But in the members club I was banned for a remark made as a joke for two weeks. So one can't even afford to chill out there!
Anyway, my suggestion, for what it is worth....
Mods/international mods and equivalent should be restricted to having the power to ban up to 7 days only.
Senior mods, 7 to 14 days.
Webmaster above 14 days to life!
Here we have some mods who are so averse to comments made for fun or innocent sarcasm and ban the guy for a mind boggling 21 days!!! Why cant the post just be removed and the poster warned, reducing 5 points or so?
Example: I was banned for 21 days by international mod, Loki for using the word 'Jamaati' in a post!! How else does one call a person belonging to the JeI?
Here's the dictionary meaning: Jamaati is an Urdu adjective derived from the name of the South Asian religio-political party named Jamaat-e-Islami, which has wings in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. A 'Jamaati' is a supporter and member of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, or the Islami Jamiat-e-Taalibaat.
Jamaati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But then I was banned for 21 days for using the word 'Jamaati'!! Thanks to Webby, who reduced it to 14 days!
So, graduated powers to ban as mentioned above is the need of the hour.