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The biggest surprise is that it's a temporary ban instead of a permanent one. (and a temporary ban that ends at a coincidentally convenient time should he run i

The biggest surprise is that it's a temporary ban instead of a permanent one. (and a temporary ban that ends at a coincidentally convenient time should he run in 2024)

t0mbstone 5y ago
Yeah... That's very suspicious, not gonna lie.
toomuchtodo 5y ago
People are not immutable. It would set a bad precedent to make the ban permanent, versus revisiting and re-evaluating the decision in the future. This person likely won’t change, but the process should still be reasonable depending on it’s expected lifecycle and the variety of folks who are going to be evaluated by it.
- jackson1442 5y ago
  Right, but a two-year suspension is essentially unheard of in the tech world. Generally temporary suspensions last up to one month then just go permanent with virtually no appeals. This is still special treatment. If you or I were banned from Facebook, unless you're good friends with a staff member, we would likely be permanently banned.
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  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > This is still special treatment. If you or I were banned from Facebook, unless you're good friends with a staff member, we would likely be permanently banned. Since this is supposedly the maximum penalty available for the reason for the suspension under the new framework, that seems unlikely unless it was for some reason not covered by the same rule. Now, it may be that the most likely reason for bans are different than this one, but treating different actions differently isn’t special treatment.
Qw3r7 5y ago
Im really not surprised at all. As the other individual mentioned, its convenient for 2024 purposes. And its the best thing for the GOP if they do let him run, so as he cannot do any more damage of what is left. What a crazy world.
AnimalMuppet 5y ago
That looks almost like "he can't drive traffic for us anymore, but in two years he might".

The biggest surprise is that it's a temporary ban instead of a permanent one. (and a temporary ban that ends at a coincidentally convenient time should he run in 2024)

t0mbstone 5y ago

Yeah... That's very suspicious, not gonna lie.

toomuchtodo 5y ago

People are not immutable. It would set a bad precedent to make the ban permanent, versus revisiting and re-evaluating the decision in the future. This person likely won’t change, but the process should still be reasonable depending on it’s expected lifecycle and the variety of folks who are going to be evaluated by it.

jackson1442 5y ago
Right, but a two-year suspension is essentially unheard of in the tech world. Generally temporary suspensions last up to one month then just go permanent with virtually no appeals. This is still special treatment. If you or I were banned from Facebook, unless you're good friends with a staff member, we would likely be permanently banned.
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- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > This is still special treatment. If you or I were banned from Facebook, unless you're good friends with a staff member, we would likely be permanently banned. Since this is supposedly the maximum penalty available for the reason for the suspension under the new framework, that seems unlikely unless it was for some reason not covered by the same rule. Now, it may be that the most likely reason for bans are different than this one, but treating different actions differently isn’t special treatment.

Qw3r7 5y ago

Im really not surprised at all. As the other individual mentioned, its convenient for 2024 purposes. And its the best thing for the GOP if they do let him run, so as he cannot do any more damage of what is left. What a crazy world.

AnimalMuppet 5y ago

That looks almost like "he can't drive traffic for us anymore, but in two years he might".