I think Warren is joking, but Something Awful does this with its Leper's Colony.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/banlist.php
It also shows in the threads. I do think they should expire, but I'm ok with them remaining on record.
I say this about the warnings, partly because of my own personal experience. I have probably gotten 5-6 warnings this year, which would put me very close to the limit. I don't think I've ever done anything terribly, generally just disagreeing with a poster in a sarcastic way.
As a person who gets a lot of warnings, and who knows how variable they can be, it just seems bad to permaban people after slaps on the wrist. If someone gets 4-5 in a month, sure, that's reasonable. However if someone posts a meme in a thread, or is bitterly sarcastic in a response to a post, I don't think they should be permabanned. Especially if they are a member in good standing otherwise.
Obviously I have some personal stake in this ruling.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/banlist.php
It also shows in the threads. I do think they should expire, but I'm ok with them remaining on record.
I say this about the warnings, partly because of my own personal experience. I have probably gotten 5-6 warnings this year, which would put me very close to the limit. I don't think I've ever done anything terribly, generally just disagreeing with a poster in a sarcastic way.
As a person who gets a lot of warnings, and who knows how variable they can be, it just seems bad to permaban people after slaps on the wrist. If someone gets 4-5 in a month, sure, that's reasonable. However if someone posts a meme in a thread, or is bitterly sarcastic in a response to a post, I don't think they should be permabanned. Especially if they are a member in good standing otherwise.
Obviously I have some personal stake in this ruling.