General Should bans be public?

[Nomad]

I believe it should be based on the reason for ban. If the user is being banned for serious issues, we can make it public and let everyone know why a user is banned. For minor offense, discretion is a better approach.

 

[Henrywrites]

I believe it should be based on the reason for ban. If the user is being banned for serious issues, we can make it public and let everyone know why a user is banned. For minor offense, discretion is a better approach.

The reason for the ban is a key point. When such person is being banned for a serious offense, making it public is the least of what should be done at that moment.

 

[Nomad]

However, I also believe that ban should be a last option. If you start banning a lot of users, other users will become suspicious and might start becoming less active.

 

[Darth Cognus]

^ That's what nagged me with 'for minor offense' - bans should never be over something minor in the first place. Routine stuff like spammers/out of the gate trolls, sure.

 

[synpastel]

In my 15+ years of admining/modding on sites, I've only maybe had to deal with 5 ban cases the maximum, maybe 3-5 suspensions max? Anyway, we normally let the person know over PM/DM what's going on and then we ban. We have a publicly stated rule "Public discussion of potential bans or suspensions are not allowed" to avoid potential drama from brewing on a site.