User blog comment:Sannse/How to Block Someone in Your Community the Right Way/@comment-25648422-20160801170033/@comment-1251315-20160801170601

Agreed totally. I tend to go with 3 days -> 1 week -> 2 weeks (sometimes skip this) -> 1 month -> 3 months -> infinite. Never failed me at all. Obviously, spambots or just blatantly TOU violation edits will just get infinite blocked / reported to VSTF.

I have to say that the worst thing is when a normal standard of blocking has been applied by sysops for years and then a new sysop comes in and starts blocking people and going against the standard set by the sysops who've been there for at least 5 years, necessitating others to have to adjust or remove the blocks or continually warn the other sysop to stop being unreasonable with blocks.