Why don't you make such things transparent and clear on a user's account so they can see what you've done?
You're keen on reviewing a user's recent history, but provide no corresponding transparency to the user on what you've done.
You're keen on reviewing a user's recent history, but provide no corresponding transparency to the user on what you've done.
HN works best with informal systems, not formal ones. The informal contract around transparency is: people are welcome to ask questions and we always answer them, but we don't formally publish a moderation log or anything like that (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...).
You're already removing the ability of users to vouch. That frog is boiled.
I'm saying tell them on their user page. Include a line that only they can see which says "can no longer vouch" or similar. That way they know what's happened instead of having to guess what's happened.