I've always been fond of the system SomethingAwful uses[0] where there's a public list of user, type of ban (probation, ban, perma-ban), offense, and which mod

I've always been fond of the system SomethingAwful uses[0] where there's a public list of user, type of ban (probation, ban, perma-ban), offense, and which mod banned them. It gave both the mods and the users accountability. This was a well-kept garden with no pacifism at all. While SA sure isn't what it was at it's height, it's still going and still retains a fairly high quality to crap ratio. The only real downside is that by culling users so frequently, the site isn't very profitable and isn't as big as 4chan or reddit. They don't have the userbase needed to make as much advertising money. [0]https://forums.somethingawful.com/banlist.php https://forums.somethingawful.com/banlist.php