What are the objective of the post ban feature and how does it accomplish them?
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Please, help me at improving the answer making it faq-like or answer by yourself– ReviousMar 31, 2014 at 10:15
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2Related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56817/…– OdedMar 31, 2014 at 10:18
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Reasons for its existence
- Improving the quality of users' contributions
- Discourage low quality posts1
- Encourage users to make an effort to search for their issue (to avoid duplicates)
- Save moderators a lot of time and energy. The automated post bans may seem harsh at times, but moderator time is a very expensive resource, especially on a site the size of SO. Not having our moderators deal with what's at the very bottom of the trash bin is a very good thing.
- The main reason is to solve the problem of the front page being flooded with low-quality questions
Encouraging users to put effort in asking
Achieved through:
- Asking users to review and improve their old questions and answers
- Asking users to contribute in a constructive way (e.g. suggesting edits and providing answers)
1: Needs a definition of "low quality"
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6I'd add that the automated bans save moderators a lot of time & energy. The automated bans may seem harsh at times, but moderator time is a very expensive resource, especially on a site the size of SO. Not having our moderators deal with what's at the very bottom of the trash bin is a very good thing.– yannisMar 31, 2014 at 11:25
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1Automated bans and question quality checks exist for only one reason: to solve the problem of the front page being flooded with low-quality questions.– user102937Mar 31, 2014 at 17:32
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@RobertHarvey: you have a great experience here. Can you contribute more at explaining us about the history which lead to this choice or about its need? Thanks in advance.– ReviousApr 1, 2014 at 6:44