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> People are unreasonable, they are not going to accept punishment just because you tell them what rule they broke.

You'll never stop the banned person from being angry. The point of transparency is so that you provide something to make the mob think twice about grabbing pitchforks.

It's the same reason we have a justice system, to stop vigilante justice from tearing apart society. You have provide the illusion of justice or people make their own judgements based on limited information. Of course it won't be perfect every time. You just have to persuade _enough_ people.



That doesnt stop the mob.

If there is an emotionally resonant argument that can be made in favor of the banned user, then a mob will form.

Procedure, objectivity, precedent be damned.

You are essentially describing the court of public opinion, which is governed by deeper rules that are hardwired into our social brains.




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