Abuse of the report system for legit in-game sales

[Jainadain-borean-tundra (Jainadain)]

this is same reason majority rule doesnt work irl either.

[Pawzer-moon-guard]

@Mirasol-mannoroth

None have been laid off since.

Maybe for US? EU and other areas on the other hand…

[Sqúish-zuljin]

The anti-boost brigade is far more toxic, bad for the game, and annoying than the spam ever was imo.

[Tovi-moon-guard (Tovi)]

ROFL how so?

[Vhisic-caelestrasz]

@Ghòstish-area-52

Literally none of it had any merit of truth to it regarding myself

then it wasnt about you. Dont take it as personal attack. I didnt call you out specifically i called out spammers in general. If you took that personally thats on you, you must think you somewhere in your brain you are doing the wrong thing. Either that or Main character syndrome.

[Adilith-frostmourne]

@Shamorisse-malganis

Since the announcement yesterday, two people in my guild have received a “silence” penalty from your automated system. These two were advertising Mythic Sylvanas carries in trade chat.

Boosting/RMT advertising

That would not be fine. To provide more clarity for those who have been wondering where the lines are drawn in this new policy, we’d like to summarize that part of it. Advertising for gameplay activities should be done by a WoW player-character who intends to participate in the gameplay activities. This means there should be no cross-realm advertising, and there should be no advertising from non-participating players. And as before, the only place that advertising a “for gold” activity is al…

This came straight from Kaivax. So can we now report these false report and get them banned

[Xathwar-area-52]

No, she is rude and duplicitous so I will be snarky in return

[Xathwar-area-52]

That isn’t efficient rofl. That’s over an hour of playtime just doing chores.

[Thallia-sentinels (Thallia)]

You just described yourself, not Mirasol. Follow the Code of Conduct you agreed to.

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[Xathwar-area-52]

No ot doesn’t because the threshold is extremely low. If someone got 10 people to just spam reports all day they could auto squelch anyone who talks in trade.

[Mörderhaus-illidan]

@Adilith-frostmourne

So can we now report these false report and get them banned

How do you do that? I have never seen anything saying “So and So reported you”

[Xathwar-area-52]

If someone insults me I will be snarky in return she has insulted me multiple times and continually attempts to play word games badly but still atempts.

[Humanbeak-drenden]

Sensible way to fix this:

Fix The Actual Reporting Problem: Remove/Nerf the Squelching System

The squelching system allows a group of players to report others and ultimately apply Silence effects to the reported player. This system works fine under the assumption that all reports are accurate, but it’s ripe for abuse from false reports from those with an agenda, or players who are ignorant of the rules. This system has been problematic over the years but has really shined brightly with the recent boosting policy changes. Guilds/individuals are consistently being squelched, with GMs subs…

[Thallia-sentinels (Thallia)]

@Xathwar-area-52

If someone insults me

No one insulted you. Grow up.

[Adilith-frostmourne]

@Mörderhaus-illidan

How do you do that? I have never seen anything saying “So and So reported you”

you can’t but you can open up a ticket and counter the report which can ban the person who falsely reported you

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

@Adilith-frostmourne

the person who falsely reported you

If one person reports in good faith Blizz is not going to suspend them for abusing the report system. They want people to report things and those things won’t always be right.

If a person or group is engaging in a coordinated campaign to flood reports, disrupt the server, etc - they will get suspended.

[Adilith-frostmourne]

@Mirasol-mannoroth

If a person or group is engaging in a coordinated campaign to flood reports, disrupt the server, etc - they will get suspended.

you mean like what is happening right now And if you tell me there’s no ill-intent on the report you’re either bias or blind

[Xathwar-area-52]

Shockingly enough calling someone a troll and implying they are dumb is considered an insult much like you claiming I can’t read

[Xathwar-area-52]

Extreme levels of bias

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

@Adilith-frostmourne

you mean like what is happening right now And if you tell me there’s no ill-intent on the report

Yes, coordinated campaigns are done with ill intent which is why they can get suspended. If you ask your stream to report someone falsely that can get someone a suspension. etc.

I think we agree on that.

Right now we also have the issue of a new rule and a lot of people not knowing the nuances of it. So you have people who are just reporting stuff they see and think is wrong, but not as part of a coordinated group or for ill intent.

Blizz CS is aware of it and aware of the difference between the two.