User blog comment:Sannse/Why staff don't remove bad admins/@comment-252417-20140226113535/@comment-8-20140226181133

It does vary, and sometimes there's no way anything you say will make a difference. But I agree with the others here that there is a chance and sometimes ban reductions do happen. I've done it myself on global and local bans, where someone has acknowledged the problem behavior and agreed not to do it again. Of course, that usually only works once!