Proposal for an idea regarding ban appeals - Ban Appeal Reviews, or BARs for short. Some features in BARs would include:; A way to contact mods/sitemods without them having to follow you, which would be useful for if that mod or sitemod doesn't follow you prior to your sudden ban. You can't straight up ignore a BAR request - if one is submitted, it must be reviewed by a stream or site moderator.
(whichever is appropriate depending on the ban); A few questions regarding what they did to get banned (what they did, what their intentions were behind it) This would also probably include privately sending links to what it was they got banned for, which sounds bad at first, but would cut down on bans that happen with little to no evidence. And, IF APPROPRIATE -
The ability to ask for a ban reduction or removal; IF NOT -
At least ask them if they still feel they deserve the ban they were originally given. This would ensure that no one who wrongfully gets banned gets ignored, and people who are rightfully banned are given a valid reason why.