I think that there needs to be more options what to do with MA depending on user behind them.
For example, right now I can't allow MA for user without ban and disallowing registration and banning all MA for user with ban. Or how can it be done? On some bulletin boards it would be useful to allow MA for decent users, while punishing those misbehaving ones.
I suggest:
Split options for MA registration and login detection.
Also, each of this group of options should have parts for users with ban and those without.
In registration part, for each type of users (banned and without ban) should be these options:
1. Do nothing
2. Move to usergroup
3. Ban (it would be really nice if we could set ban duration in options, whether to match original ban or arbitrary period of time including permanently banning MA)
4. Disallow registration completely
In MA login detection part, also for each type of users (banned and without ban):
1. Do nothing
2. Move to usergroup
3. Ban all other MA
In each of this four settings group should be separate options for reporting actions and detections, to report or not. The type of reporting is determined in special settings group, as it is done now. You may want reports on some actions and detections performed and not on others.
Now we have silent mode. If silent mode is off, is there any reports of actions? I don't use any actions because there is none that suits my needs. But I heard that there is no reports of actions and detections. I'm not sure, but I would like some reports.
If there is a way to improve MA detections, it's more than welcome.
Anyway, I think that having options done this way would make this product more suited for needs of different bulletin boards. As now I can't allow users without ban to have MA and ban those that have been banned already, I need to do all work manually and use it only for reporting (silent mode on). But, I would really like to be able to disallow registration for users already banned and automatically ban their other MA. And ability to decide how long they will be banned would be especially useful. I don't want to permanently ban them, only till they original ban expire.