I’ve been trying to be as positive as possible in the last week or so in game and I’m constantly getting the “Abusive chat” notification whenever I log in. I don’t get what I’m actually doing to get reported and I’m afraid to be muted and banned, since it already happened to me before for actually trashtalking and saying “ez” at the end of the games, which I now know that is reportable because it could trigger some people. But getting reported and actually getting warnings for “abusive chat” for saying “GL HF :D”, “GG WP ^^”, complimenting nice shots and plays and also trying to calm down people if they’re having a bad time (in the nicest way I possibly can)? Like, what?
Seeing that I’m trying my best to cheer up some people, have a good time with people, trying my best to bring some positivity to the game and trying to show people that it’s not about the wins and the losses but the fun in playing and trying our best to win. Some people even thanked me for being positive. I won’t stop being nice and if I’m getting muted or banned because it so be it, it will just show that just by convincing people to mass report someone you hate is a way to actually harm them in game. It’s actually so sad that some people find me being nice as toxic, and them reporting me could cause me trouble…
Don’t be fake. It makes you look like begging for endorsements.
Just don’t say these things. In fact, just don’t say anything at all. People report others for just existing in this game, it seems. Play your role, play it well, don’t chat, don’t overuse voicelines, don’t even look at a teammate for too long just in case they somehow assume that you’re harassing them or something.
Also some people may think you are mocking them especially if you tell it in public chat after a win.
Depending on how you’re phrasing a lot of this stuff, it might be getting misinterpreted as being sarcastic.
Also I wouldnt try to “calm people down” - that’s just not a good idea.
I’m a little wary of this one. They might be the ones reporting you.
Not being fake whatsoever, I’m really trying to bring positivity to the game. Most of the times I play I really enjoy playing and have a good time. The frustrating thing is not that I’m getting reported but the fact that there is no human looking at my chat history to actually see that I didn’t do anything wrong. I know way too well that some people get frustrated at the game and I just try to give them some positive energy so they can have some fun instead of being mad about playing the game. If they don’t want to they can just ignore my messages or even mute me. I’m not trying to be toxic and bring hateful things to the game, I’m really not.
The thing is, a lot of people who do this are usually fakes, and in real life often also con-men. They put on a facade to come off as nicer than they/their intentions are. People are generally extremely skeptical of overly nice people, and IMO for good reason.
I compliment my teammates in team chat after a win, if we lose I still say “gg wp ^^” and apologize to my team in case I made small mistakes. I never point fingers and I compliment the enemy team in case they did us good.
Here is the best Advice I can offer you. being a long-term Blizzard customer (like many here).
To survive the report system the best and easiest. I turn off the Match Chat and Team Chat features.
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players find voice lines and voice line directions to be “spammy”.
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Players find “GG” and “GR” to be unecessary banter.
So I just keep the chat OFF. Even on the Forums they are becoming MORE strict on stuff now.
There is no allowance for personality here, fun or banter. As nearly EVERYTHING somehow violates some Policy.
Don’t use the keyboard chat. It is the main conduit of toxicity in the game.
This is a common topic on this forum sadly. People love to abuse the reporting system. Don’t bother saying anything. GG is very toxic for some reason here.
The reporting system also has been known to be mostly automatic since year 1.
You sure you’re not just getting the notification that your abusive chat reports have lead to suspensions? The way you phrased it.
Personally I say gg at the end of the match and I’ve not gotten warned or suspended and some people say glhf.
I don’t think it’s people abusing it in this case - I and my friends say gg all the time and have never gotten so much as a warning. I think the things they’re saying are just being misinterpreted. A lot of times people who are overly nice come off as sarcastic or annoying.
I, personally, do not care how fake they are. After dealing with toxic clowns left and right who would bring shame to themselves if they were ever identified, will take someone being positive…
Call me crazy, but yeah. Definitely preferable and not report worthy to a reasonable person.
I agree - definitely not report worthy. I’m just trying to give the OP reasons why what they say might be getting reported.
I do get why people why would report, but I’m definitively getting falsly reported, there’s no doubt in that. When you go to report someone it tells you exactly what abusive chat is: Harmful or herrassing someone. It would be sad if I’d get muted for being nice, and very frustrating personally. I 100% get why someone would report but it is falsely reported and therefore I wouldn’t expect any consequences.
Youuuuuu know what you did.
This is what it comes down to.
Some people have had such a bad time with toxicity that now they’re just jaded and any attempt to be kind is seen as you mocking them… in other words, they think you’re being nice ironically, as silly as that may seem. If this were in the context of a relationship they’d be called damaged goods lol
On the other hand, you did admit you’ve been legitimately toxic in the past so maybe you’ve made some enemies? That, or your bad reputation precedes you.
It reminds me of how Dafran has started streaming again but is now apparently “nice” and has reformed himself, and I’m over here like “why are we putting this guy on a pedestal for acting like a normal adult?” In this case, I’m the jaded one 
I have been suspended HERE for trying to diffuse a conflict. A moderater who could see the full context, hypothetically, quite certain they just ban people who get reported without reading the message after that incident to be honest, “read” a post that had violated no rules, and went through with it. If they did read it, it is even worse because I potentially got banned for my religion.
That added layer of protection from people employed is not a safety net. So in game where the process is moderated, basically anything goes. If you care about your account, I dare say the suggestions here are 100% correct. Best to not say anything at all.