Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
I think that certain infractions should never fall off your record (harassment, hatespeech, cheating) but things like swearing or other understandably "oops" able things should. Maybe you forgot what chat you were in, maybe you were having a bad day, maybe you even had a technical difficulty that caused you to "AFK" in every dungeon you did that day and people reported you for it.

Infractions of certain types are unforgivable however. People who do these are likely to do them again and any incentive we can give NOT to do it again should be used. Hatespeech should never be used, no matter how "mad" you are. Harassing someone on purpose through game mechanics or systems should be highly stigmatized. Using cheat programs or methods (though i believe this is a one strike and you're out right now) if counted as a strike should always be on your record, otherwise this is a license to wait out the expiry and then cheating again.
While I do agree that a majority of what you said should be considered permanent, I think that minor offenses would need to be categorized in a manner that would help; and depending on the context of the logs it could escalate to a permanent action. Generally these 'minor' offenses should only stack up twice before become a full offense. And of course, repeat offenders don't get a chance. With how things are, CM post aside in that particular thread, it'd be a good thing for them to consider in terms of leniency - because there is none right now.