Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
This argument keeps being made, but if they have gotten bans, it's suspect that they were as nice as they said (or thought) when giving advice. I'm not saying that SE couldn't have made a wrong judgment, but I suspect the fear of ban is overblown.
The fear of ban is not overblown. You could have a strike on your account for something so miniscule from 5 years ago and as far as the GM team is concerned you already got your slap on the wrist. Any kind of strikes on your account are permanent and never go away. Good luck trying to dispute it to. I have a strike on my account for someone that had the same name as me at the time on a different server. Tried disputing but it's a valid strike they say. Bought a name change promptly after that.