i was recently banned for a few days for calling someone ignorant. previously i had an infraction for posting a non offensive image (the internet high five hand on a thread i was responding to frequently), and for posting a lmgtfy.com link (which is apparently against the rules, but i honestly didnt know). Upon the incident with me calling another poster ignorant, i reached my 15 infraction limit (5 per incident it seems) and was banned. Now it's really no big deal that i was banned, but it seems to me that the fraction system needs some work. As it is right now any mod can simply dock you for something, and it gets delivered by scrapbot and it's automatically 5 points.
Shouldn't there be differing values in this system? Or perhaps the length of time for the minor infractions should be shortened (it's roughly 3 months for anything)? Just seems like some of the infraction rules are seriously outdated/have not been worked on and thus resulting in some really pedantic bannings.
would love to hear other's thoughts on this.