Got banned after I typed "GG handsome diff"

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The ban period is set for 14 days. I can still play normally, but I just can’t chat with other players in the match. Honestly, it’s not a big deal. After the ban is lifted, I’ll probably play quietly and avoid typing anything unnecessary :sweat_smile:.

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Anything worth silencing will become a ban with repeated offense. Doesn’t matter if it’s “diff” or a slur.

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You might as well just disable all voice and text chat and never speak again because next time it won’t be just a silence and it will eventually work its way to perma-ban.

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it’s called democracy. Eat this.

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Pointless report abuse is Overwatch’s form of bants. You can’t use chat for banter, but you can report literally everyone using chat and get 5 thank yous every day from Blizzard.

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Good to know that the system is working as intended

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First innocent players, now heroes, no one is safe from the ban hammer :stuck_out_tongue:

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this makes zero sense. if you were typing nothing but “gg” every single game, that would also be spam according to you and that’s beyond stoopid

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Hahah, some of these comments… thank you :joy:

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Good news, they have already unbanned me. Endorsement went back to lv1. Now I can chat with my team again. :smile:

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U didnt have a license for the funny

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When I see words like “Ez, losers, noobs, diff,” I report them because they feel extremely toxic to me. As for actions, I immediately report people who do t-bagging, and I’m sure that there have been players banned for it.

Reporting toxic speech and actions is as natural as it gets.

Edit : But I think I wouldn’t report a sentence like “handsome diff,” it just sounds like humor to me.

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When ppl like u want to stay as a team i always click no cause u boring and overly sensitive

The gestappo agrees

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Sorry about that, my mother saw that and contacted Blizzard’s manager because nobody is more handsome than her boy.

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How is that spam Lol

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It would be spam in this context if the time between messages were short. This makes absolutely no sense, really. The ban was likely related to the message itself rather than the frequency it was sent.

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I was suspended for defending myself against a few incel teenage males in this one game, they were harassing me for NOT giving them the time of day regardless of their advances and lewd comments (this all started after joining vc) . I think blizzard really needs to analyze their stance on sexual harassment. I don’t think they’ve learned.

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People who are not handsome got triggered.

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The report system is automated and is basically just a numbers game. In this case it sounds like its one report from you vs several from them, it stacked up and you got the short straw. With systems like this, the best thing you can do is just report, mute and don’t engage with them.

I would love to get a system similar to CS:GO Overwatch, where actual people can review reported people, who are anonimized, and give their take on it. If one group of people just wanna report for the sake of reporting someone it wouldn’t lead to anything this way, and people that start stuff could be actioned quicker instead.

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Same here :frowning: I can tell them to stop or block them or whatever, it doesn’t stop them reporting me

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