well as for the transparency reasons that I like. To those who don't know, 10 infractions or more to your account means you are banned until the number of infractions go below 10.

I can think of episodes where "baiting" it has happened, but I'd rather not name them because that's water under the bridge and it don't think mentioning examples would be worth it to further an argument in this thread. The banning of the members involved was generally in the site's best interests so I don't have a problem with the fact people got banned. I just feel the way it was done could be improved. Anyways, those who can't remember seeing it happen on the site could think instead of the possibility of it happening in the future.

edit :

By "baiting", I mean any situation where a mod has written/responded sarcastically/rude/etc. to an offending member, causing a conflict between member and moderator to escalate to the point where it results in harsher disciplinary action from the moderator than what the member originally got/deserved before the conflict escalated.

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