A banish button sounds interesting but there is a great possibility for misuse. If it only banishes the person from the Simple Real-Time Chat area then so be it. However, in my opinion, it should take at least 1/3 of the people using the chat room to agree and hit the button. Otherwise, any time someone wants to use the public chat for private uses, all they have to do is hit the Ban Button.

The other issue is whether the Ban Button can be used to banish someone from the entire site. In that case, I say no. It also allows anyone who had a bad chat for any reason to banish someone that others enjoy talking with.

My suggestion is that you provide some type of complaint box. When the offenses get to some predetermined level, and/or the offenders are "turned in" at a predetermined number of times, then, and only then, ban them from some or all of their privileges on the site.

I am very sensitive to the problems some of my friends are having with others on-site but I also am a very big believer in being absolutely sure of anyone's guilt before allowing vigilante justice by a few over the many.

Leave a message if you want to talk about setting such a plan in motion. If you have other ideas, I'll be glad to see what you come up with. Good luck solving this problem, it's a genuinely difficult dilemma.