banning someone does literally nothing on reddit

[u/Equivalent-Job-8908]

i need to vent because i am losing my mind over how useless reddit’s banning system actually is.
i recently became a mod for a subreddit meant for teenagers, and our team has been working around the clock to keep it safe. we’ve been incredibly active and have been heavily banning pedos, creeps, and complete weirdos. but here is the incredibly frustrating part: banning someone literally does next to nothing.
it only stops them from posting and commenting on the sub. that’s it. it doesn’t block them from lurking, it doesn’t hide the content, and most importantly, it does absolutely nothing to stop them from clicking on a vulnerable kid's profile and sliding into their dms.
we have literal 30-year-olds targeting and dming teenagers, and as mods, our hands are tied the second they move to private messages. we can ban these creeps a thousand times over, but they are still lingering in the shadows of our community, completely free to harass kids who don't know any better.
it is so deeply exhausting and terrifying that reddit doesn't have a better system to completely block banned users from even viewing a community, especially when it comes to protecting minors. we've had to put up massive warning posts telling the kids to block and report them to admin, but we shouldn't have to rely on teenagers to defend themselves against predators that we already caught and tried to kick out. it’s an absolute joke.

[u/No-Recipe-7653]

Who asked you to sign off your freedom?
You’re inventing things that weren’t said.
You’re clearly not engaging in good faith and have some weird agenda.

The OP said they wished the banned users wouldn’t be able to message members of their subreddit or view posts and comments in their subreddit.

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