Yes, Discourse works quite differently. Discourse evidently only attaches a “Banned” title to people who were Banned before the switch. Instead, the procedure is to Suspend someone permanently. But you have to click the poster’s avatar to see it.
We’re actually still learning the in and outs of Discourse. I haven’t figured out all the options yet. But I have figured out how the banhammer works.
No. Just click his avatar in one of his posts and it will say “This user is suspended.” When the reason listed is “trolling,” it’s a pretty good guess he’s banned.
On my phone it takes the two clicks…
Clicking on avatar brings up the ID card then clicking on the avatar on the card brings up the profile with the suspension status.
This is exactly what I get on my PC. When I click the avatar in a post, I get the same result as clicking the name in the post, which I guess is called the ID card. The notification of suspension does not appear there, at least not for me.
Eureka! I’ve discovered I can edit a poster’s title to say “BANNED,” which I have done for I-AM-WABI-SABI and kswiss. So that should be visible on all their posts.