I think it blocks all outgoing and incoming messages, and as I understand it... it never ends. Normal bans are for a fixed amount of time and the Communication ban is undefined/possibly permanent

I never really understood that till recently and it seems very severe, I figure it’s like Spider-Man says to Peter Griffin

“Everybody gets one”

Then you get it explained sternly that this was your “one”. People are passionate and sometimes say things they later regret

Are admins allowed to talk openly on the graalians forum? I don’t really know the answer to that but I sure hope so, it’s the very heart of the forum idea