False reporting and automated ban

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Just being honest,and no that was being kind.

603

Sorry to hear that.

I may disagree with people on issues, certainly, but I dont “hate” anyone.

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If WoW’s user population was increasing without right-click reporting and decreasing with right-click reporting then by that logic we should remove right-click reporting.

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correlation =/= causation

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606

By that logic they should be remaking wrath not classic, that’s when it peaked right?

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607

Also, can someone point me to other threads with Aehl and Ganelon? I feel like I just stumbled into some internet beef that I definitely want to catch up on

608

Sounds like a plan brother. I got my level 80 ready to go. Let’s do it.

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You’re not going to find it lol,old forum and i never responded to his posts from before i had an active account.Let’s not Derail the topic with ooooo drama!?

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There arent any.

I dont recognise his name at all.

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Abuse in action:

https://twitter.com/notjaydee/status/1039427882332741632

What’s the argument for this feature again?

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Nope wrath peaked.

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So my first post in this thread was asking if auto report disconnected the person or logged them out or anything besides limit their ability to post in chat, and everyone and their dog was pretty confident that it doesn’t impact anything but communication. It’s definitely problematic if it boots people. Especially being able to use it on opposite faction in bgs. That’s just dumb. I’d be shocked if there hasn’t been a fix to that yet. The first vid seems like there was more than just the single guildmate he was talking to that clicked report, and the video starts after they’d been messing with it, so’m not sure what to make of it. But yeah. Absolutely. If you can use it to boot people out of bgs on the opposing faction this is pretty broken

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So I still have to take the night off while I wait for a GM to review it? (Because there is always a wait time, usually more then 12 hours) Why not just do that about the report(s) itself?

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It’s automated if enough report you, this has been proven multiple times. Unless GMs hover over the backs of every player as they play and watch, which seems unlikely.

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No you just can’t talk in public chat channels or basically communicate with stranegrs, you’ll still be able to talk with and play with your friends and guild.

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“It deals with toxic players quicker then a GM can.” or some pathetic excuse like that. I think the multiple ways it can be abused devastate someone’s gameplay it’s drastically more harmful then making someone with easily hurt feelings feel safer in chat quicker. Apparently Blizzard disagrees though.

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I have been silenced before, in my case it was because I was talking in trade and this person came in and started screeching like a banshee over Trump and I said (word for word) “I think he has been ok so far, I mean the world hasn’t ended or anything.” and I got silenced.

I was unable to whisper, including people on my friends list, only battle tag.
I was unable to group unless invited by someone else.
I was unable to use the mail box.
I was unable to talk in any public channel.
I cannot say if emotes, say, and yell were banned, as I never tested it, but I would bet decent money they were.

I sent in an appeal, and the GM got back to me AFTER the silence lasted it’s full duration and they were like “Yeah you didn’t break any rules, sorry it happened.”

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So my first post in this thread was asking if auto report disconnected the person or logged them out or anything besides limit their ability to post in chat

51900319 is e generic disconnection code and Ive seen it ingame a hundred times. Never once from being reported

I got one in raid, I got one heading to Voldun

The idea that what happened to him was because of a “false report” is ludicrous.

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What did you say to him. If you didnt say a word then you wouldnt have been reported.

What did YOU say in return.

Lets hear the rest of the story.

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It’s like you can’t even imagine a situation where people are abused by this system. Without screenshots this will lead nowhere anyway. Bringing it back on topic no one should be able to silence another player without GM intervention. They should 100% be able to tailor their game experience using the profanity filter, ignore and other techniques (grouping with friends instead of Pugs).

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