Rant time....
It's everyones OWN fault for the community becoming like this. When YOU ban people for long times and stupid reasons, it really DOES NOT HELP THEM LEARN. Sure, sometimes people only learn if your harsh, BUT AT LEAST BAN PEOPLE FOR A GOOD REASON SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY DID WORNG. Oh, and if your gonna ban someone for spam, maybe you should explain what it is, I'm sure there are lots of kids out there who would like to stop getting banned for "spamming", but have no idea what it is.
This probably would be as bad if THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TOUGHT THE NEWBS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO SURVIE IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY. Sure, people will be hard to teach, but it is really hard to say "Please don't enter your message more then once. Next time its a ban".
This game would be so much better if it wasn't filled with 15 year old kids with inflated egos who think they are so cool because the beat up on newbs.