Re:Your account is permanently suspended
by p_j_w on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:54PM
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I think the word they really want to use there is "indefinitely." It doesn't imply the same thing that "permanently" does.
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Re:Your account is permanently suspended
by helsinkiandrew on Friday October 21, 2022 @04:12AM
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Being pedantic indefinitely means "lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time", which kind of implies that the account will be unbanned at some point in the future. But I don't think there's an English word that conveys something will last for ever but could be stopped. Perhaps they should use "limited ban" for a temporary ban and "unlimited ban" for permanent or "permanent appealable ban".