Can we have more privacy in forums to feel more safe?

[Madelke-mannoroth]

@Akariliselle-cenarion-circle

You should either race change to a troll or I don’t know if there’s a possible way for you to ever get it.

i would appreciate if we did not call people trolls here, i would like to keep the conversation civil please.

[Zapco-sargeras]

@Nelfas-azshara

asks a bit more privacy then we have now.

What privacy do you/we have now and what type or level of privacy are you/we striving for?

[Panzershock-illidan]

@Nelfas-azshara

That’s not really nice comming from “community council”.

Who said they have to be nice. They are players like you and are allowed to have an opinion. They don’t have to follow Blizzard’s party line.

[Cayna-hyjal]

@Madelke-mannoroth

because the WoW forums are based on a MMORPG community.

Completely irrelevant.

[Nelfas-azshara]

@Zapco-sargeras

What privacy do you/we have now and what type or level of privacy are you/we striving for?

option to set forum profile private, yet you can still search for user posts in search function and acces their armory from external WoW site.

[Akariliselle-cenarion-circle]

@Madelke-mannoroth

i would appreciate if we kept the conversation civil.

Alright, there are many, many, many examples of toxic websites and game communities in the last 25 years. There are too many to cover. You could perhaps do some research and look into them and get a better understand of what they are and what lead to what they became.

@Madelke-mannoroth

i don’t believe those would apply here because the WoW forums are based on a MMORPG community.

The type of game isn’t really relevant, or at least it’s less relevant than you seem to think. Some game do attract more gamers of a specific type than others, like League of Legends. However, there are still many toxic people and trolls in WoW as it is. These forums are filled with bait and flame posts.

If you give people anonymity, it would increase. There are many forums and game communities over the decades that have proven this to be true.

[Varidra-shadow-council]

@Madelke-mannoroth

if there were anonymous posting on the wow forums, then people would have not even have a reason to assume that since they can’t see Nelfas or my posting name.

Aww, how sweet. No, I was referring to people pretending to be someone from a guild or a person from the actual game. Or does that not concern you?

[Zapco-sargeras]

@Nelfas-azshara

option to set forum profile private, yet you can still search for user posts in search function and acces their armory from external WoW site.

Will it be one user/forum handle per active/paid Battle.net account?

[Lunkel-garona (Lunkel)]

Ok, you can anonymously post with a fully hidden armory, but you can only post on one character. Deal?

[Zapco-sargeras]

@Lunkel-garona

Ok, you can anonymously post with a fully hidden armory, but you can only post on one character. Deal?

This guy gets it.

[Akariliselle-cenarion-circle]

@Nelfas-azshara

@Akariliselle-cenarion-circle

I don’t know how to help you.

Help me with what?

@Akariliselle-cenarion-circle

You should either race change to a troll or I don’t know if there’s a possible way for you to ever get it.

That’s not really nice comming from “community council”.

You trying to bring not a relevant forums into a mmorpg forums and demonize ideas which asks a bit more privacy then we have now.

No, you’re intentionally misreading points. Good luck to you in your quest, but given the success of your other posts on the same topic, I do not expect it to happen.

[Brakkarion-wyrmrest-accord]

Hm. Then how would I post on one of my 50 silly meme-named characters? I would prefer we keep with the normal method but just add in account-wide ignores.

[Annastasi-proudmoore]

@Lunkel-garona

Ok, you can anonymously post

the funny part is, the person is already anonymously posting.

a wow avatar is not in any way personally identifiying information.
nor is a btag.

[Jalanili-moon-guard]

@Nelfas-azshara

There are consequences for breaching rules

Not perfectly applied ones. For example, someone could tell someone else that being told to unalive themselves was a difference of opinion that it would be unfair to ignore, and that post could remain up. They could tell that person that they were lying about the life-threatening abuse that they received and still go on posting unimpeded with no action against their account.

Reposting a previously closed thread is supposed to be against the rules, yet sometimes the rules get bent for squeaky wheels and unnecessary posts get restored.

I’d say, of all the posts that I report for inappropriate content, for trolling, for spam, maybe 20% get removed, and of those most of the posters continue to post after the removal indicating that there was no penalty against them. And I don’t report frivolously, I only report when there’s been a clear breech of the site’s rules.

Pretty much the only thing that can reliably get a post removed is bad language, because it’s an easy call. Anything that involves making a call on a pattern of behavior across multiple posts and subjects is pretty much hopeless, and has been for a long time.

[Nelfas-azshara]

@Lunkel-garona

Ok, you can anonymously post with a fully hidden armory, but you can only post on one character. Deal?

it is mmorpg forums, people play more then 1 character.

[Annastasi-proudmoore]

@Nelfas-azshara

people play more then 1 character.

fine. you can post on multiple characters, but your btag shows on them all.

win win. you get to rep your toons, and you don’t get to sockpuppet all over the forum.

[Madelke-mannoroth]

@Akariliselle-cenarion-circle

There are many forums and game communities over the decades that have proven this to be true.

but people cannot post on the wow forums unless they purchase an active subscription, so it really cant be compared to other forums, honestly.

[Anonamogus-illidan]

Beep boop.

OP should listen to Vrakthis.

This thread being reopened shows they have not learned a single thing, even when presented with valid arguments.

[Madelke-mannoroth]

@Jalanili-moon-guard

They could tell that person that they were lying

but honestly, we really aren’t required to believe everything we read on the forums, though.

[Nelfas-azshara]

@Jalanili-moon-guard

, I only report when there’s been a clear breech of the site’s rules.

and you do not get to decide if they violated or breached CoC. You just fake flagged, becasue you THINK that they violated something, but it does not mean they actually did.

So, you should said according to ME, they are violating rules, but according moderators , they are not, so their posts are not being deleted.