- Tom T
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The End
‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
Having your posts hidden is part of the punishment. With ban evasion being commonplace, at least it means that rulebreakers have one reason to resent getting banned (we can remove all their efforts with the click of a button).
I might be more inclined to agree for 3 or 7 day bans, as the violation is less severe. It would allow unrelated discussions to continue in the absence of the OP and it might also help those who have been banned to see their posts in context.
While I am leaning in favour of the idea, I have two concerns. Firsly, I see little incentive for the webteam to invest effort in changing the system for the convenience of banned users. Secondly, it would make bans a more public affair, and I -as a volunteer- would prefer to solely converse with the banned user, than suffer rebuke from all the banned user's friends. A better alternative, if anything were to be done (I don't see a pressing need tbh), would be for the banned user's offending post(s) to be quoted within their ban message.
[Edited on 11.02.2011 4:13 PM PDT]