That's kinda against the spirit of the Internet, well, what it should be IMO. But I do also ban, only temporarily. I found that a lot of IPs just stop reappear

That's kinda against the spirit of the Internet, well, what it should be IMO. But I do also ban, only temporarily. I found that a lot of IPs just stop reappearing/retrying, likely because they blacklist my IP and move on.