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I have been suspended for 14 days. I wrote a rude comment I admit (but I was provoked).

Do I have any way to try to get a lower supension? With this supension I will not be able to assign a bounty I opened some days ago in one of my questions.

Please note I didn't receive any warning. I just received this 14 days suspension after I wrote that stupid comment.

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    If your history on Meta is anything to go by, I think you should use those 14 days to reflect on your participation on the site.
    – Ivo Flipse
    May 23, 2011 at 12:50
  • if a comment is worth a ban then in most cases the poster is not going to care if they are notified or not. Have you a link to the question or comment (if they have not been deleted).
    – tombull89
    May 23, 2011 at 12:52
  • the question is: stackoverflow.com/questions/6091446/… but all comments were deleted
    – dynamic
    May 23, 2011 at 12:52
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    if moderators shows any interest on you, you will be getting private messsage , asking for explanation of ur suspention.
    – damodar
    May 23, 2011 at 12:52
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    @Ivo what problematic Meta behaviour are you referring to exactly? I'm having a hard time seeing anything out of the ordinary
    – Pekka
    May 23, 2011 at 12:53
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    @yes123, @Pekka, possibly the tone and grammar?
    – tombull89
    May 23, 2011 at 12:54
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    @tombull he's not a native english speaker so let's be easy on the grammar (which ain't that bad IMO btw). Re tone, can you show an example?
    – Pekka
    May 23, 2011 at 12:55
  • @tombull: did you mean grammar? :) (aww you edited your error now :P)
    – dynamic
    May 23, 2011 at 12:55
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    A single spelling mistake is a moot point. YES, I AM a human being! Doh! add1: LOL guys, why you are making fun of this?. I mean, really?
    – tombull89
    May 23, 2011 at 12:57
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    @Pekka 5/10 of his questions are deleted and 2 out of the 5 remaining questions are closed. And judging by his questions on SO, he's not doing great there either.
    – Ivo Flipse
    May 23, 2011 at 12:57
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    @tombull but that is hardly an example of bad tone, is it? In the context of the question?
    – Pekka
    May 23, 2011 at 13:22
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    Make sure you have a valid email address associated with your SO account. According to the penalty box posting, blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/a-day-in-the-penalty-box, they will try to contact you before suspending your account if they think they can. I would say that if you had a valid email address, got no warning, and this really was your first negative interaction where a mod got involved, you should have a strong case to have it reduced or eliminated, but that's just my opinion.
    – tvanfosson
    May 23, 2011 at 14:06
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    @tvanfosson: Warnings are sometimes given for first offenses, but not if the violation is egregious. From the penalty box blog post: "The odds of moderators contacting you with a warning first will be in direct proportion to how much evidence you’ve given us that you are, in fact, a potentially valuable and contributing member of the community."
    – user102937
    May 23, 2011 at 15:09
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    Just to clarify, there was indeed a message sent at the start of the suspension, just not a prior warning. It is in fact impossible to suspend a user without simultaneously sending a message.
    – mmyers
    May 23, 2011 at 15:36
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    Presumably, they remain unconvinced that we need to make a special-case exception for you. They trust our moderators to make the right decision and not drop the suspension hammer unless it's absolutely necessary. I, for example, fall into that camp...
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    May 24, 2011 at 10:18

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It is possible to reduce a sentence. It doesn't happen often, but it is possible.

You need a strong enough case to prove that you should have a smaller sentence. When you got suspended, you should've gotten a notice that explained it (which is what I assume told you that it was for your behavior in comments). Use that as a channel of communication to negotiate for an early release, just make sure you can prove that you don't need the full 14 days.

Note that the simple presence of a live bounty, I wouldn't expect that alone to suffice as a strong case. You're far from the first instance of a suspended user who has a live bounty.

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  • Thanks for answer and.. Well I don't want to steal time from mods, if a mod will read this question and will find my points valid I hope I can get a lower penalty.
    – dynamic
    May 23, 2011 at 13:38

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