I would limit first-offense punishments to max 7 day bans. And to shadow-ban a post (versus locking it) for a first offense I'd require it be done by a Reddit a

I would limit first-offense punishments to max 7 day bans. And to shadow-ban a post (versus locking it) for a first offense I'd require it be done by a Reddit admin, and then only for things such as site-wide rules violations.