Originally Posted by Charlatan

I would think that giving the power to ban indiscriminantly would not be a good thing.

I would rather see it set up like a meritocracy where users can give "good" points or "bad" points to other users based on what the users have posted. A flame would lead to an accumulation of "bad" points depending on how it is received and reviewed by the other users. A good post would generate "good" points and a me too type of post would generate no points.

Accumulate enough negative points and you start to get banned. First time your balance of "good" is, say, 50% lower than your "bad" you get a week long ban. The next time more time off, and so on. Something like that anyway.