vB Infractions - Update

[NT!]

i dunno if standardizing this across a lot of forums will work that well, but i'm up for giving things a shot. i think 6 months might be a long time for a minor infraction if it is indeed minor. right now i'm just trying to think of what types of OOT violations these would add up to.

i have to say i am pretty happy with the way OOT is going right now in terms of how we are handling things, so my hope is that there will be a lot of continuity on the new system

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I would switch minor infractions to 3 points.

[SamIAm]

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I would switch minor infractions to 3 points.

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Or we could lower the expiry time to 3mo for minors.

[Ryan Beal]

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I would switch minor infractions to 3 points.

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Or we could lower the expiry time to 3mo for minors.

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Getting all the points working together is why I've kept things this simple to begin with. If you could elaborate on why 3 points would work better, it will certainly be considered.

The question of making the first ban shorter can also be debated. But again, if we're going to start exiling from all sorts of forums on an individual basis, site bans should definitely hold more weight. I should also point out again that you guys will be able to give a custom number of points unless we disable that feature.

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I would switch minor infractions to 3 points.

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Or we could lower the expiry time to 3mo for minors.

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Getting all the points are working together is why I've kept things this simple to begin with. If you could elaborate on why 3 points would work better, it will certainly be considered.

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I think its best if the mods give our minor infractions frequently so the user base learns how to interact better. With 5 point infractions thats only 3x until a ban - much to harsh if we are giving out frequent infractions, with 3 point infractions its 5x - much better for small concerns.

[Ryan Beal]

Mods already give out 3 day+ bans in many cases without ever warning. So getting three 5 point infractions before the first ban definitely seems way more conservative. Also don't forget about the warning option on the first two infractions that doesn't add points at all.

Using a smaller number of points seemed like the right way to go when I was first thinking about it. But the more I considered all the different ways this system would be used, the more it seemed clear that warnings and a 3 strike small infraction before the first ban would fit well.

[NT!]

also, to add, i think being able to suspend or revoke a user's right to start threads in OOT would be a really, really useful option, since probably 95% of OOT bans are for crappy OPs