The distinction is that whether you're actually banning them or put them on your own watchlist and only act when they crossed a point. Community often do better when you do the latter, but then again, the #1 rule for a moderator is not developing attachments to the place you're moderating, so… 🤷
🐯Mama Taimu is MARCHING🦶
the struggle of having ever moderated any online community is you now cannot go through any community without being like, oh, they should ban this person. this person hasn't done anything wrong yet but the vibes are off and you should ban the shit out of them.