Quote Originally Posted by Caoihmin View Post
As per OP's report from SE's site, it is clearly stated that the sellers are permanently banned and the buyers or "participants" are temporarily banned. A casual noting of the numbers involved and a dash of logic would assume this.

Unless of course, my reading comprehension skills need some brushing up.
Fair 'nuff. Regardless, if S-E can detect 8,200 seller accounts (I am assuming non-advertising means accounts responsible for the actual transactions) but only 64 buyer accounts, it tells me that eliminating a buyer market via banning said buyer market is absurdly costly for minimal effect. I highly doubt there were only 64 RMT buyers last month, and those were likely only found due to excessive transactions

And, while these players certainly do deserve nothing but permanent bans, IMO, the net effects it has on both the real economy and player convenience is miniscule compared to the effects of silencing said advertisers - again, the more you choke supply, ironically, the more you choke demand's willingness to...demand.