This was changed to decrease the spam in chat.
Instead of actively telling players about bans, it may be worthwhile creating a passive alternative, where they can check the recent bans if they want to.
~ @Coelho
All the things that cause spam that come directly from MeepCraft and you choose kicks and bans? LOL.
I do like your proposed compromise, because it means kicks and bans would still be public, and thus there would still be some accountability for staff (and some deterrent for players, because they don't want be embarrassed by a kick or ban, which is a big factor in why some people avoid bad behavior). :) But I'm concerned by the point metr0n0me raised, which I also brought up several months ago, before I was staff (and when I argued very strongly against this):
Public bans are useful for setting examples out of others. For example, if someone says ads in chat, and gets banned, the nuisance of ads have gone away. However, if a player were to see this happen, and no ban was issued (he thinks) this gives the impression that ads are ok.
~ @metr0n0me
If kicks and bans aren't going to be immediately public, then the rules and their location MUST be crystal clear, and MeepCraft MUST encourage new players to read them as enthusiastically as it encourages them to donate for a rank or vote for the server.
Anything less, and we're punishing players for not knowing rules that we never told them about, and that's unacceptable.
