User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Bringing down the banhammer: Best practices for blocking/@comment-4578246-20120315210439/@comment-20644-20120315210736

I'm glad you recognized that! People who aren't obvious bad faith users definitely should get warnings about what they're doing, because they generally don't realize they're doing something wrong. Giving them some help and then giving them a warning, if need be, really can go a long way.