So while this is of course triggered by the fact that I am currently muted, this has been on my mind for a while and so I would like to post about it.

The way that Discord mutes is handled currently is opaque and silly. I am of the view that all mutes should come with an explanation of the offence, evidence of said offence, and how long the person will be punished for said offence.

Example: model-putrid will be muted for 24 hours for impersonation. Attached is an image of model-putrid pretending to be another member of the simulation.

My reasoning for this is simple. If you cannot explain why a person is muted, they should not be muted. Evidence may be objectionable, of course, most material one is punished for usually is. But it must be provided, so it can be properly scrutinised. If one is muted for, say, "abuse", and no evidence is provided for said abuse, how are we supposed to trust that abuse was committed?

I've heard sometimes that mods will deliberately give the longest possible Discord mute short of having to record it on reddit (i:e, 47h 59m) to avoid having to make a post about it. But frankly, reddit-posted or not, all mutes (unless they're exceedingly short or self-requested) should come with explanations and evidence so decisions can be properly scrutinised and so the community can have confidence in their moderators' decision-makings. I think this is an exceedingly common-sense proposal.