Improving Blocked User State

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Right now, a user is either “normal”, blocked (which I believe cannot be done manually) … it would be helpful to have a method to “partially-suspend” a user where they can log in, but cannot make any topics or posts, except in a PM with staff. This way mods/admins can talk to the user about what is going on, while still preventing them from making new posts that could cause issues.

I’m closing this, because the primary request is now complete anyways: