I would like to hear some opinions, preferably from other Mastodon admins/moderators, regarding suspensions and unsuspensions.

Would you prefer to:

1. Let mods delete offending posts and send notifications to the author while increasing some internal strike count so mods know to enact harsher punishment in repeat cases, or

2. Let mods conditionally suspend accounts, allowing people to unsuspend themselves by agreeing to delete offending posts through their own action?

Option 1. is what Instagram seems to do and option 2. is what Twitter seems to do, though as someone who doesn't use the former and has not been suspended from the latter I am half-guessing.

Motivation in both cases is to reduce the number of permanent suspensions in situations where an offending user is willing to change, and minimize moderator workload by having to keep up with appeals through e-mail.

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@Gargron I'm so glad you're considering these features and I hope to see the free choice between them, because different communities absolutely will need very different moderation styles this has potential to support.

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