Comment by 5days on 14/05/2015 at 16:41 UTC

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The banned user will be able to contact us and discuss.

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Comment by vehementsquirrel at 14/05/2015 at 16:44 UTC

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When will they be able to contact you? When they finally discover after 3 years that they've been shadowbanned or will you be informing people of their bans now?

Comment by rtechie1 at 14/05/2015 at 19:32 UTC

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Not to be harsh, but how could such a policy really work?

It strikes me that bans really only are effective at people that care about their usernames.

Someone who is sending really hateful nonsense, death threats, etc. will use a throwaway or an alt.

Can you give any reason why you think bans based on username would be effective?

Comment by anonoben at 14/05/2015 at 20:56 UTC

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

So they will only be able to argue in their defense *after you find them guilty*!?

Comment by 1wf at 14/05/2015 at 16:46 UTC

74 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Will they be notified of the 'ban'?

Comment by terminal157 at 15/05/2015 at 16:47 UTC

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That doesn't strike you as being susceptible to abuse? Don't you think our concern is reasonable?

Comment by Shinhan at 15/05/2015 at 08:22 UTC

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I strongly disagree with your decision not to inform the harassers of their ban and reasoning for it. Like LoL has proven, giving reasons when banning toxic people is better than shadowbanning.