Title
Banned Communities List
Short, concise description of the idea
Enable users to see a list of communities from which they are banned.
Full description of the idea
Currently, there is no way to know if you've been banned from a specific community unless you try to post there and get the "Logged in user: username - you have been banned from commenting in this journal." message.
A user can accidentally evade a ban if he is banned from a community, isn't aware, creates another journal, and posts to that community under his new username. This is against LiveJournal's abuse policy (
Journal Ban Evasion) and can result in having your account terminated, especially if this happens in multiple communities.
A user may be banned from a community and not know why. This will allow him to contact the community's maintainer(s) and ask for a reason.
A feature could be implemented similar to ban_list in the Admin Console-possibly something like ban_list for username.
An ordered list of benefits
- A user can see which communities from which he is banned.
- Can prevent accidental ban evasion.
- Will allow a user to inquire as to why he was banned from a community if the reason is unclear.
An ordered list of problems/issues involved
- Could make it easier for trolls to evade bans by producing a list of banned communities, giving a list of ones to target specifically or more maliciously.