Tiny one-day bans are barely a slap on the wrist, which some people need to help them cool off. The usual caveats apply like perhaps driver a warning first and all of that, but obviously depending on severity you may not want to wait for that to develop further, at which point a quick ban along with explanation should at least, again, allow them the time they need to cool down.

I dont like the idea of banning people for speach that isnt calling for actionable violence.

U could just delete the whole comment thread (from point of off topic onward) for reason "off topic" and that would solve almost everything.

Im not sure how reporting works never done it and nobody has reported anything on the community i mod. But i can see that people would abuse it it an attempt to silence their opposition. I think bans for clearly bad faith reports is fair.

U think people should at least be warned prior to being sent to the sinbin.

Rather than going straight to bans (except for egregious trolling, or repeat offenders) I think that maybe removing off-topic discussion threads in their entirety is probably the way to go. If they are discussing something that isn't directly related to the OPs original complaint, then it's off topic imo. That would cover 90% of the problem. Personally, I don't mind some strong language and argumentation so long as it's about the actual topic. While I know drama isn't everyone's jam, it can be entertaining for some folks. And I agree with @[email protected] that maybe a 24 hour or 48 hour post lock rule would also be helpful so people aren't going back to dredge up drama again in older posts, while still allowing time for folks to discuss the issue?

How about a automated system if someone downvotes a comment and then responds to that comment (or reverse), then they get tar-pitted and banned from the community for 1-hour

It would slow down people being nasty to each other and egging on a fight.

I am also getting dozens of reports about people reporting each other for "rudeness" or "trolling"

Ohh the irony haha... Germany dindu nuffin mate

Also, people over using report, should be the ones "modded", not the discussion.

Bad faith behavior should be banned tho.

Being mean to someone else because of what they said is fine, unless someone threatens someone or is mean because they're discriminating