Quote Originally Posted by -S-a-g-e View Post
Why not reset them back to normal? They can already read only without being a member of the forums, the fans are giving SE a second chance, so shouldn't SE gives all their fans a second chance as well? Do like Renen said and have them on a watch list, give them one or two strikes and that's that if they put themselves back on the ban list then that's where they belong.
They're going to archive every comment, reply, thread, everything. The day that ARR launches. It will all become read only, and people will have to start new threads going forward from ARR.