Over at FFRepublic, they have a sub-forum devoted to returning members. It's called the "Farplane Abyss". I think it's a pretty good idea, and it's somewhere for these members to let everyone know they're back. Of course, certain exceptions would be people like myself and Rirse, who leave on a regular basis. Whereas Rirse leaves because he's an idiot, I left twice because I couldn't afford my Internet connection, once because my cat decided to urinate on my hard drive, twice when I became bored of the Internet and a further three times when Shlup turned down my repeated requests for an all-expenses paid trip to my bed.
I think it would be nice for returning members to have this opportunity - if their reasons for returning were acceptable and honest. If they leave and return on a regular basis, they could either: I) Be banned from the returning members forum, II) Have their signature/avatar changed to something ridiculous in order to mock and humiliate them (IE - changing Rirse's avatar to a symbolic boomerang would be excellently clever stuff), or III) Ban them forever because you're sick of them.
