[walterbell]

(banned person could be reading this thread)

Banning is a governance issue for any community. If the community is large enough, there may be other senior (by time and participation) community members willing to act in a leadership role. Ask for their help in formalizing the ban process.

The governance group (ideally excluding you) can engage the currently banned person in a public process on the forum, where terms of engagement are defined by the community, not lawyers or countries or emotional individuals.

If the costs (time, money, risk) of maintaining a forum become too high, other admins have closed their forum. Presumably the aggrieved party simply wants to participate in the forum, not destroy it.

[sandycheeks]

Excellent response.

There should probably be an open discussion on the forum engaging members and other moderators where the banned user can see it. Let them discuss the ban as well as the subsequent harassment and honor their decision.

I am a former admin of a large forum. I let trolls and spammers wear me down over years and regret that I did not handle some things openly.