RFC: Unban everyone

[otatop]

@econophile

If there is broader interest in discussing this, I suggest we take the conversation for a new thread because the title of the current thread (“Unban everyone”) doesn’t really capture the main idea as I see it.

There are also several existing RFC threads that could be returned to, like:

RFC: rules regarding long bans

We should finally get around to codifying the rules regarding bans to avoid future disagreements. I suggest that any ban that is longer than a set amount of time (eg. 14 days) should be automatically reviewed by the community via poll. This includes permanent bans. Rule suggestion 1: Mods are allowed to ban anyone at their discretion for any amount of time including permanently. Rule suggestion 2: If a ban exceeds a to be determined minimum amount of time then it‘s the banning mods responsibil…

RFC: Permabans

I’ve been dragging my feet on writing this, which I have promised, but I think we should have an RFC to lock down procedures for a permaban. In general, no member of this community shall be permanently banned without a vote by the community. Such a vote shall be initiated by a moderator and take the form of an RFC to discuss banning the member followed by a separate thread to record the vote, in accordance with established procedure for an RFC. The vote threshold for a permanent ban shall be: …

https://unstuckpolitics.com/t/rfc-let-s-discuss-mod-guidelines
https://unstuckpolitics.com/t/rfc-everyone-should-ignore-the-people-who-annoy-them-and-read-and-heart-my-awesome-and-hysterical-posts-instead