(04-29-2015, 08:28 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Not joking. Warnings shouldn't go away. Strikes in baseball eventually mean an out, right?
Don't forgive mistakes so simply. If people are being offensive, don't let it drop so easily.
I think that is a horrible idea. It works on a site like SA, because you can just buy a new account. Banning is just a 10$ lesson.
Here there is nothing like that.
I do not apologize for the fact that sometimes people don't like what I say. I understand that sometimes it might be considered offensive or disruptive. However people need the chance to push the boundaries from time to time. /And/ people need to be able to learn where the boundaries are, without having mistakes be permanent.
Again, bringing up Something awful. There is a huge population of lurkers, many people will wait years to post, since if they fuck up, it's on their record forever. So they feel safer not posting.
I'd rather have people post than not, and not hold their mistakes against them. I'm reasonably ok with the warnings being permanent, but I think a Leper's colony type shame zone would hurt this community more than help it.
