You’re example assumes that enough people are going to be offended by the joke to report the person and not just ignore them.
And these people can still be a problem after you ignore them. If they’re flooding chats with stuff, that’s less people who may see that you’re trying to sell something. There’s also a chance that a kid could see it before their parent can block it for them. Yes that could happen before they’re squelched but by just ignoring them, they’re free to repeat what they’ve said.
I have and those people are the vocal minority. And those are the people who will be the subject of bans themselves for trying to abuse the system.
As for policing the game, people do that under any system. Remember when guilds blacklisted people? Have you seen the times where you ignore someone and chat just fills up with people trying to argue or debate and you can’t get anything done because you’re drowned out?
If the “respect my pronouns” movement makes its way into Classic, and gets enforced by mob rule, I’m out. Ironically, I was fine with preferred pronouns until about a year ago, when I learned that people were calling for refusal to use them to be considered hate speech, and hate speech is being pushed as a crime in and of itself.
If the poster was suspended for trolling, then it was justified. As the automated system on the forums can’t silence someone, that has to be done by a moderator. All the automated can do is temporarily lock threads and hide threads that have been flagged.
If the poster was banned for trolling it was because they posted something that was deemed as trolling by a moderator. So, that poster earned it.
Not guilty until you’re punished.
A squelch is a cool off period.
Akin to a drunk tank.
Which surprisingly enough we don’t have people being banned for right now.
If it’s being abused as bad as is being claimed we would hear about bans.
Now I wonder why that is?
If it was being abused to the extent as is being claimed blizz would be spending more on CS.
Spending more money answering false claims would lead them to address it.
It’s been here for years now!
Blizz would have flexed and dropped the ban hammer and made sure everyone else knew as well.
The problem this system has are that it’s to easily manipulated. Trust me you don’t want an easily manipulated system that can be used to troll with, because that’s what it can and will unavoidably do.
If you think that will not take place, then you’re in for a very rude awakening when you come to find out that is exclusively what it will be used for.
If you underestimate gamers to abuse a system then you have been unfortunately living under a rock.
The old system was easier to manipulate. The old system only needed 1 person to cause disruption. I know the system can be abused. Every system can be abused.
Going with the older system will not fix anything.
Just because the GM did not ban some one you wanted banned does not equate to lack of enforcement.
It just simply means they chose to ignore your ridiculous request. It’s obvious Ziryus you do not understand MMORPG’s. If you did understand this game type you would not be so negative about it, and you would understand that even the general chat troll is part of the community.
Shame that you’re so fragile that you cannot simply ignore that person.
You’re dodging the point… This has nothing to do with punishing real offenders, but everything to do with the ability to manipulate the system in order to troll others.
I assure you this will take place and it will not be uncommon, and it will be a problem for a lot of people. It very well may include you Ziryus, yet you will likely not understand until you are muted.
I don’t want you to be unjustly silenced, but it will happen; it is not a matter of if but a matter of when.
I assure you this will be extremely uncommon and it will not be a problem for a lot of people. I’ve never been silenced in WoW in the years since they’ve introduced the new reporting system.
Stop fear mongering in an attempt to gain support for your unjustified crusade against a system you have no evidence will be abused in the extreme manner you’re suggesting it will.
Maybe spouting nonsense like if right click reporting is in classic everyone and their mother will instantly be silenced invokes a common response that you are simply fear mongering.