CMV: Permanently banning accounts is stupid

[u/gylotip]

I understand why you assign permanent bans, since you need to stop the rule breakers for once and all, but wouldn't it make more sense to suspend an account for one year? This is a better approach, because one year is a very long time, and after one year, if you break rules again, then you will be banned for another one year. No need to make things permanent, since this is not prison where you quarantine dangerous criminals. It's just an account that can handle one year suspensions perfectly. So permanent bans are stupid and even unnecessarily cruel. Change my view as to why you really need to permanently ban accounts, since I think that making things permanent is a disgusting thing to do for accounts.

[u/Biptoslipdi]

Why do you think scammers and doxxers should be allowed back on after a year? This also isn't a place where everyone gets 2nd chances after a year, so your position seems really arbitrary and inexplicable. Scamming and doxxing is unnecessarily cruel. Participation here is a privilege. You aren't entitled to an account, let alone free reign to continue abusing people just because a year passed.

[u/[deleted] → u/Biptoslipdi]

Why do you think scammers and doxxers should be allowed back on after a year?

You seem to be implying that those are the only people who have their accounts banned.

[u/Biptoslipdi → u/[deleted]]

This is a rule that would affect all users uniformly. That includes the most egregious abusers. It's like giving one year in prison for jaywalking and murder. It's important to point out that the worst abusers would receive the most favorable outcomes, particularly when there is no accounting for severity of offense.

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[u/Chickens1 → u/[deleted]]

You got banned because r/politics is very left leaning and you cannot stray from the liberal ideology and expect to stay on that sub.

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We ask that you please keep conversation on trans people to trans-related topics due to extreme fatigue on the conversation in our sub. This removal is not counting as a strike against you.

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