Scratch should put a sign that says ‘banned’ when someone is banned from scratch. So people know what happened to someone when they are not playing scratch for a while. Other than that, scratch is good!

I think the way it works now, with the user still visible, is deliberate to avoid the drama that comes when someone well-known is banned. I don't know how well it works since it just invites speculation instead, but I think it's unlikely they would change it.

Account blocks are intended to be only between the user(s) involved and the Scratch Team. So, having a feature letting everyone know of a user's account block just gets more scratchers involved and raises the drama level. Plus, it would be a breech to the user's privacy, and I'm sure they most likely wouldn't want others to know about the ban.

joshuaho wrote:

Account blocks are intended to be only between the user(s) involved and the Scratch Team. So, having a feature letting everyone know of a user's account block just gets more scratchers involved and raises the drama level. Plus, it would be a breech to the user's privacy, and I'm sure they most likely wouldn't want others to know about the ban.

Right - it seems best to us to let the blocked account owner decide if they want to make the block public or not.