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People change/make mistakes. Permanent bans are rarely a good idea.


Earlier in 2025, the video game Fortnite announced[1] that they were giving cheaters with lifetime bans a "second chance" and let them return to the game. Lo and behold, cheating in the game spiked up this year and has returned as a huge ongoing problem. Turns out, the vast majority of the bans were probably correct, and when you let people back into something who were banned for doing X, they're going to immediately start doing X again once they're back in.

1: https://www.fortnite.com/news/fortnite-anti-cheat-update-feb...


Both these things can be true.

People deserve second chances every now and then. Many people squander their second chances. Some people don't.




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