Status check and poll on recent crack down

OK, I think the recent crackdown on trying to weed out the antagonism and general animosity that has pervaded some of the posting here has been pretty successful, but I want to get some feedback from other people.

Generally, do you think things have gotten better, worse, or stayed the same? Do I hold the course, roll back the hardline stance, or perhaps take a bit of a middle of the road position and scale back the penalties a bit?

I am thinking a scale back may be in order, but nowhere near back to the way things were. Perhaps making most of the instant suspension warnings a 5 pointer, that would effectively be a single warning. A second warning will then trigger the automatic suspension and fine. The reason I even mention this is because it is quite likely that newbies will not realize the severity of the penalty for some infractions, so a warning shot may be in order rather then a shot to the head for a first time offense. In the case of the people already pretty high up on the warning point scale, it makes little, if any difference whether the warning point is a 5 pointer or a 10 pointer. If they are already over the 10 point limit, ANYTHING that is an infraction will get them suspended and fined.

All things considered, I felt a sharp rap on the knuckles (figuratively speaking) was in order to get my point across. Now that we have a baseline of what is acceptable behavior, and this point has been made abundantly clear to some people, I want to reassess where we are today to see what is best for tomorrow. So please provide your input and let's see what we need to do at this point.