Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:48:25 11/03/03
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On November 03, 2003 at 21:05:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>I'm definitely *against* hiding the moderators' work. When somebody steps on the
>line, the moderators can contact him by email and/or post a "MODERATION" message
>in answer to the offending message. I'm in favor of a public warning.
>
>When somebody is banned, it deserves a public announcement. If it does not, what
>will???
When I was a moderator, we emailed the member privately to indicate that their
account was suspended, why it was suspended, and the duration of the suspension.
The suspension took effect immediately upon the decision of the moderators.
Suspensions are (were) quite rare, and there was never a case where the member
replied back with a compelling argument justifying their conduct, though if
there had been, we could have changed our minds about it.
However, we did not post a public announcement. Doing so would only distract
from the purpose of the forum. IIRC, sometimes the banned individual themself
found another IP address, made a new account, and posted publicly complaining,
whereupon we had another account to block! However, if another member posted,
asking if someone had been suspended, we would confirm (or deny, as
appropriate), and leave it at that.
IIRC, closing threads ("thread is closed, new posts will be deleted") was much
more common than actual suspensions.
Dave
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