The general understanding I’m taking from all of this is that some RP might need to be taken into private chat, guild chat or otherwise out of public view because there is the possibility that an entirely uninvolved third party might report what’s being said as offensive.
I’m not sure I feel like that’s necessarily a new perspective on things as it may have been something ‘reportable’ all along? I guess we’ll see what happens to public / walk-up RP and the effect it may have.
I’ve spent many nights over the years just hanging out in an RP hub, occasionally partaking in the goings-on, reading what other people are saying etc. There’s been a lot that was likely “reportable” , but that was never reported because of context or because it’s someone else’s RP. If something I ever read bothered me somehow, I would just leave the area. It’s not my conversation. I’m not here to police what other people are saying or doing unless it looks like it might actually be illegal or harmful.
I reported someone a couple years ago out of concern that they might harm themselves. They were saying things in chat that raised all manner of red flags. Other than that, I’m not sure I’ve reported anyone aside from bots farming up all the herbs. (*aside from the person who was stalking me personally.)
THAT said…there are the names of a few individuals running around my head who I feel might take it upon themselves to become the RP Police, because they have been (for lack of a better word) shunned by much of the community. Revenge-driven reporting maybe? I don’t know.
I guess we’ll just have to see how this plays out if/when people start getting reported/silenced/suspended/etc.