i also agree.
partially related to this, i feel like this hypothetical "what's new" feed should include names of people who we think ctb successfully. i always feel like i'm in the dark when it comes to finding out which members have recently ctb (i usually don't find out if a member ctb until the deed's been done/they were banned for security reasons). the format for this message should be something along the lines of "[user] was banned [timeframe such as this morning, yesterday or 1 week ago] and has not self-unbanned since. we can only assume that they have [ctb, died, etc.]. [we wish them peace/safe travels/etc.]"
i dunno, just a thought. i never know who's gone until it's too late.