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>Letting a user know defeats the point of doing it Why? Isn't this a signal to the broader population that certain behaviors result in this kind of downranking
by remarkEon 4y ago
>Letting a user know defeats the point of doing it
Why? Isn't this a signal to the broader population that certain behaviors result in this kind of downranking?
>Moderators are a finite resource, and spending all their resources chasing down someone who won't take the hint is exactly what a hellban is for.
Again, it's it useful to signal that accounts that violate the rules (or are right up at the edge of violating them) are in this state?
- fzeroracer 4y agoHave you ever moderated anything? A discord server? A forum? IRC channel? Literally anything at all? You didn't actually address the OPs claims and the reason why shadowbanning exists. Sometimes you get people that are literal stalkers, harassers. People that chase out other individuals. The problem is when you ban them you give them a clear signal that they are unable to post. So what do they do? They create a new account. Then they repeat the process. Not informing them that they violated the rules is the entire point. The broader population already knows that these behaviors are bad. The problem is dealing with specific users that refuse to give up and refuse to go away. To them their account has zero value; a ban means nothing to them. Their value is based on dealing damage to other users of your community.