People are rarely banned for a single post, but rather for an overall pattern of behavior over an extended period of time. If people persist with the same kind of behavior for which they have been warned repeatedly, they become candidates for suspension. A suspension is intended as the last “wake-up call” before permanent banning. If a poster comes back from suspension, and once again starts to rack up warnings and mod notes for similar behavior, we are forced to conclude they are either unwilling or unable to change and become subject to banning. So no, the final offense does not have to be a major one, it just has to convince us that the poster is not going to change.
No, not at all. We do that mainly if the OP was trolling or perhaps posting in the Pit.
That’s weird…I would think it would be part of the structure, not just turned on if you have infractions. But if you don’t have that section it must work that way.
