Benned!

[Loony BoB]

It seems very cruel to Ban her for mod-whoring, even if she has been warned before many times. Wouldn't it have been easier just to remove her ability to Post for a few days or weeks so that she learnt a lesson, instead of Banning her completely? Or just remove the offending Posts in question?

One of the reasons that people very rarely break rules and that EoFF has such a good reputation for not having abuse going on around the place is because of the way we deal with things. One major factor in this is that we don't give people temporary bans because then they figure they can 'get away with it' - instead we slam on massive bans that force people to not want to break the rules because they know they'll be gone for a long time. It also means we don't have to worry about people returning after their temporary ban expires and abusing in retaliation, which does happen in places that give temp bans. Also, you could look at it in a different way: Instead of thinking "They should have just made it seven days, instead they gave the member a permanent ban!" you should probably think "Man, they could have given the member a seven day ban before now, but they instead chose to just give them a nice, polite 'Final Warning' which meant that they could keep posting while still knowing that they're on their last legs."

I don't think she's ever sworn at anyone or been abusive.

She's been warned rather often for good reasons, I'll leave it at that.

Good people get banned if they break rules. This has happened in the past - including close friends of the staff group - but it has to if we want to be fair to all of the members. Everyone has to follow the rules, or else people will think they can get away with it because some other member did. It doesn't matter how good you are, you have to set examples for the newer members or you'll be warned/banned.

She can always appeal to her ban after two years, so it's not eternity.

Buuuut enough of discussing that ban for me as it's over and done with now.