here is an announcement for everyone at casualdiscourse.com:

if you truly feel that someone deserves to be banned, you should make a ban poll

yes i realize it's dangerous because you must put yourself up as one of the options but seriously if the person in question is universally hated then you're safe, right

if you don't think your nomination would win against you in a ban poll, then that ought to tell you something about whether the person in question is adversely affecting the site or just you

there is no reason to attach permanent bans to the rep system. currently the only way to get banned is to spam, advertise, post CP or bestiality, or win a ban poll - or really really really piss off gwahir