Harp…no one has filled you in on the Askville 17? In a nutshell, a ton of long timers were suspended for a week and had 3 strikes (of 4 it takes for lifetime banishment) pretty much out of the blue for stuff that went on months ago…
1) Layla, 2) Poppet, 3) Goldie, 4) TurboB, 5) avvoodoopriestess, 6) Lin, 7) Mamasu, 8) Marshall, 9) OldHippie, 10) MightyCow, 11) pseudotsuga, 12) galileogirl, 13) Mr_M, 14) Flippy, 15) Avenger Cow, 16) Cat, 17) HankMoody
It seems it was a matter of 2–17 against #1. They were all complaining about her gaming, her threats and harassment, Askville wouldn’t do anything about it, and they all got fed up and pretty much stooped to her level. Askville FINALLY appointed a community manager, started listening to people’s complaints, actively solicited feedback, and THIS was their first action.
Needless to say, not very many are exactly thrilled. Though they did just shave 1 strike off everyone’s sentence.