At that time he had to learn a lot of things I guess... but for his 1 newbie mistake he has been sentenced for 1yr
Signature ban doesn't prevent the user from taking part in forum discussions.
It's like you did a crime when you are minor, but there wasn't any lawsuit because you are a minor. It was on hodl for future.
You're making it sound as if someone
intentionally waited to act.
How about we dispense with analogies and solve the actual problem: copy-pasta spam. Most of what's proposed in this thread is focused on making it easier to get away with it. I can't see how that helps. Moderators can choose how to apply perma/temp/sig bans and if they want to go easy on someone they can.