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Creating a punitive system rather than a preventative system is in itself reactionary thinking and anti-materialist. "We need Blade Runners." is cop brain. It's like pretending that you're The Punisher and wearing Punisher Skull.
What would be more helpful is forming a team that teaches people how to post correctly. There's not really anything that teaches people how to make posts and the rules have often been poorly documented.
Let's look at a real world example of punitive thinking vs preventative thinking. Low income areas have higher rates of youth crime. Reactionaries will say something like that low income areas have more crime because low income people are just worse. Punitive thinking would say that this problem would be solved by having harsher punishments for children, maybe even trying them as an adult, because reactionaries believe that harsh punishments will deter crime.
Let's look at the same situation with preventative thinking. If children in low income areas are given more life opportunities like free meals, afterschool programs, and access to higher education, then they are less likely to do crimes. If some teen is playing sports with a coach after school, then they will be less inclined to be shoplifting beers from the corner store.
If you don't want people to make bad posts, then you should teach people how to make good posts. There should be places where people discuss the best posting methods and can ask for tips on how to post.
Read my post. Ylu are putting a lot of words in my mouth