Ban Transparency

chaos546

Merged the 'Hidden Bans' thread with the 'Ban Transparency' thread.

KariStar86

+1 If certain people are notified ie. Kitpvp it should be announced /w so people know a hacker would be gone. Definitely not worldwide though.
~ @le gooboy

Why not worldwide?

le gooboy

Why not worldwide?
~ @KariStar86

/w ~ worldwide -.-

Rowena_Ravenclaw

mr worldwide

Owen Powell

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

I really like this idea, as long as its very easy for new players to know that this feature exist (Ex. A command list, kind of like /help that shows this command, which I would name /banlist or something)

weewoozesty

I will admit.... I found some entertainment in seeing the name of the person banned. It also kinda acted as a deterant since it basicly made an example of somebody breaking the rules.

Like putting somebody in the gallow in the medieval era. It assures me that there is justice being done. And assures new comers that Meepcraft doesnt take crap from people and that keeps them in line.

DarkWarriorX5

Recently bans have changed where normal players can't see the ban. I personally don't like this because it keeps the community in the dark, and also reduces accountability for staff members when banning. I agree that there are some positives that come with removing it, but I believe that the community should be able to know who was banned and why they were banned whether it be through ban messages in chat, or a log of banned players on the forums.
EDIT: Karistar and Metro have pointed out another good argument. Having bans in chat helps new players know what is legal and illegal considering most don't take the time to go on the forums and read all the rules.
~ @HotAsianBeans

+1 I heard by someone that fuzzlr wanted meepcraft to be like the real economy. If someone goes to jail we know about it on the news. Meepcraft should be the same. Also on one of the last forum threads I read that meepcraft that staff doesn't keep things behind the curtains/ behind the scenes. They shouldn't and this is just crazy. Reduce spam in chat? Really? Come on guys. People comment on who got banned and and what they think about it. Not really spam. One person says something each. I thought spam was when one person repeated something constantly or said mindless stuff within a short period of time. Not when everyone said something once on a subject. If that's spam then these forums are full of constant spammers.And who complained about it? This is a community server. I'm sure really not even half the people agreed it should be taken off.

leodavinci9000

+1 I heard by someone that fuzzlr wanted meepcraft to be like the real economy. If someone goes to jail we know about it on the news. Meepcraft should be the same. Also on one of the last forum threads I read that meepcraft that staff doesn't keep things behind the curtains/ behind the scenes. They shouldn't and this is just crazy. Reduce spam in chat? Really? Come on guys. People comment on who got banned and and what they think about it. Not really spam. One person says something each. I thought spam was when one person repeated something constantly or said mindless stuff within a short period of time. Not when everyone said something once on a subject. If that's spam then these forums are full of constant spammers.And who complained about it? This is a community server. I'm sure really not even half the people agreed it should be taken off.
~ @DarkWarriorX5

Who is the only major person who -1'd this?

DarkWarriorX5

Who is the only major person who -1'd this?
~ @leodavinci9000

just sayin that to any major person that will -1 this

BobJonCreeper

Instead of hiding something that I'm pretty sure 90% of MeepCraft enjoys seeing, something that spams the chat that no one really cares to see should be.
For me, it's seeing "Soandso has won 6000 meebles at Ultimate City Parkour! /Parkour"
I honestly couldn't care less who won what. I understand completely that this bring attention the the parkour side of MeepCraft, but this spams chat as much as banning people does.

Many problems can arise from hiding bans. Some of which have been stated above. Think about them. Seeing the bans doesn't just give people a laugh, it benefits the server as well.

Deinen

Onis' suggestion on this accepted. I think a passive list on the forums or something is the correct compromise. Aside from the spam, I would have to say that a bigger reason for making it not public is because we didn't necessarily need to hear 10 comments from the peanut gallery on how long we should have banned for, or banned this person, or not that person.

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