OK just checking, I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t coming across different than intended

Everyone has a different threshold for a preemptive ban, to me it depends more on interaction. If there isnt any interaction, to me a ban just gets their attention, so I don’t bother. If there’s some (or interaction outside the community that makes it clear its about to be a problem), thats when I personally take action.

Again though, everyone can have their own approach. If they dont like it, they can start their own comm - thats what makes the fediverse great.