Comment by turkeypants on 06/07/2015 at 20:58 UTC

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I think shadowbanning is a great tool for the nastiest trolls and harassers. If they know they're banned, they figure out ways around it and just start over. They don't care about your explanation of what they did wrong. Let them think they're still doing their thing and waste their time in a way that doesn't actually affect anyone. That's both effective and hilarious. They don't deserve an explanation - they already know why before they deliberately start abusing. I guess the trick is in making the judgment call and distinguishing between critics of this or that and people whose only goal is to abuse or harass or drive others from the site. But surely some percentage of cases are clear enough.

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