These activities *rarely* get talked about. Disciplinary action is kept secret for the privacy of the users involved; nobody wants to shame someone for breaking the rules. Suspensions happen, and then they're over, a thing of the past if everything goes well. Fighting sockpuppets and spammers often involves dealing with [PII](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pii), and, as per the mod agreement, that information *can not, under any circumstances, be released. Usually, only the PII can conclusively show if two accounts are from the same person, and telling the public about it w…