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Make default option "Don't delete any" when banning

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So the default option when banning a member is to delete all messages from the last 24 hours. This can prove to be incredibly annoying as often people don't think when banning and then all evidence of what the person was banned for is eliminated plus when reading through history it makes for a very confusing conversation. There have been a few incidents on servers I'm on recently where a mod accidentally deleted messages when meaning not to delete any - and I've done it myself in the past as well. Would Discord consider changing their default option?

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  • Lykun
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    Beyond just keeping evidence of behavior, I love letting my members form their own opinion so I prefer to keep context there when possible. Keeping messages also helps with allowing my community to hold my moderation team, including myself, accountable should they disagree with our decision.

    It's to easy to click through the default forgetting to change it, and more often than not, a ban isn't for content that does need removed anyway. That said, I'd love to see a change to the default option.

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