But he is a long time user, and you don't have any rules on the sidebar explicitly stating multiple report spam submissions are against the rules. Banning, unlike deleting, prevents you from participating in the sub in any capacity. It's a harsh punishment for an active user. Your slight inconvenience compared to a user who can no longer participate for a lengthy period *of time is unfair, no? I get a user can and likely may have abused this function, but from the comments looks like all you have to do is un-ban the user and update the sidebar. Ban again if the sidebar is violated... but in my view, always give active users the benefit of the doubt. Not a huge inconvenience, right? I've seen AOU around contributing content, and this small concession can restore the peace. You know?
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Faustian ago
But he is a long time user, and you don't have any rules on the sidebar explicitly stating multiple report spam submissions are against the rules. Banning, unlike deleting, prevents you from participating in the sub in any capacity. It's a harsh punishment for an active user. Your slight inconvenience compared to a user who can no longer participate for a lengthy period *of time is unfair, no? I get a user can and likely may have abused this function, but from the comments looks like all you have to do is un-ban the user and update the sidebar. Ban again if the sidebar is violated... but in my view, always give active users the benefit of the doubt. Not a huge inconvenience, right? I've seen AOU around contributing content, and this small concession can restore the peace. You know?
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