Is it against the forum rules to link to a particular person’s post in another post to quote them and provide evidence to support or refute an argument or highlight something they said?
Or does that fall under naming and shaming? Even though they publically posted it to this VERY forum.
Eg: (I made this post. But I mean if I was showing SOMEONE ELSE’S comment/post.)
“Sovereign #1641 said THIS post and “derailed” the roadhog thread.”
Eg 2: (I made this post. But I mean if I was showing SOMEONE ELSE’S comment/post.)
If you’re posting specifically to name and shame, that falls under harassment and is against the COC. If you’re just doing it to reference another topic, it’s entirely fine.
I’m with the camp that says quoting someone in that manner for the purpose of shaming them (unless it’s quoting them in the same thread) would be seen as toxic.
However, if you’re quoting something relevant to a discussion on a particular topic, for the benefit of everyone in the thread, it’s perfectly fine.
That sounds like you’re trying to name and shame these people for derailing posts. There’s no reason you can’t just paraphrase what these people are saying without pointing fingers.
Pretty much this. The context is what matters most here.
For instance OP, it would be fine to link this thread if you feel that it might be relevant to another discussion at hand or possibly conveys something that you want to further elaborate on.
It would not be fine if say I were to start linking your posts with the intention solely to humiliate you.
Blizz gives the tool to link other posts / threads, though the tool can still be misused and could be punished by the mods.
I would use your judgement, if you think it is meant to harrass anyone or not and keep focused in your discussions when linking, it should be fine.
Yeah, well people suck. I’m not a shining beacon of perfection, and I doubt your record’s clean either. Being vindictive doesn’t do anything but harm everyone involved.
No I’m not trying to be vindictive. I’m just trying to debunk the argument that apparently Mercy mains are antagonizing and “derailing” threads. Meanwhile any thread posted about Mercy has easily 20+ troll responses actually derailing it.
I’ve had spiderman brought into my threads, evil random fuzzy monsters, random troll posts meant to upset and cause reactions (like actual authentic 100% you can tell theya re meant to make someone MAD posts).
No. But at least I will completely prove that I am correct, which is the entire goal of it.
People have literally put me on blast saying I’m some evil Mercy main derailing threads for a single post. I’d like to show everyone just what I face on a daily basis as a Mercy main.
I think people aren’t seeing even 1/10th of what I see on a daily basis of the abuse, actual derailment of my threads and the rest.
I think it’s time to show the abuse I receive. Because apparently I’m evil for making a single post in a thread about balance that got an official response about balance.
Really, nobody cares. If you want some sort of action, take it through a Blizzard support channel. If anything, posting about it in some big thread crying wolf about all these people slandering your name is only going to make your case weaker.
It sounds like you still intend to end up with a nonconstructive and possibly inflammatory thread that’s insulting forum users with generalizations, but namelessly quoting things at least removes the issue of calling out specific people by name. The chance of your thread being locked/deleted would be less than 100%.
