Quote: How baddly do ya have to violate the AUP to get the boot, and do ya get a probate time to come back?
I think it's only happened once. And once smitten, bye bye.
It was only necessary once (and I suspect that chucklehead registered another account and basically behaved himself), not including the spammers whose whole IP address range I blocked (read: China). Most of the troublemakers either leave on their own or modify their behavior based on the community's self-policing methods. I think Chad has seen some of that already. He's got a little fight left in him though, but we have hopes that he'll become a productive member of the community.