As per here, I’d like to suggest that the user trust level might be augmented to show whether someone is active or suspended. It seems the case on that thread was based at least partly on PMs, which mean someone can violate standards without it being visible; I think it would prevent some confusion if one could at least see what resulted.
Likewise in the example I gave way back here, codinghorror argued against leaving offensive material in the thread, and noted that if it’s a pattern we can trust the moderators will know. Which is fair enough, but it occurs to me that if it comes to the point someone is no longer welcome here, a status indicator would not be so obtrusive but still assure people the problem has been dealt with.
Would it not work with the general approach here?
