You can feel whatever you want. Im still going to inform others so they can be safe rather than sorry.
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You know streamers in the past already tested out the reporting feature right? They got their chat to mass report them and then they got banned.
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yea and there was one where a player ask where is this item
and the guild that was in the area was trying to scam the player and
a good player told him its cheaper at a npc the guild mass report him and got him banned
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We’ve had the same type of report system in place. There’s no logical reason to think this new patch will make it more able to be abused.
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Just because it’s a common phrase, doesn’t make it OK. Slavery was a common practice, back in the day. Doesn’t make it right.
I never said lose your account. I think you should get a warning then silenced. And, if you really can’t help yourself, then yes, I think you should be banned if you can’t respect the rules.
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Did you just compare the phrase, “git gud” to slavery? Yea all hope for this game is now gone. RIP.
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I would love to see them continue to ratchet up enforcement. They have tried in the past, with mixed results.
- Originally you had to make a ticket about chat offenses and when reviewed it would be acted on, but not a lot of people reported.
- They introduced right click report at some point that captured the name, server, chat channel, chat logs and it improved response time and accuracy (all the logs were there). BUT it still depends on people reporting.
- Pre 2016 the penalty for chat infractions was suspension from game. Often it was a short suspension and did not have much impact.
- 2016 they introduced Silence as part of penalties. It removed someone from the social aspects of the game. Each new penalty doubled the length of the Silence. Some people had years.
- Last patch or so they went back to using Suspensions more often as part of chat infraction penalties. So, instead of just a Silence, people are now getting Suspensions of varying lengths depending on how many past marks are on the account.
I can only hope they work to make the enforcement consistent or people are not going to take them seriously at all.
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I agree with what you said unless it’s a friend and we banter like that. I like to be with ppl I click with and we can smack talk and that’s all it is.
Surely we can still cuss in wisps to ppl?
Seriously, I feel like so many ppl get so offended these days. I plan to stay silent in trade chat/channels from now on. Feels bad.
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This is a fair counter point. It depends on whether the new right click report system is just more friendly at the front end (which I doubt) or whether its actually a new reporting tool that has different vulnerabilities re: mass reporting abuse (which is the concern). I guess we’ll find out.
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And this was part of why Warframe’s moderation was such a hot mess until very recently; the inconsistency
Streamer got his chat to mass report a line of text and got the streamer SQUELCHED. That is an auto penalty when many unique reports come in during a short time.
That streamer was not banned, but they were Suspended for abusing the report feature.
It was educational for the player base I suppose.
That is what they are doing. The in-game warning in some cases if several people are reporting at once. A silence to start with for a minor infraction, then Suspensions of various lengths, up to account closure if they keep it up, OR the offense is bad enough.
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It will come down to automation vs oversight, for me.
Actual GM presence and moderation is good. Letting people get kicked by a bot because they got dogpiled by false flagging is not.
Nothing in my day to day will change, except maybe I’ll turn trade back on sometimes.
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Well according to the person you just replied to, you can’t even say the phrase “git gud” to your friend when there is a 3rd party witness available if you don’t want to risk being banned. 
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No, I correlated “popularity” doesn’t make something right.
You can’t even explain why “git gud” is OK to say. You keep deflecting the conversation to undermine my input.
So, does it really matter if Blizz specifies what’s not OK to say? Seems no matter what, you’ll just throw a hissy fit about it and scream “but, it’s not bad”, doesn’t matter what we think. If a rule says not to do this, you don’t do it 
And, if you don’t like it, stop giving them your money.
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Because “git gud” is elementary trash talk that shouldn’t be a bannable offense in a competitive war game.
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Ok, Blizzard, but please remember this.
- Not every WoW player, nor every user of this forum, is American.
- I, and so many others, accept to communicate in a language which IS NOT our native language.
- We studied years to get proficience in YOUR language.
- No years of study will make us ever able to understand all the chaotic and ever shifting details of porno slang terms, nor of whatever is “appropriate” in such a context.
- Remember this before deciding absolutely “inappropriate” silences and punishments.
- That will show your sincerity when you talk of “inclusion”. At the moment, you are totally exclusive. I have no hope. You could surprise me favourably, FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Otherwise, it is all business as usual. Smoke and mirrors.
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Blizzard does not actively monitor chat so you only get penalized if reported. What you and your friends say in whispers or private groups to each other is up to you. You won’t likely report each other.
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Absolutely.
I usually do it in Disc, so Blizz has no record of it lol
I’ve been doing this. LONG before this Social Contract cane into play. It’s like people forget about that automated Squelch that’s only based off of how many times you’ve been reported.
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Mass reporting is real when ppl have a vendetta against you. It’s just sad.
Am I the only one planning to keep conversations to wisps?
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ill keep silent or in discord
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