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@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ Forbidden:
 
 -   generating lots of notifications for me that don't teach me anything new.
 
-    If I can unsubscribe from your notifications, you are free to comment away.
+    If I can unsubscribe from your notifications however, you are free to comment away.
 
 Punitive measures, from least serious to most serious:
 
 -   delete comment
-
--   ban user from a website
-
--   ban user from all multiple websites
+-   block user on one website. This may have the unintended side effect of deleting previous useful comments the user made on the websites. 
+-   ban all known accounts of an user over multiple websites
 
 Constructive disagreement will never be interfered with.
 
-If you with to appeal a block, please contact maintainers through some channel other than GitHub, and your request will be reviewed.
+If you wish to appeal a punitive measure, please contact me through some unblockd method, and your request will be reviewed.