
Originally Posted by
MoanaLisa
Sometimes. Sometimes it's a warning to back off before mod actions need to be escalated. It's better to get a thread back on track that way if it's at all possible.
As to how it would work with visibility: There are a number of problems with that. I don't see how top posting (start of thread) would help with threads longer than a very few pages. Those longer threads also might contain half a dozen or more warnings that are specific to individual accounts or posts and bear no relevance whatsoever for where the thread is days later, never mind how a page might look if it starts off with a dozen earlier warnings. That doesn't work at all for the mega-threads that might have thousands of posts.
It's difficult to see an easy solution.