Comment on Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension?
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoA temporary ban is a ban.
You could suspend specific privileges within a club, without suspending all access. That’s the only case where suspension would make sense where ban would be odd.
You can’t “suspend” access when access is available to the general public. You suspend a privilege that’s not the default. It doesn’t make sense to suspend something that is the default. Taking away access requires proactively preventing it, not removing a membership.
Steve@communick.news 3 weeks ago
That’s what a “Ban” here and at reddit means. You can still access and see the sub or community, it’s only your post and comment privileges that get Suspended.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You’re missing the point. I’m saying that there are contrived situations where there are privileges that are not access that you could suspend without the word “ban” making sense.
Any case where you block access to anything for any length of time can correctly be defined as a ban.
Steve@communick.news 3 weeks ago
But would more correctly (specifically) be defined as Suspend.
Like on a multiple choice test question with two answers that are “correct”, one is more specific, and thus the “right” answer.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
No it wouldn’t. Ban is exactly, perfectly, correct.
If you considered taking points off for ban on a multiple choice test you’re a bad teacher with a flawed understanding of the language.