I can certainly understand wanting to pull the plug on some of the most egregious forums/users/behaviors and restore sanity as quickly as possible. On the othe

I can certainly understand wanting to pull the plug on some of the most egregious forums/users/behaviors and restore sanity as quickly as possible. On the other hand, it’s a good bet that most bans wouldn’t come with a lengthy letter explaining exactly what caused the ban so it might just reinforce the feeling of being suppressed unfairly. If the affected users actually are children (seems many of them are) then you’re not teaching anything by taking everything away with no explanation. As sad as this may be, in the modern age Reddit might be as much of an influence on a child as a teacher, day care or other major non-parent authority figure, and therefore what Reddit does “matters”. If Reddit’s primary response is to kill things, kids will feel unheard and disrespected and react strongly. If Reddit has a wide array of punishments and a very clear way to explain what a user did wrong, I think it would be a greater investment in the future of the forums.