We have something kind of close. At the bottom of every comment section you see a link to the moderation log, which allows you to see who is banned from whose posts.
With respect, this is not close at all.
The UI element should explicitly list which users have been banned, without making anyone click on anything.
(And the list of deleted comments should explicitly list the authors of those comments, and link to the text of those comments in the moderation log.)
I agree with @sunwillrise: the current design is absolutely not what the feature would look like if it were actually designed to serve readers and improve discussions.
The feature was not designed for this purpose, it was mostly designed so that people who are interested in LW can generally see what kind of moderation actions are happening. I agree that if banning was more frequent I would add a more specific list (which is what I said, and you seem to have just ignored).
I don’t think a full list makes sense, just because of clutter, but a number seems pretty reasonable (and ideally some way of highlighting the UI element if indeed there is some kind of relevant thing happening).
With respect, this is not close at all.
The UI element should explicitly list which users have been banned, without making anyone click on anything.
(And the list of deleted comments should explicitly list the authors of those comments, and link to the text of those comments in the moderation log.)
I agree with @sunwillrise: the current design is absolutely not what the feature would look like if it were actually designed to serve readers and improve discussions.
The feature was not designed for this purpose, it was mostly designed so that people who are interested in LW can generally see what kind of moderation actions are happening. I agree that if banning was more frequent I would add a more specific list (which is what I said, and you seem to have just ignored).
I don’t think a full list makes sense, just because of clutter, but a number seems pretty reasonable (and ideally some way of highlighting the UI element if indeed there is some kind of relevant thing happening).