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A thought about blacklists in general, not your idea specifically: I think it would be really good if people would check their blacklisted people on a regular basis. People can change and (often) deserve a second chance. I believe many users put other peoples on their blacklist and will leave them there forever, even if the blacklisted user has developed positively. But though I can imagine if your blacklist is huge, that would be a lot of work to look through regularly.

I mean it's a nice thought but let's be honest, this and pretty much every other suggestion is never going to happen. Look at the last thing that got "implemented" and how long people been asking for that.

It's not a good idea IMO. If you got enough reason to BL someone then it should be a good reason why you're doing it, or to UN-BL them within a period of time, then you should be able to remember it because you've straight up decided this was not that big of a deal and you just wanted to be petty for a week or two. If you can click on your BL list and not remember why you BL'd someone or at least have a general idea, you probably shouldn't have in the first place or it's a good enough reason to remove them from your BL on the spot. So in a sense, that feature is kinda redundant to enable pettiness.

I'd prefer the effort goes to more important tasks.

It wouldn't hurt to have that option but there are many other features about blacklists I'd rather want. Dropping entries from the bl if people get permanently suspended, would be an easy example. Or at least mark them so that people can easily identify them and make the decision.

I agree with some of the other postings. If SG would be improved every day, then sure go for it. But since it's not, this shouldn't be a priority. Why? Because people who like to forgive will check their BL at times anyway and overall blacklist fear is overrated, feels like FOMO.

Interesting idea. I might try making this into a userscript (but not promising anything)

Not exactly what you're suggesting, but a related recommendation is to use the ESGST tags and notes for people on your BL. You could even tag a user when blacklisting them to indicate which month you should remove them.

I do now see on your other post that you don't like the idea of using an extension, but sadly I don't think we can expect a native option, so it's worth considering.

that would increase the server load, not sure it's worth it

I defend the free blacklisting. It's not as if one's blacklist was the ultimate punishment ever. It's only a personal choice, but some people just like to think they're doing a drastic important thing when they blacklist someone. They're not. Spending time and efforts trying to "fix" that would endorse that view, giving it more importance than it really does. Unless creators share the thought of many users that SG is "dying", so it would look an attempt to give a boost. I don't think it's dying, though.

Thus, just blacklist people forever if you want. And if you think giving second chances is important, just take some time to remove them. It's not that hard. Remember blacklisting was your own decision, so it's fair you deal with it by yourself.

I want a private note explaining why I black/whitelist someone. I want to be able to recall a year from now why I B/W list someone without installing a script.

If you can't remember why someone is at your BL, not even a vague idea, he hasn't done enough

Other than that, I find it unnecessary. Adding the options for comments would be more useful but I think you can do that with EGST or whatshisnameidon'tuseit

And I agree with others mentioning we need more improvements before this hits priority status (games,additions, tools, proper layout, yadda yadda yadda including a dark mode)

I would really like this feature!!! I've been on the website for a long while and let me tell you, I've seen some things that deserve a permanent blacklist and some that I just need to step away for a moment. I rarely look back at my list though, and cleaning it is too much sometimes when I need to remember who is the multi-accounter and who annoyed me with a thank-you script.

people normally uses blacklists as a block button, what it isnt, i think people only care abt blacklists if they are blacklisted by a major giveaway creator here, unless its some random guy who got mad at they did/said, the site could have a block button though, that works just like the social media blocks and that makes them both to join their gibeaways etcetera.

If I had to guess I'd say 90% of the people who have blacklisted me never give away games anyway.

Alpha gamers purge their blacklists.