With growth will come new challenges. The reason that the ban hammer has not been used very much is because the site admins want the site to grow, and you can't do that by scaring off active users or deterring new ones from speaking their minds.

Once the active user base is large enough, expect the bans to come heavy and swiftly. I will be among that first group, and people will cheer and congratulate Axo for having the balls to finally start purging "the shills." Meanwhile, this site will go to a full blown Trump Cult online hangout, much like Axo was attempting at r/conspiracy. Problem there was there were just too many users for him to silence everyone. Here, it's still small enough to happen.