Changes to Rule Enforcement

Guybrush · 06-01-2015, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I was under the impression that the temp ban system was an automatic three strikes thing: first ban = 1 week, second = 1 month, third = perma ban. Like, it's just built into the computerization and ****.

Hmm, is it? Possibly. I forget the details of any policy we might have had in my time.

In general, I am in favour of systems that "forget". I like second chances (or third or fourth, etc). To put it philosophically, I think that given infinite time, even the average well-behaved member would get an infinite amount of infractions - or an infinite amount of temp bans. That doesn't mean their net contribution to the community is negative.

Of course, as mentioned before, special cases may require special measures. One neat thing about consistent use of the infractions system is; if a member was particularly difficult, you could basically give them less freedom than other members by giving some infractions on a very long timer (or even permanent). F.ex if a member had 9 infractions lasting for a year, they would have to behave pretty darn well the next 12 months to avoid tempbans.

I think it's neat.