RIP Public Ban Appeals

[Mordent]

Ban appeals and admin feedback serve two entirely different purposes and shouldn't be conflated (i.e. just because one offers private and public, that has no relevance on whether the other should offer private and public).

As someone who originally internally advocated for offering both because "why not?", I've pivoted my opinion to "why?". I don't understand any benefit to public appeals that isn't resolved by "just post your appeal somewhere for others to see after if you think it was mishandled (admin feedback) or want to apologize to the community for being a shit with it or whatever". None of this thread has changed my opinion here.