I got recently banned for a long period of time and thought this was the first time, here is why:
- The icon that mentions you are banned looks like you are notified there is a need to help the review queue. I kept clicking on it and wouldn't understand why nothing was showing up, so as soon as the queues reappeared I reviewed all I could thinking that would help. At least that is what I now assume it means.Image may be NSFW.
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- When you click on the list, it says the review queue is unavailable to you, not that you have been banned.Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - I just wanted to help, but it is hard to judge posts outside of your field, I have been banned on triage of posts from languages I never use. I suggest the review queues could filter posts and sort them so that you review the posts from the tags you are watching first.
Two other things I have in mind:
Giving a badge for reaching a certain amounts of edits, reviews etc is probably not a good idea if people pursue these as goals, rather than try to improve quality.
Banning people who try to help is highly discouraging and a long and painful tutorial would be more helpful (e.g. having to sort out previously sorted posts until >95% correct choices are made). If you really want to help people see the ban, banning them for several months is not useful and feels patronizing. Rather, users should be banned for the next n days where they have connected to the website, with a notification showing at the top of the threads.
