This would have been the competent thing to do instead we have the least valuable poster defending auto punishment
I feel like you missed some of the earlier comments in this thread. Yes, targeted reporting to harass individuals is against the rules and gets folks Suspended. Both in game and on the forums. Nothing at all that I have done is against the rules. Being green, using a lot of words in a post, etc. That is a matter of personal preference. You don’t have to like it, but it is not actually spam, profanity, etc.
Asking folks to report you in mass to abuse the report system will also get you Suspended.
You are using a false equivalence. We all agree abuse of the reporting system is not ok.
What some argue is that player reports should not have any impact, even temp, until a GM reviews it. Personally I feel the system is not perfect but it is better than having to wait days for a GM to get to the reports of someone being extremely disruptive.
I am going to guess you are using the word “ban” differently than I am. You can’t get removed from the actual game - suspended or perma banned - unless a GM applies that penalty. Even an actual Silence is applied by the GM. The MOST anyone can do with reports is temp squelch you which has some social limits.
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It is. A penalty and a restriction are basically the same thing, as either way you call it, it’s stopping people from doing stuff.
If you’re not going to read the entire discussion to see how this all started and what it’s about, then don’t comment.
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Targeted reporting like reporting anyone who posts an advert that is still allowed by tos for their on realm guild? Sure is great to have an lvp here to defend what essentially amounts to bullying.
Also you absolutely can get booted from game I’ve seen it happen multiple times in rated content. Also happened a ton in classic.
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It’s not It’s an applied penalty that impacts someone immediately not just in being unable to talk but being unable to use the group finder function.
No one is arguing it’s restrictions. Once again:
I have read the entire discussion it’s a non reviewed applied penalty that heavily impacts the player being targeted.
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Clearly you haven’t. You’re arguing something that was literally never an argument to begin with.
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I just don’t think auto silence until gm review is the worst thing ever, some people need to be shut down fast. We just need more GMs. And not 24 hour wait windows for tickets. Which is terrible compared to what it used to be.
ESO less subs than WoW. 10-20 min wait with a direct text message or voice call with a real person. If they can do it, blizzard sure can.
More GMs monitoring the game, false reports being dealt with seriously, and I think things would be improved a lot.
And I loled at your "verbose’’ comment.
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It’s the lvp trying to claim players can’t penalize other players which is blatantly false.
Did you just intentionally change “MVP” to “lvp” (least valuable poster?) as an insult then complain about bullying?
You don’t have to agree with my view that players as a whole should have some agency to temp squelch people who are really disruptive in chat. However, if you really disagree with being insulting and bullying you would not be resorting to name calling.
No, you can’t that I know of - unless squelch also boots when applied and then you can log back in. It most certainly won’t get you suspended or banned from a game based on the squelch system. That takes a GM applying a penalty.
The conspiracy theories around how the system works are pretty interesting though.
Recent example of a lot of false claims getting settled - the penalties were NOT automated and were very much handed out by a GM.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/targetted-harassment-with-report-feature-black-mail-pvp-ranking/1174421
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No. It isn’t. Now stop replying to me.
The auto silence should only stop trade posts then it shouldn’t effect other methods of communication or group finder functionality. For all intents and purposes it a function that can be abused by players to penalize other players for daring to talk.
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Maybe just to refocus, I created the thread because people are, in my view, abusing the report system to report activity that is not against TOS. Whether a silence/ban is punishment or slap on the wrist or whatever isn’t relevant. It feels bad and it shouldn’t happen when you’re following the rules.
Whether or not people like boosting is also somewhat beside the point, because its within TOS. This thread is about abusing reports for in-TOS behavior. People in this thread who support reporting people for in-game. in-TOS boosting are kind of proving my point
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It isn’t bullying to make a snarky observation that has zero effect on your ability to play the game if it isn’t bullying to report someone for daring to sell within tos and actually impact them in game.
They’re trying to start an argument that didn’t even exist when you first came in here. It’s just a false narrative to argue for the sake of arguing.
I think a lot of the people abusing the report system are previous boosters causing as many problems as they can.
I will reply to whoever I please thankfully unlike in game you can’t auto squelch me but feel free to block 
Good.
lol
To start arguments that don’t exist about things I never said, while insulting people.
You’re not winning anything here. You’re just being ridiculous.