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The first time you get a post removed, you get a friendly notification. If you get another post removed within 90 days of the first one, you get another friendly notification, this time alerting you to the fact that getting too many posts removed could result in your account being suspended. If you get a third post removed within 90 days, you get a less friendly warning, again reminding you that getting too many posts removed will result in account suspension. If you get a fourth post removed within 90 days of the first one, you get a notification literally titled "WARNING: Your account is on the verge of being suspended" which explicitly tells you that you'll be suspended if you have one more post removed.

I do not see the need to add any additional hand-holding by volunteers into this process, which would only serve to waste the volunteers' time, expose them to potential abuse, and then further waste my time by forcing me to deal with all the problems that this new system would inevitably introduce.

Forum Hosts are not an approximation of moderators. Their role has nothing to do with enforcing the Terms of Service or with violations of the rules. In 2011 we made the explicit decision to remove the role "moderator" and split the traditional moderator's duties into a number of different roles instead. Forum Hosts handle forum Statement Of Purpose violations and lock threads. The Malicious Intruder Removal Team handles new members under 100 posts and removes newbie trolls. Juries handle rule violations. Administrators oversee each of those roles, including handling Jury appeals, and have the final say on everything.

I'm happy with the way the system works and have no intention of changing it at this time.