# Suspend Indefinitely **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [Juillet 24, 2015, 7:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-indefinitely/31404 "2015-07-24T19:37:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![AdamCapriola](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamcapriola/32/5192_2.png) [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\ **Post date:** [Juillet 24, 2015, 7:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-indefinitely/31404/1 "2015-07-24T19:37:42Z")
Maybe I’m overlooking something, but is there a reason why an indefinite suspension isn’t a feature? Typically if I’m suspending a user, it’s either going to be for a short amount of time as a cool-off period (maybe a week, a month, whatever) or an indefinite suspension (this user might not be coming back). For now I’ve been entering 9999 for indefinite suspensions, but then I have other community members look at penalized user’s profile and see the expiration date and think “WOW this user is banned until 2042? They must have REALLY done something wrong!” It creates unnecessary hoopla. Should I be handling users differently? Or is an indefinite suspension option something that makes sense? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-indefinitely/31404)._