Should False Mass Reports Be Punished?

Yeah, a ramp up of punishment for serial false mass reporting would be nice. Imo that kind of action is as bad as genocidal PKing, if not even worse if the mass reporting autobans someone.

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Eh. Inconsistency gets people frustrated, and it doesn't gain you much either (in this space). Perma-banning people on their first offense also gives no buffer for mistakes or misjudgements by GMs. Sucks to be unfairly sanctioned, but a warning or suspension for a first time offense is way better than losing your account to a mistake. (Best outcomes if the 'offense count' flag resets after a year of good behavior)

Warn > Suspend > Ban will take slightly longer to get rid of toxic players, but it will get rid of them.

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It's not supposed to. The point of warning is not to deter hardcore assholes. Only bans EVER do that.

The point of warnings is to deter childish people who need a nudge or clarification of social norms.
The point of suspensions is to deter trolls and persistent (mental) children who need a reality check.

Only bans will ever deter assholes, but you can't always tell who you're targeting, and it's usually a waste of GM energy to try to find out. The ones that need banning will ignore the warnings and get banned. We don't need to ban children too.