If that's all you want to do though wouldn't a reevaluation of the reputation system suffice and not all the added stuff which would require a lot of programming, especially with no platform. At least with the reputation system we have a platform.
Perhaps a reinstatement of the negative rep potential with additional options. If you give someone a negative rep then you have the option to just give the negative rep or vote for a stint in the gauntlet. These would be reported to the moderator panel upon reaching a threshold amount. I agree whole-heartedly that the request for a gauntlet go would time out after X. That way if a random troll went in and used the negative rep system as a spam tool it wouldn't even register. We could also have a script run that when we ban a member permanently (probably as a separate option so as not to wipe out a self-imposed ban) their reputations (good or bad) get deleted. If 2 members were to start a rep war.. it also wouldn't automatically require gauntlet/ banning action as the minimum threshold wouldn't be met. If multiple members saw an issue with what was going on and joined in the "rep war" then a vote could be called because they had the option to vote them to the gauntlet and reached a threshold amount of votes.
I think that seems like an easily programmed and implemented fair idea.
Perhaps a reinstatement of the negative rep potential with additional options. If you give someone a negative rep then you have the option to just give the negative rep or vote for a stint in the gauntlet. These would be reported to the moderator panel upon reaching a threshold amount. I agree whole-heartedly that the request for a gauntlet go would time out after X. That way if a random troll went in and used the negative rep system as a spam tool it wouldn't even register. We could also have a script run that when we ban a member permanently (probably as a separate option so as not to wipe out a self-imposed ban) their reputations (good or bad) get deleted. If 2 members were to start a rep war.. it also wouldn't automatically require gauntlet/ banning action as the minimum threshold wouldn't be met. If multiple members saw an issue with what was going on and joined in the "rep war" then a vote could be called because they had the option to vote them to the gauntlet and reached a threshold amount of votes.
I think that seems like an easily programmed and implemented fair idea.
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