Your argument is that because people can block invites, that you are not spamming.
That is not at all true. You don’t get to spam, period. Even if they have invites turned on.
In this case you were told you were spamming a non related Youtube channel - so that is what your Silence is for.
If you want to appeal that, you need to use the silence appeal function.
There are no GMs on the forums so this is not a place to appeal. Even in tickets, you don’t get to rules lawyer. Either they consider your actions spam, or not.
You messaged enough people, with the exact same message that felt differently.
It isn’t uncommon for that type of message to be resented, unsolicited - even just guild invites, much less advertising - or proselytizing - most especially when it has nothing to do with the game itself.
You can’t go to Walmart and advertise your store. They will ask you to leave.
You can’t go to Blizzard and use their games to advertise your social media. They won’t let you use the game for that. Other players find it seriously annoying and will report it - and GMs will agree it is spam.
If someone wants to advertise their social media channels they can do it on their own time in their own spaces. Not Blizzard’s private property where it annoys other players.
It is when you send it unsolicited to multiple people including a non-wow related youtube channel.
Spam telephone calls go out to each individual phone - yet are considered unwanted spam. It would be rare to find someone who thinks unwanted phone calls are not spam. And no, you should not have to block phone calls to prevent it. Spam is spam.
I have a problem with the way this person is being brushed off. Let them off with a warning. This game is what some people look forward to all day while they grind away at a meaningless job. It means more to them then you think. If this silence upset them enough to make a post about it, reduce the sentence and scold them.
To put it bluntly Sçx, you are inserting yourself into something that has nothing to do with you. If YOU have a question, please do ask - I’ll see if it can be answered.
No one has brushed off anything, the fact that someone doesn’t like an answer, doesn’t make it not answered - or wrong.
Is also not an appropriate name, much less name and guild tag combo.
Sexual names and content are prohibited. You may want to self report so you can get a name change before someone reports you for it and you get penalized.
A penalty is bound to upset people. Being upset does not get people out of penalties.