# Moderatie-idee: Badge of shame

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-idea-badge-of-shame/178646
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [6 februari 2021 om 12:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-idea-badge-of-shame/178646 "2021-02-06T12:22:19Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [6 februari 2021 om 12:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-idea-badge-of-shame/178646/2 "2021-02-06T12:44:12Z")

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> [@TallTrees](#):
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> badge of shame’ as it were, like a yellow card in football, or maybe a 💩 emoji

Personally I don’t think showing / having bad users on display is a great idea for the community.

Sort of feels like this to me. _Hello new users this is our collection of heads on a stick._ I think this will deter people from joining as they might fear getting ridiculed when they join.

 ![044836d3dbcc3a5d6b72357ab527e29adee5e061](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/3/f38e216e84bc99db47fc94e6c5c3b7dc3be98213.jpeg)

I think your moderators should be sending official warnings and suspensions to repeat offenders.

> [@Discourse Moderation Guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide/63116):
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> So you’re a moderator on a Discourse forum - congratulations! As a forum moderator, it’s your role to help oversee the forum, ensuring that users and content are in line with your TOS, FAQ, and other published rules/guidelines. Discourse comes with numerous tools to help you accomplish this. Let’s take a look at some common scenarios and see how each can be handled with Discourse. Welcoming New Users Part of keeping a community friendly and helping it grow involves being an example to other…

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