Most bans are deserved. Some however aren't, see @unpingable ukronigger. The permabans are at the start just for show and if the receiver does not get unbanned within a few weeks it's an actual permanent ban.
all the bans in the banned user list are permanent because the temporary ones expire eventually and they stop showing up, I thought that would've been obvious
I remember it being april first as far back as a month ago because i remember thinking it was ironic.
Didn't really pay attention to it sooner, but uhm yea