Reply #286: With all due respect, would your opinion change if the profile of one of these banned people....

[Skinner]

...publicly said that they had a long history of personal attacks and received X number of warnings?

It's still my word against your belief that you never saw them acting like a jerk. You would probably not change your opinion just because I offered a public explanation. In fact, you might be filled with righteous indignation because you feel my public explanation is unfair or untrue.

So let's be honest: The public explanation would be for the benefit of the 99% of people who don't already have an opinion. And because I'm the administrator, the public explanation would always be my side of the story, not yours. So, as I said, it's completely in my interest to do this. For those of you who are upset that your friends got banned, there really isn't much upside to a public explanation. I get a one-sided platform to sully the reputation of your banned friend, and you don't get anything.

But if you would like this to happen, I think that's great. We are seriously considering doing it.